Hi Robert
I’ve been watching your tutorials on YouTube and found them inspirational, I too wish to one day play the piano professionally. I’ve just got a keyboard atm because my home can’t support a piano.
What do you suggest I practice on a daily basis to become better and more fluent in music? Do I need a tutor? I’m just really unsure on those topics and it worries me.
Thanks,
– Varis
I wish you great success in music! If you want to work as a pianist, there are many different possibilities. So, the preparation necessary will be determined by the specific goal you have. In any event, having great training is essential for the vast majority of people who make careers in music. I suggest immersing yourself in music and piano and developing some sort of vision as to what you want for yourself. Then you can work backward from that point. You may realize that having a piano and lessons are important facets to assure progress depending upon the nature of the career you aspire to.
All the best-
Hi Robert,
I asked about the Grotrian because there is one I’m considering in Chicago, a 2010 Charis model (6’10”), pre-owned. But I’m just not sure about the piano. It has a gorgeous sound, but it’s badly regulated, with uneven action, problems with p-pp playing in some registers, many keys remain sticking up when you push them up. I’m concerned about what happened to that piano when it was privately owned(in Colorado).
Is this normal for a new piano? Any guess on what happened to it?
Could you recommend a reputable tech in Chicago? Thank you again.
Brian
I would be very cautious about the Grotrian you are considering. It is not normal for an almost new piano to have these sorts of problems. It calls into question the history of the instrument. If it is being liquidated at a fire sale price, it could be worth the risk. Please let me know what they are asking for the piano. It would be wise to get a technician to look over the instrument to make sure there isn’t something severely wrong with it.
Best wishes-
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Hey Robert, how are you? Let’s hope good. I’ve been watching some of your great videos, and in one of them, you mentioned that A closest to middle C is at 440 vibrations per second, and the A higher is at 880, does that mean that 2 octaves higher than 880 would be 0? and 3 octaves higher would be -440? This doesn’t seem to make sense, I was hoping you could talk about this subject and explain the concept.
-Cheers, Sami.