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Hi, 1. I record the video part with mi iPhone and upload it to iCloud 2. Simultaneously I record the MIDI with the YAMAHA n2. Many pianos record MIDI to USB drives. 3. I can correct slips editing the MIDI with a sequencer. I use logic for mac. 4. Then I make the piano play the MIDI recorded through output (RCA cable) with an iRig device into the iPhone with the garageband app and then I upload the audio part (m4a) to iCloud as well. 5. Then I import the iCloud movie part and the audio part (m4a) into iMovie and adjust both. 6. Finally I upload the iMovie in MP4 format to iCloud and get a share link that I post here.
Sometimes if the piece doesn't deserve I just upload the recording that I get in step number 1 and upload it to iCloud. This way there are additional noises and the sound isn't that "clean". Also, I can't "cheat" a little bit this way.
hope this helps.
Last edited by apassionata; 01/03/1811:05 AM.
Yamaha N2 working on ABRSM GRADE 8: Beethoven Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in E, Op.14 No.1) Beethoven Adagio cantabile (2nd movt from Sonata in C minor ‘Pathétique’, Op.13) Debussy: Reverie ________________________________________________
@scorpio @anita @colorsofsound1 @apassionata .. thank you all so much! I have a SoundCloud account. So, i think that works best. I'll link my first piece for the year shortly!
Anita, thanks for the recording advice. I've never tried recording anything with my phone, but I will play around with it and see what it does. I have a digital piano, but no laptop. The piano is downstairs, and my PC is upstairs, so I can't plug my piano into it - not to mention that I wouldn't know how to go about this anyway. LOL. Even using the recording function on my piano for my own playback is complicated enough that I have to read the instructions each time and fumble around with it, and do several tries, which then makes me too distracted to play well, so I just gave up. Anyway, I will experiment with the phone.
Hi, 1. I record the video part with mi iPhone and upload it to iCloud 2. Simultaneously I record the MIDI with the YAMAHA n2. Many pianos record MIDI to USB drives. 3. I can correct slips editing the MIDI with a sequencer. I use logic for mac. 4. Then I make the piano play the MIDI recorded through output (RCA cable) with an iRig device into the iPhone with the garageband app and then I upload the audio part (m4a) to iCloud as well. 5. Then I import the iCloud movie part and the audio part (m4a) into iMovie and adjust both. 6. Finally I upload the iMovie in MP4 format to iCloud and get a share link that I post here.
Sometimes if the piece doesn't deserve I just upload the recording that I get in step number 1 and upload it to iCloud. This way there are additional noises and the sound isn't that "clean". Also, I can't "cheat" a little bit this way.
hope this helps.
Thanks, apassionata. That's way beyond my understanding of technology. Maybe I can get one of my grandchildren to explain all of that to me. I'm lucky that I can make a phone call or text with my phone. LOL!
How much should I master a piece before I move on? There are just a couple rough patches in a song I've been working on, but I've got all the notes down so I'm not sure when to count it.
Pieces in Progress: Invention No. 11 in G Minor - Bach Dearly Beloved - Yoko Shimomura Interstellar (Main Theme) - Arranged by Patrik Pietschmann
How much should I master a piece before I move on? There are just a couple rough patches in a song I've been working on, but I've got all the notes down so I'm not sure when to count it.
It's up to you really. The idea isn't about making the piece perfect, but that you worked through something new. Some pieces I try to do a recording, which means it needs to be pretty good. Other pieces I don't.
Hey, Gallantly. Welcome to the forum and to the 40 Pieces Club.
Just decide for yourself, what level of completion you are looking for. We all have our own standards, and each such "own standard" is ok.
I'll share my ideas and you are free to use as much or as little of it as you care to. The most general guideline is that I prepare the piece until I have gotten out of it what I needed or wanted to get out of it. I play a lot of pieces from the RCM Piano Odyssey series, which includes representative selections from the Baroque era through the modern era. It presents me a lot of music I enjoy, as well as a lot of music I detest (stuff from the modern, anti-beauty, anti-musical era).
For the pieces I like, I tend to prepare them to the best of my ability. I like the music, and, if I don't prepare them well, they don't sound like the music they were intended to be.
For the garbage pieces, that I do not enjoy playing, hearing, or inflicting on others, I tend to identify what skill or technique the piece is intended to teach me. When I feel like I have learned that lesson, I am ready to move on, and call it complete.
This minimizes the amount of time I spend suffering through the rubbish, and maximizes the time I get to spend enjoying my play, while also assuring that I get the maximum benefit from each piece and from this 40 piece challenge.
Whatever you decide, be comfortable that it is ok, and, enjoy your progress. Again, welcome aboard.
Gallantly: As others have said above, the level of quality is totally up to you. I'm with Ralphiano in that the pieces that I like, I play a little longer until I make them sound "musical". Many of those I can record in one take because I don't mind playing them for another week.
If I don't enjoy them, then I get them to the point where I feel I can squeeze a recording out of them as I'm sooo anxious to move on. I reckon that if a piece consists of segments, such as AABA, and I can play EACH of those segments musically more than once, then I'm not going to torture myself for an hour trying to record AABA in one take. So what if I have to do a patch in the middle. (It helps if you have some audio editing application.)
Of course, you don't have to record at all. But I found that until I tried to record them, I wasn't polishing them to a "musical" level. But you will find your own way as you do the challenge.
By the way, I don't work on one piece, record it, then find another piece. I have 3 to 5 pieces I'm working on at one time. I don't work on all of them each day; depends on my mood. Some I'll set aside and never get back to because I just lose interest. Mid-way through the year, I found it best to see where I was at around the 20th of each month, then spend the next week polishing the 3 or 4 I want to record next. Then I would record one each day and upload them to Soundcloud. Then I can "reset" my practice and focus on another batch of 3 to 5 etc. That worked for me, as I avoided the problem of getting one almost ready and then forgetting about it, and having to relearn it.
I have a nice Numbers spreadsheet so I know which ones are "in progress" (there may be 10 or so that I've played around with to varying degrees) and then each month I pick a few to focus on. (If anyone has a Mac with Numbers, I'm happy to share it.)
I also notice another thread where someone said they only wanted to do 10 or 12 pieces. It's worth pointing out that if you don't ONLY want to do easy pieces, you can pick a piece that takes you a few months. I learned the "Moonlight Sonata" over six months, for example, all while I did the easier pieces. And I had some harder pieces that I played for two months before I could record them. So feel free to mix it up.
At the end of 2017, I added 9 of my favorites to a "repertoire" list that I hope to maintain this year. That will be a new thing for me!
Hi! I'm new here and I'd like to join this challenge especially to improve my sight-reading and to learn to let go of the thought that every piece must be played perfectly. So let's do it😊💕
P.S.: I came here because of PianoTV, she suggested this page in her newest video😊
Hi! I'm new here and I'd like to join this challenge especially to improve my sight-reading and to learn to let go of the thought that every piece must be played perfectly. So let's do it😊💕
P.S.: I came here because of PianoTV, she suggested this page in her newest video😊
Welcome Piano Celine! I was introduced to this forum through PianoTV as well. Looking forward to listening to everyone's music here
I came here because of PianoTV, she suggested this page in her newest video😊
Welcome to all the new joiners, I'm delighted you found us. This is a great, supportive community and I look forward to getting to know you! What a cool shout out from PianoTV!