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An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) #1681863 05/20/11 11:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,919 Chicago, IL USA Palindrome OP 3000 Post Club Member
OP Palindrome 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,919 Chicago, IL USA	My apologies if this has already been posted. Also, if it hasn't. There is no end of learning. -Robert Schumann Rules for Young Musicians

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681873 05/21/11 12:03 AM
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ando 5000 Post Club Member A Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 5,998 Hobart, Australia	That's actually a rip off of an ad for erectile disfunction that used to be on Australian TV. Different song though...

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681874 05/21/11 12:06 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,861 Ann Arbor, MI jazzyprof 2000 Post Club Member
jazzyprof 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,861 Ann Arbor, MI	I see. Some pianists play with their fingers, others prefer to play with their organs. "Playing the piano is my greatest joy...period."......JP

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681886 05/21/11 12:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 7,060 Louisville, Kentucky, United S... Orange Soda King 7000 Post Club Member
Orange Soda King 7000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 7,060 Louisville, Kentucky, United S...	This was how I was introduced to that Habanera from Bizet's Carmen. And then Sorabji's take on it, haha.

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) ando #1681890 05/21/11 01:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,919 Chicago, IL USA Palindrome OP 3000 Post Club Member
OP Palindrome 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,919 Chicago, IL USA	Originally Posted by ando That's actually a rip off of an ad for erectile disfunction that used to be on Australian TV. Different song though... That's how they play the piano Down Under? There is no end of learning. -Robert Schumann Rules for Young Musicians

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681891 05/21/11 01:05 AM
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ando 5000 Post Club Member A Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 5,998 Hobart, Australia	Originally Posted by Palindrome Originally Posted by ando That's actually a rip off of an ad for erectile disfunction that used to be on Australian TV. Different song though... That's how they play the piano Down Under? Only if you don't have erectile disfunction - and only if you're a male...

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681916 05/21/11 02:31 AM
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Michael Glenn Williams Full Member M Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 132 Marina Del Rey	The Satie in the background in the beginning is ironic, as he would have liked...

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681953 05/21/11 06:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,607 Manchester, UK debrucey 2000 Post Club Member
debrucey 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,607 Manchester, UK	And only if you have a penis thin enough to play a single key at a time lol

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1681966 05/21/11 07:46 AM
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Nikolas 6000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6,562 UK	If anyone wants a full translation... I can provide it, since it's Greek! An,d yes, it is funny! http://www.musica-ferrum.com

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) debrucey #1681979 05/21/11 08:22 AM
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ando 5000 Post Club Member A Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 5,998 Hobart, Australia	Originally Posted by debrucey And only if you have a penis thin enough to play a single key at a time lol Well, of course there are those who boast of their close-voice chord clusters...

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682010 05/21/11 09:52 AM
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Canonie 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,941 Australia	They are using a recording. The movements don't match the changes in pitch. Quite disappointed actually... hehe Composers manufacture a product that is universally deemed superfluousâ€”at least until their music enters public consciousness, at which point people begin to say that they could not live without it. Alex Ross.

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682106 05/21/11 01:03 PM
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pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 36,799 New York City	What is that technique called?

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682109 05/21/11 01:10 PM
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BruceD Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 26,905 Victoria, BC	I wonder if this should be in "member" recordings forum? BruceD - - - - - Estonia 190

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682141 05/21/11 01:53 PM
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feebeeliszt Full Member F Joined: May 2010 Posts: 419	I think the guy in China's Got Talent who played with his toes is far more talented. Sorry I really find it gross. I am going out now.... The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides! - Schnabel

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682202 05/21/11 04:29 PM
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Lingyis 500 Post Club Member L Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 833	do they take viagra beforehand?

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) BruceD #1682207 05/21/11 04:34 PM
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liszt85 3000 Post Club Member L Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,159	Originally Posted by BruceD I wonder if this should be in "member" recordings forum? Haha!! Canonie is right though, they are playing to a recording..so no real talent here! I would have been really impressed had they really done what we thought they did. I'm disappointed too!

Re: An unusual piano technique (Look, Ma, no hands!) Palindrome #1682208 05/21/11 04:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,607 Manchester, UK debrucey 2000 Post Club Member
debrucey 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,607 Manchester, UK	I'd have been impressed on a musical level, but not an anatomical level, haha. Now if someone could play this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvELcETEtQg with their gentlemanly parts, I'd be interested .

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