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Are different dynamics for different hands on piano permissible?
Yes, of course!! Each and every note on a piano - upright, grand, and most electronics these days, are separate entities, with their own dynamics.
There are some pieces which need the l.h. to play the ...
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Slur for same-pitch notes in chords: Tie or not?
The C should be repeated. In order to be considered a tie, the mark would have to begin at the first C and go directly to the second C. So in this case the mark is a slur.
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Are different dynamics for different hands on piano permissible?
"Is it a normal practice for a piano part to have different dynamics for the left and for the right hand?"
Yes, perfectly normal, for players well short of 'professional' skills!
And asking ...
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Slur for same-pitch notes in chords: Tie or not?
Because the slur mark encompasses two notes (not just the C), then CE is played, followed by AC. A tie mark will always be starting and finishing at the same level, rather than slanting, as here. ...
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Should I provide fingering for a piano music sheet?
In editions of classic literature, sometimes fingering is provided by the composer, and sometimes it is added by an editor. A typical edition of a late Beethoven sonata will have Beethoven's ...
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Correct way to play Mozart K331 Trio Measure 11?
From measures 1 to the first beat (A) of measure 14 we hear 2 voices, a soprano+alto duet. If you play JUST the 2 voices to simulate singing, the phrases in each voice need to be connected as an ...
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How to write instrument names in a standard professional way in the sheet music
Different editors and publishers will have different guidelines (like with style guides for newspapers or scholarly publications, there's plenty of variety in music publishing as well), so there's no ...
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How fast would Chopin have played his own Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66?
TL;DR
Both 80bpm and 95bpm (half-note beat) are within the range of tempi Chopin designated for allegro, though 95 is at the extreme.
The autograph copies of Op. 66 only indicate Allegro Agitato, ...
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Beethoven Op. 22 No.1 Measures 16-20
I recommend practicing each pair of sixteenth notes as a block chord. When this can be done with the proper voicing, it will be easier to maintain that voicing when playing as written.
Here's a ...
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Why is this part on my digital piano making a clicking/popping noise?
They're the actual key-press sensors.
From what I recall [I'm not a pro repairer but I've had a lot of Yamahas in bits over the years, I used to work for them] it's mounted as one single strip. I ...
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How is this played?
You play the F, A and D at the same time. There is only one F to be played. All other quarter notes are played as they are, and are unimpacted by the "extra" F.
The reason the extra F is ...
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How to write instrument names in a standard professional way in the sheet music
AlexJ’s answer gives some excellent specifics; but another important general piece of advice for all questions like this is: look at good-quality published examples of pieces/songs in the same genre.
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Is this note in Chopin's Nocturne op 9 no 1 a Bb or an Ab?
The correct note is Ab. This can be checked by looking at the editions on IMSLP or the Chopin Variorum.
Anacruses are not counted in the measure numbering.
Never trust any edition found on MuseScore.
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allegro animato and deciso in Mazeppa
To my understanding, animato doesn't mean a progressive change over time, but just means "animated" or "lively." (Animando, as a progressive verb, might have the "getting ...
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Correct way to play Mozart K331 Trio Measure 11?
In a comment on another answer, you ask
what if the score were written to reflect how it's played
Mozart could not have written the score to reflect how these two performers play the piece.
In the ...
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Schafer & Sons 84697 spinet
My guess is as follows:
The movers are probably asking for manufacturing date for insurance reasons. The instrument could, possibly, be a very valuable 16th century antique. There could be a bit of ...
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Recommended way to sightread grand staff
When you start reading you go character for character and then try to figure out the meaning. Later your brain will read whole words and more at once. With reading music it is similar. In the ...
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How is this played?
I see one potential point of confusion that other answers haven't covered. You ask about timing, and which notes you play first or play together. You might be asking because the F quarter note appears ...
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Why is this part on my digital piano making a clicking/popping noise?
Those are, as @Tetsujin points out, the keypress sensors. The rubber dome collapses as you press the associated key, and closes an electrical circuit underneath. When the dome is compressed, its ...
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Whats the best fingering for playing this bar on left hand on piano?
I recommend one of two fingerings, depending on your hand span:
Narrower: 5-2-1 3-2-1-2-3 (or 5-2-1 4-2-1-2-4)
Wider: 5-3-2-1 2-1-2-3 (or 5-2-1 2-1-2-4)
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Recommended way to sightread grand staff
First of all, are you transcribing music from a piano score onto another multi-timbral instrument (such as a guitar), or are you studying piano?
In either case, a youtube musician and teacher, named ...
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Recommended way to sightread grand staff
I don't personally have to read grand staff very often, my hobbies tend to have me reading mid-size contemporary sheet music. I think some of that experience can be applied in this question, though, ...
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Whats the best fingering for playing this bar on left hand on piano?
I’d go for 5-2-1-4 2-1-3-1. This has the advantage of landing the final note on the group on 1, which makes hitting the next low note easier.
In practice this would look like this:
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Whats the best fingering for playing this bar on left hand on piano?
This piece illustrates precisely WHY we practice 'scales and arpeggios'. Are you fluent at playing 'E minor arpeggio, 2 octaves'? Good. That's what this is, with some notes missed out. So play ...
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How to perform rapid notes with the pinky finger on piano?
I see no purpose in holding down the lower three notes, when they could be pedalled - either with sustain of sostenuto pedals. That then leaves the pinky free to play the top note each time, or even ...
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Tuning "Steinway Grand Piano" in Garageband midi library like a real piano
What @Tetsujin is hinting at is: getting a "human" feel is probably not going to be about any setting so much as the control of the notes themselves. In a human performance, in most genres, ...
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What does this tenuto notation mean?
The currently accepted answer isn't really correct.
Unaccented notes typically have a slight separation. The tenuto mark indicates that the note should be sustained longer than typical, reducing this ...
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Are these C notes a slur or a tie?
Although there are some music engravers that don't follow this practice, the normal practice is that a tie begins horizontally slightly after the earlier note, and ends horizontally slightly before ...
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