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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?
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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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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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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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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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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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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Correct way to play Mozart K331 Trio Measure 11?
"What you're missing" is that the E-C#-B-A constitutes the melody, which is made clear by its immediate repetition an octave higher. This is implied earlier, in measures 3 and 4, when the ...
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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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How do you play this chord? It's too far apart to play with one hand. (piano)
Some pianists could stretch this. If you can't, cheat. Either leave out the C or include it in the chord an octave higher.
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KD-160 Kohler piano audio outputs not working
My first thoughts were to use a cheap headset, that would still allow everything else to be heard, maybe only using one earpiece. Plugged into the headphone outlet.
The second would involve a monitor ...
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