Piano tips/sheet music

[pcfan123]

The most beautiful modern piece I have heard in a while.

Am tackling it now with some help from a friend who has been playing piano since he was a child.

Sheet music also attached for anyone who might fancy it.

 

[Dutch]

Me attempting Bach's Prelude in C from The Well-Tempered Clavier: film abruptly stops for some reason before the end and my playing gets lost a bit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBENaKS5UsU


The slight rattle you hear is my foot pedal!

dutchad added 5 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...

And here a blues improvisation that gets lost a bit now and then as well!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3elqUSneQ

 

[Chewie]

^ your videos are private

My foot pedal makes a lot of squeaky noises :/

Chewie added 3 Minutes and 24 Seconds later...

The most beautiful modern piece I have heard in a while.

Am tackling it now with some help from a friend who has been playing piano since he was a child.

Sheet music also attached for anyone who might fancy it.

Don't you have a keyboard/electric piano? Do the keys actually go that low :O

 

[Dutch]

^ your videos are private

My foot pedal makes a lot of squeaky noises :/

Chewie added 3 Minutes and 24 Seconds later...



Don't you have a keyboard/electric piano? Do the keys actually go that low :O

Does that mean no-one can see them?

 

[Chewie]

I'm not sure what it means :/ It just comes up with an exclamation mark and says

This video is private.

 

[Dutch]

I'm not sure what it means :/ It just comes up with an exclamation mark and says

Okay, does it work now??

 

[Chewie]

Yup Listening atm

Chewie added 5 Minutes and 37 Seconds later...

The Bach was very nicely played

I'm more impressed by your improv though, I played in my school's jazz band so slightly different, but I could not improvise at all

 

[Dutch]

Yup Listening atm

Chewie added 5 Minutes and 37 Seconds later...

The Bach was very nicely played

I'm more impressed by your improv though, I played in my school's jazz band so slightly different, but I could not improvise at all

Thanks. Yeah, I love improvising. I struggle with sheet music. Just let me go at it!

 

[blake]

Fantastic improv Dutch, loved the bass!

 

[drainpipe32]

Yeah sounds godly dutchad

 

[Dutch]

Fantastic improv Dutch, loved the bass!

Yeah sounds godly dutchad

Cheers guys!

 

[pcfan123]

Don't you have a keyboard/electric piano? Do the keys actually go that low :O

Yes I have an electric piano but it is the full 88 keys which you need for this song.

Mark added 1 Minutes and 0 Seconds later...

wow dutch that was fantastic, I can only dream of playing at that level

 

[Dutch]

Yes I have an electric piano but it is the full 88 keys which you need for this song.

Mark added 1 Minutes and 0 Seconds later...

wow dutch that was fantastic, I can only dream of playing at that level

Cheers Mark. Remember though, I started out where you are and give yourself credit you don't play too bad already! You obviously have musical insight and feeling. Stick to it and enjoy it. (Especially that last one!)

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Me attempting Bach's Prelude in C from The Well-Tempered Clavier: film abruptly stops for some reason before the end and my playing gets lost a bit!

YouTube - M2U01442.MPG


The slight rattle you hear is my foot pedal!

dutchad added 5 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...

And here a blues improvisation that gets lost a bit now and then as well!!!

YouTube - M2U01435.MPG

Wow, Dutch - that is truly superb! You're a true musician, aren't you? Your fingers and hands look so relaxed as well - how long have you been playing the piano - did you do any Grades?

 

[Dutch]

Wow, Dutch - that is truly superb! You're a true musician, aren't you? Your fingers and hands look so relaxed as well - how long have you been playing the piano - did you do any Grades?

Thanks Steve,

No, I am an autodidact. I sometimes wish I had learned the techniques involved much younger...I would be a lot further than I am if I had been given lessons as a child.

I didn't start playing the guitar or piano until I was fifteen and have never had a lesson (well a couple of guitar lessons, but when the instructor told me the piece I wanted to play was too difficult I left and went to learn it on my own!)

My strength is improvisation. I can hear a tune and turn it into something very quickly. One of my best "jobs" was in a theater where I made up the music for this improvisation acting competition that was run there on a weekly basis. Loved that!