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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
Hi all, Intermediate pianist here...playing 2.5 years. 45 mins or so - scales, arpeggi, and technical exercises...whatever my teacher has me on at the time.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What was the last concert you attended?
@Alexander Weymann indeed! The performance was fantastic. CDs...I remember them.
- Mike.5
- 9 mths ago
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Re: What was the last concert you attended?
A few weeks ago saw Seong-Jin Cho performing the complete piano works of Ravel. It was great! My 8 year old son joined me and single handedly brought down the average age of the audience at Boston…
- Mike.5
- 9 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Sachi Thanks. Appreciate the kind thoughts.
- Mike.5
- 1 yr ago
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How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?

Hi all. I'm curious to know how you record your acoustic piano. I know it can be everything from very basic (e.g. straight-up iPhone) to multiple mics connected to special recording software and…
- Mike.5
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano
Hi. I did a lot of research on this earlier this year being new to the piano world, and actually bought and sold a few based on experiences. A few key takeaways:…
- Mike.5
- 1 yr ago
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended!
Andras Schiff in Boston at the New England Conservatory of Music a few weeks ago. Bach: - Aria from Bach Goldberg Variations - Italian Concerto - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue Beethoven:…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self?
@ALICE Thanks for asking. It's not that I'm looking for something because I have a good teacher now. She's exceptional at piano, very focused on each of her students individually,…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self?
Well, since I am an adult beginner - 7 months (of playing, not my age) - I’d say here’s what I’m thinking about as I learn. - Read every day. I did not know how to read music, and still early days,…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Mike's Practice
@Sandhya (Sandy) Asirvatham thank you! Appreciate it.
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
@Victor Wong predict exactly how it will sound...I don't know, but design it so that it sounds as you want it, and sounds really nice, I'd guess yes. It also depends on the rebuild.…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play?
Hi. I just picked up a 1969 Steinway B. Cabinet and action fully replace this year with Steinway/Renner parts, and it's fantastic. I also just bought a Kawai Novus NV10s so I can play with…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Piano Progress by Year - Thoughts?
@Alexander Weymann thanks for the detailed thoughts. Much to think about.
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Digital baby grand : what is your experience
I had a high quality full-size digital. Didn’t love the action and traded it for a Kawai Novus NV10s. It’s awesome and worth the extra for the grand piano action.
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Piano Progress by Year - Thoughts?
@Sachi Thanks for the thoughts.
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Piano Progress by Year - Thoughts?
@Rui Thanks! Appreciate the thoughts.
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Piano Progress by Year - Thoughts?

Hi all. I've been playing piano for 7 months. Just 4 months with a great teacher. Practicing seriously (e.g. 2-3 hours a day, with good focus), and enjoying it quite a bit.…
- Mike.5
- 2 yrs ago
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Mike's Practice

7 months into piano. No background in music. Been practicing: Ponce: Homenaje a Villanueva Vandall: Chaconne in B Minor Berkovich: Sonatina IV - and all 50 Berkovich Etudes Rollin: A SONG FOR YOU P.S.…
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- updated 2 yrs ago
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