WTC1 Prelude in C# Major

[Moreys]

In case anybody cares to have a listen or comment:

http://savefile.com/files.php?fid=5087293

[Keith H]

Post by Moreys
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Awful.

[t***@hotmail.com]

Post by Moreys
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Rather tentative, I felt, but quite a nice feel for the music and,
apart from the possibly accidental rallentandi, not at all bad.
Admirably free of bum notes, at least. But if you wished to play this
to a live audience, I think a bit more work on those transitions would
be needed.

Thanks for sharing

Edward

[Albert Z.]

You're right, some of the transitions needs a little bit of improvement
but anyway this a great recording.
Thx

[John L. Grant]

I take it that's not a "real" piano you're using, but a sampled one
attached to a keyboard. In any case, I've always thought this prelude
should be played with as light a touch as possible, with no big rits.
I'd want it a bit faster and a bit smoother, which means more work with
the met. at lower speeds till every note is spot on. Then slowly speed
it up.

This is a fun prelude to play because it falls under the fingers quite
nicely. Because you're using a sampled piano you have to work extra
hard to produce the effect of a tonal range, because the sample won't
have any more that 3 useful "layers" where this piece is concerned.

Not a bad-sounding sampled piano, though. Which one is it?

JG

[Moreys]

Post by John L. Grant
I take it that's not a "real" piano you're using, but a sampled one
attached to a keyboard. In any case, I've always thought this prelude
should be played with as light a touch as possible, with no big rits.
I'd want it a bit faster and a bit smoother, which means more work with
the met. at lower speeds till every note is spot on. Then slowly speed
it up.
This is a fun prelude to play because it falls under the fingers quite
nicely. Because you're using a sampled piano you have to work extra
hard to produce the effect of a tonal range, because the sample won't
have any more that 3 useful "layers" where this piece is concerned.
Not a bad-sounding sampled piano, though. Which one is it?
JG

Thank you, everybody, for your very kind responses, and for listening.
John, the digital piano is a Technics p-50. It sounds good for the most
part but the transition from the medium sample to the loud sample is very
harsh so I think I'm going to trade it in for a Yamaha p-90 soon. I agree
that it seems very difficult to get good tone on a digital! I wonder if
having to try so much harder actually improves technique at a faster clip,
sort of like high-altitude training for runners? Or is playing a real piano
with a real action and real acoustics so different that the more difficult
task of getting good tone out of a digital doesn't help acoustic piano
technique?

[John L. Grant]

The action of the digital piano will be much lighter than that of most
pianos; even a weighted keyboard will have a lighter action. But that
should not necessarily be an issue with Bach, who of course did not
have a piano action in mind when he wrote. Practising on a keyboard
with a light action is quite different from practising on a keyboard
with a heavier one. The most important point, though, is that whatever
action you end up using you must practise initially at a tempo that
permits you to play every note perfectly and evenly. You will be
astonished at how quickly your control over tempi improves once a piece
is completely mastered at a slower tempo.

Yes, the ringing tone at higher velocities cuts in quite abruptly. The
P90 may correct that.

Cheers,

JG

[Moreys]

Post by John L. Grant
The action of the digital piano will be much lighter than that of most
pianos; even a weighted keyboard will have a lighter action. But that
should not necessarily be an issue with Bach, who of course did not
have a piano action in mind when he wrote. Practising on a keyboard
with a light action is quite different from practising on a keyboard
with a heavier one. The most important point, though, is that whatever
action you end up using you must practise initially at a tempo that
permits you to play every note perfectly and evenly. You will be
astonished at how quickly your control over tempi improves once a piece
is completely mastered at a slower tempo.

John, thanks for the advice - I will do that.

Post by John L. Grant
Yes, the ringing tone at higher velocities cuts in quite abruptly. The
P90 may correct that.

Very good ear to have caught that on the recording!