I had a little recording session tonight. I intended to try to combine the better quality audio with the iPhone videos, but the audio-only recording had clipping so I just went with the iPhone videos. But I tried a new angle, so that was fun. Take a look/listen if you have a minute

Energy Flow, by Ryuichi Sakamoto


Ascent, by Ludovico Einaudi

Very soothing. I liked them both, but like Energy Flow better. And I wasn't at all fussed by the audio quality.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice! The piano seems to be holding up well!

Very nice on the first one...

You have improved with your new piano!

Thanks for listening everyone!

Ron, do you think it sounds ok? I really want to get it tuned! But I realized (after your post awhile back about the measures you take) that tuning is not an "essential" business in this state (despite my own sensibilities).

LL, thanks!

The second one is a little wobbly in parts, I may redo it some day. But it will do for now.

I love it! Agree with everyone's comments. You and the piano sound great. Also, I really like the angle that lets the viewer see your hands.

How did the red light panic go? If you were nervous, you can't tell.

Yes, the piano is still holding up very well. Sure, it would sound better, more "unified" with a fresh tuning, but compared to many videos I've heard recorded recently, yours is doing so much better!

Very good SK! I enjoyed both of them.

Mark, thank you for listening!!

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Originally posted by rontuner:
Yes, the piano is still holding up very well. Sure, it would sound better, more "unified" with a fresh tuning, but compared to many videos I've heard recorded recently, yours is doing so much better!

Ron, thanks for saying that! This piano was left untuned for who knows how many years before I rescued it. It was tuned once before I bought it, and then... I had it tuned, then regulated and voiced, and then tuned again (IIRC) so I think it was tuned 3 times in maybe a 5 month period? And I have been trying really hard to control the humidity, although it does swing maybe 15-20% (thinking across weeks, not days here). And I've played it close to every day since I got it.

But the point is, I hope this means that, despite its former owner's neglect, this piano has retained the famous Yamaha stability.



Plus I will get it tuned as soon as I can!

Nina,

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I really like the angle that lets the viewer see your hands.

How did the red light panic go? If you were nervous, you can't tell.

Thank you!! Re the angle: I used Mr. SK's a tripod and a cellphone holder, and then I had to stand on a stepping stool to turn the video on and off because it was up kind of high!

Re the red light... I actually intended to record and share two completely different pieces. The first piece, which I always play from memory, I was totally distracted thinking about "oh everyone will see my hands, they look weird!" and I kept playing wrong notes. I think I made 4 takes of the first piece before giving up. Then I played the other intended piece, and after 3 attempts with minor (but to me unforgivable!) wobbles, I thought, ok this isn't going so well, I better call it a day.

But since I had everything set up, I figured I'd at least play Energy Flow (which I've played on and off forever). This recording was take 1 of that piece. I had zero expectations, had stopped thinking about everyone looking at my hands, and it went very well (minus a few wobbles which I usually never have in this piece but we'll call it good! :P

So that went so well, I thought I'd try Ascent, which I've only been playing for maybe a month or so (it's not very challenging though, note-wise).

Again, I had no expectations (which is probably why I shared the video despite some very obvious mistakes!

TL;DR version:
I made enough bad recordings first that by the time I recorded these two, it went very well!