this thread is dedicated to all players who love the piano/keybaord!! come come discuss anything!! Come share the joy of the keys and beauty of music!! no matter whether you just started, or you are a proffesional, we are all one as musicians! ranging from ABRSM to LCM exams, grade 1 to degrees, Music to plays, experince, stories! anything can be shared and appreciated here!!
Recommended songs: contemporary: Secret-Jay Chou Marriage D'Amour(Wedding in the Dream)-richard To Zanarkard-Final fantasy Ballade pour Adeline -Richard Clayderman The Fountain Music, Death is the Road to Awe - Lennon Aldort Tonci Huljic-Croatian Rhapsody(not sure wat period=.= )-help-
Romantic period: Fantasie Impromptu- Chopin Etude Op 10 no 12(revolutionary)-Chopin Etude Op 25 no 11(winter wind)-Chopin Etude Op 25 no 12-Chopin Nocturne op 9 no 2-Chopin Waltz in C#minor-Chopin waltz of the flower-Tchaikovsky dance of the sugar plum fairy-Tchaikovsky
if you have songs to recommend for lowyatiers to play, do post!!
Pianist of Lowyat: Icypetals hanhanhan cello befitozi raining again led_zep_freak onelove89 [vogue]angel little ice x-crusader andy214
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Title : HSBC Classics Piano Competition & HSBC Bursary Venue : KLPac - Pentas 1 Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan (off Jalan Ipoh) Kuala Lumpur
URL : http://www.klpac.com Date & Time : Closing dates: HSBC Classics Bursary: Thu 28 Feb 2008 HSBC Classics Piano Competition: Fri 4 Apr 2008 URL : http://www.klpac.com Synopsis : The HSBC Classics Piano Festival returns, with the promise of a performances, lecture recitals, masterclasses, exhibitions and the HSBC Classics Piano Competition, featuring local and international, young and established artistes.
This is the first year the competition segment has been introduced into the festival, and it has been designed to provide young pianists a platform to showcase their talent.
It is open to Malaysians under the age of 26 as at 12 July 2008.
This year's competition winners will win cash prizes up to RM14,000. As with the practice in the previous years, all finalists will also receive vouchers for the purchase of music books and accessories.
The first prize winner will also be given the opportunity to perform in a fully-sponsored concert at the next HSBC Classics festival in 2009.
In keeping with HSBC's commitment to nurture local music talent, HSBC is also offering financial assistance through the HSBC Classics Bursary.
Two bursaries, comprising a one-off payment of RM20,000 each, will be awarded to deserving Malaysians aged 25 years and below to study classical music in an internationally recognised music / performing arts school / college or music department of a recognised university.
In recommending the awards, a selection committee will take into account the candidate's musical potential, financial need and academic background.
The closing date for submission of applications for HSBC Classics Bursary is Thu 28 Feb 2008, and for the HSBC Classics Piano Competition, Fri 4 Apr 2008.
The HSBC Classics Piano Festival 2008 will take place from 7-13 July at KLPac.
This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 14 2008, 03:32 PM
sort of 'retired' pianist here. finished grade 8 of ABRSM and slacking like hell in diploma. not sure when will i be able to take exam.
ever since i got my new guitar i never touched the piano.
2 oooold vids of me playin
LOL WHY STOP PIANO XD diploma? not bad wut, what did u get for ur abrsm grd 8? merit or distinction?
go learn some chopin XD
QUOTE(Cello @ Apr 1 2008, 11:19 PM)
What are you?
human
Added on April 2, 2008, 1:10 pm
QUOTE(Cello @ Apr 1 2008, 10:06 PM)
I am learning Beethoven's Sonata #14. Done with the first movement, moving on to the second movement and I think the third movement will makes me crazy.
beethoven sonata #14? never heard of it before? it is hard or somethn? i learning more on chopin etudes, there are easier i think, unlikes beethovens. XD sonata makes me crazy!!! XD
This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 2 2008, 03:04 PM
hey , nice threat here ! so, i just bought a yamaha psr e403 keyboard about 2 weeks ago. actually i bought it was for self learning -piano. i don't really wana use others fuction yet cus i'm more in piano first. is there any piano songs to play for , i mean easy ones ? btw , so far i've understand most of the chords and could play many songs with chords in the sheet. what you guys think i should learn now ? notes i think is abit hard but i can translate from guitar notes that i've learn from what i;ve learn from guitar lessons. thanx in advance
usually, i would recomend going down to the music shop, they have famous pop songs there that u can play, and they are quite simple and quite fun.
u know those books with the covers of songs they have eg:westlife, avril, linkin park etc eg:ong lee hom, jolin, jay chou etc
i would not recomend fur elise as some ppl dont like classical, unless u like fur elise, then its a nice choice
i use final fantasy score to sight read, so when reach the part with alot of triplet i just cincai play and that was the end of it XD LOLOLOLOLOL
QUOTE(Cello @ Apr 8 2008, 10:09 AM)
My last exam's piece. This is the 3rd movement, I have to play all. Altogether is about 15 minutes long.
LOL, wat exam u taking? diploma or bachalor of music=.=" usually exams this gives us songs that doesnt sound that great! why couldnt they give us fantasie impromptu to play as exam piece hhahaha
a piano competition, sorry closing date jor. but anyway, we can still watch the competition! here are the details. updated on first page.
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Title : HSBC Classics Piano Competition & HSBC Bursary Venue : KLPac - Pentas 1 Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan (off Jalan Ipoh) Kuala Lumpur
URL : http://www.klpac.com Date & Time : Closing dates: HSBC Classics Bursary: Thu 28 Feb 2008 HSBC Classics Piano Competition: Fri 4 Apr 2008 URL : http://www.klpac.com Synopsis : The HSBC Classics Piano Festival returns, with the promise of a performances, lecture recitals, masterclasses, exhibitions and the HSBC Classics Piano Competition, featuring local and international, young and established artistes.
This is the first year the competition segment has been introduced into the festival, and it has been designed to provide young pianists a platform to showcase their talent.
It is open to Malaysians under the age of 26 as at 12 July 2008.
This year's competition winners will win cash prizes up to RM14,000. As with the practice in the previous years, all finalists will also receive vouchers for the purchase of music books and accessories.
The first prize winner will also be given the opportunity to perform in a fully-sponsored concert at the next HSBC Classics festival in 2009.
In keeping with HSBC's commitment to nurture local music talent, HSBC is also offering financial assistance through the HSBC Classics Bursary.
Two bursaries, comprising a one-off payment of RM20,000 each, will be awarded to deserving Malaysians aged 25 years and below to study classical music in an internationally recognised music / performing arts school / college or music department of a recognised university.
In recommending the awards, a selection committee will take into account the candidate's musical potential, financial need and academic background.
The closing date for submission of applications for HSBC Classics Bursary is Thu 28 Feb 2008, and for the HSBC Classics Piano Competition, Fri 4 Apr 2008.
The HSBC Classics Piano Festival 2008 will take place from 7-13 July at KLPac.
This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 8 2008, 07:32 PM
i have been taking lcm all my life and nv taken abrsm except abrsm for violin.
Anyway, whats the difrence with lcm and abrsm? my friends say abrsm is better, but my teacher doesnt agree. he say as long u score distinction in either lcm grd 8 or abrsm grd 8 is the same?
i have been taking lcm all my life and nv taken abrsm except abrsm for violin.
Anyway, whats the difrence with lcm and abrsm? my friends say abrsm is better, but my teacher doesnt agree. he say as long u score distinction in either lcm grd 8 or abrsm grd 8 is the same?
anybody care to elaborate
quote due important to me XD someone please elaborate.
Added on April 8, 2008, 9:26 pmseems like many ppl lke final fantasy pieces( who doesnt? )
this new piece is from final fantasy 7:crisis core i love it! what do u think? give comment!
This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 8 2008, 09:26 PM
Think again, you should play music correctly. No rush. Music is music. Please take music seriously and you will get it. To Zanarkand is a free expressive piece not "cincai", take it seriously please. You will not want to see your favourite pianist to play it "cincai" for you, so you have to play it seriously.
It is just a diploma ATCL, nothing special.
No, because you cannot control your left hand while you are busy with your right hand. Go "unlock" it. What is the difference between SMK Damansara and SMK Kuala Lumpur? (for an example).
Think again.
I do not care, any exam hall will do. Everyone has their own opinion. I always request for exam syllabus before confirm going into the exam.
nay, i show my teacher and my teacher ask me sight read , so sight read loXD im kinda busy with my studies in school, so i use up my time practising baroque, classical and romantic period pieces! comteponary pieces not often except for secret.
ummmmmmm, actaully wat is the diffrence between smk damansara and smk kuala lumpur?( im from kedah=.=") So there are no diffrence? ok! then i concentrade on lcm then
If your teacher tell you to play the piano upside down, will you play?
Goodness, you do not understand what I mean. Just compare two of your secondary school in town.
=.=" u dont get my point=.="
i print the whole FF sheet from my friend and i showed my teacher. so my teacher ask me to use the FF sheet as a sight reading exercise, the only pieces i practise throughly with emotion and dynamic would be melodies of life ! i love that song, donno why!
oh, my teacher doesnt ask me to play the piano upside down
i've gone through every post he made in this thread, there's not a single hint stating that he *always* cincai play. moreover, it's sight reading, which means if you see bunch notes cramped together you'll probably doing *sigh* reading anyway. if he's gonna perform it in front of everybody, that's different story.
he's not your student so why get yourself fustrated? that doesn't make you looks cool.
Added on April 9, 2008, 3:52 pm as far as i know, orchestra doesn't look at your qualification, instead they'll audition you with the dreaded sight reading as the players ARE doing sight readings everyday. players HAVE to play it smooth even it's the first time they got the score. they have no time to waste, the first thing conductor going to screw you on is all the dynamics and expressions, so if you can't even play properly, you're most probably out cause you're all other players can't be dragged just because 1 player cannot play well. I don't know in detail how perfect the players can sight read a stranger's score, but i think they're really of high standard.
there're a few malaysian in MPO, that said, you're welcomed as long as you're good enough. i can imagine more malaysian will be even better cause the money are floating off to oversea badly if hire too many foreigners.
that strucked my heart! LOL, then i should start working hard then!
MALAYSIAN philharmonic orchestra XD so malaysian should join! HAHa......... Oh well, im still young.....i got much to learn
The above video is old, the recording isn't good. His latest video Compilations of FF and some other is in STEREO, it's really good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ef9ozh4sc
He has also learned to make use of his keyboard features, watch the video, Angela Aki - Sakurairo:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cvBGPfmRqM Lastly, another great song nobody mentioned:- Chrono Tigger - 600 A.D. In the Compilation video I posted above does include this song, but I like most is the arrangement by "kLuTz", superb!!! So different from the original yet so nice, 4 different arrangements, the last arrangement is the hardest to play, so complicated.
i wasnt fairly impressed by the suteki dane video, but the second video with the guitarist was good!
the 4th video, was awesome!!
i think somebody mention suteki da neXD
i didnt know final fantasy musics were so famous !
Added on April 10, 2008, 2:16 pm
QUOTE(x-crusader @ Apr 10 2008, 12:00 AM)
yo.. noob pianist here...
currently practicing secret by jaychou and some other pop songs
WECLOME TO DA CLUB DUDE!
This post has been edited by icypetals: Apr 10 2008, 02:16 PM
aiya, dont say noob or pro =) music is all bout fun for me =D oh ppl have been talking bout that song from jay chow, i din even hear it b4, isit really tat nice? If so i might wanna go find it xD
I dunno why ppl think piano is a trend and parents all want them to learn. Piano is well, unique, even though alot of ppl know how to play it though. But heck, its just fun to play on the piano =D sometimes i find it boring to play on my viola cos uh... feel like missing something, i don feel so with piano though. =)
YUP! I agree, we must not diffrence ourself to "noob" or pro". we are all ones as musician! we are here to learn what we donno! remember, the more wisdom u got, the more u understand that u understnad less! those ppl who donno and learns are the great musician, those who think they are alll that great and proud, wont improve and be like that forever. DONT BE THAT! BE PROACTIVE!
actually, i donno why parents like their children to learn piano( i started at 3+ and always kena drag there while crying) but a studies show that children who learn music are more aware and have better mentallity, they can use both of their brain.( aka smarter)
i donno bout that, but when ppl like to linkin park, talking bout how rock it is, i was thinking of the chords they useXD( Am7, BbmSUS4, bii7,) LOL, and when i hear anything out of random, i will try to pitch the sound XD lol, wierd me=.=
QUOTE(Andy214 @ Apr 10 2008, 03:53 PM)
LoL, the second video is the same as the first video, just added duet by the guitarist mainly on the melody. What I like is his way of arrangement, is very different from the original piano compilation, to me, his arrangement feels more lively, more oomph, more feel and there's few parts which makes your adrenaline running, bulu roma naik, etc. The sound quality is very poor tough. Anyway, it's just what I feel. Some prefer the original piano compilcations (which is pretty different from the actual song; his arrangement is more close or similar to the original song).
By the way, there're few parts from his arrangement feels wierd or different from normal pianist, feels like guitar strumming style. He was a guitarist afterall, self-taught. He also plays violin, and some other instruments.
yeah... we are all musicians ^^ anyway, i learn piano since 5, well mom ask me to give it a try and i tried it till now =D anyway, piano is basic in music? >.< is there such thing?
because piano use a combination of both left and right hand. as u see cleary on intervals, u dont understand chord proggresion, as understanding how minor,major,augmented,diminished sounds like. as u understnad the semitone diffrence of each key. and triad of each chords.
a person who only plays the violin doesnt understnad the left hand part or maybe chord proggresion unless he/she does further research.
haiz......lazy type, u do brainstorm, u should understand
It depends what do you mean by "noob", if you're talking about playing ability, then it's usualyl about practice and familiarisation with the piano/keyboard.
If you're talking about music understandings, etc. and you want to be able to play contemporary/pop songs, able to understand how it works, etc, you might want to visit "Play By Ear" for a preview/demo on their course. They teach you music using the keyboard/piano, launching beginner eletric guitar instruments soon, but their main subject is teaching music, how to capture melody by ear, catch the chords in the song and also creating the chords based on the medody. Playing music is about hearing and feeling.
I know some will be skeptical or be negative about it, but I'm just sharing with everyone that there is such a course, and worth to have a look at. They're on the papers a few times, featured in Malaysia Books of Records for the founders wedding with over 60 pianist playing, they even have a Datin which graduated their level 2 course. Recently, they're also recognize by the London School Of Music (I think) and you can actually get cert and recognized playing contemporary songs without notes. Recently, I went for their Music Festival for guitar launch, was so touched they have a blind student play on stage. The playing was so smooth and never hit a wrong key, he only learned for about 2 years. Somehow even tough there're students which play more complicated songs and arrangements, but the music played by the blind student was way better, more feel and oomph. Maybe that's what truly playing by hearing and feeling. Piano is an instruments. It's easy to begin with but very (if not extremely) difficult to master. IMO, it's the 2nd most powerful instruments, the 1st being the Organ. Tough, I read many site saying piano is "arguably" the most powerful instruments.
why everytime got piano thread u advertise ur bussniss
omg... andy... so long lazy read... but i saw the 'play by ear'... this is a skill tat is very hard to manage...
actually is kinda easy to me wo. i just listen to a singing song(eg jaychou) bout 2 times, hum it out, already can paly the song main melody, then listen to the third time, already can play it the chord.
if piano song 1 time sapu all! so the "play by ear" course actually not hard and not required la.
but wait........i got yamaha course and piano course since i was 3:sweat:
Apr 1 2008, 06:20 PM, updated 18y ago
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I don't know in detail how perfect the players can sight read a stranger's score, but i think they're really of high standard.
that strucked my heart!
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