This channel features videos about music, piano, culture, etc, by a multi-lingual, multi-cultural pianist, piano teacher, translator who has lived in US, Japan, and South Korea.
Hey, I was wondering how you would divide 10 hours of practice a day? I don’t have a teacher yet but I practice a lot and sometimes I’m confused on what to practice in all this time(I usually end up doing hanon/scales)
It really depends on the student's situation. A good teacher will look at so many different aspects of the student's playing and decide the best course of action to get the most of your practice.
I had a U3 later replaced with a NU1 (before X) for noise problems in the building. There is no way any hybrid replaces a true acoustic piano. It’s a nice remedy but never as close. Plus the NU1 first release had tech issues with a couple of keys playing randomly louder than others. Sold it. Still undecided on the next choice.
If you must go electric, I definitely recommend these hybrid piano series. I wish I could get the grand version, but unfortunately it didn't fit the violin studio and our use case didn't justify the cost.
Evening hours are filled with my physical studio students. The booking system should show morning and early afternoon available hours. If you don't see those hours, you may be looking at the time I'll be traveling. I can still do regular lessons while I'm traveling, but due to time zone and other complication, I'm disabling online booking for that period. If you are looking to schedule regular evening hours, I can put you on my waiting list. Either way, if you'd like to discuss scheduling in details, please email me at akira@pianowithakira.com Thank you.
U explained perfectly well! I really received comments from student saying the counting is confusing them…tbh it is actually their playing already messed up! 😂 hope to have a repeating tape voice ask them to count out loud 🤣
It can be a similar finger independence issue, or there can be other things that may be causing it. It's hard to tell without seeing it, but I do have an online studio where you can show me what's going on and discuss solution: www.pianowithakira.com
You are not only an excellent piano player but also are an equally excellent educator. You are truly gifted in communicating effectively. Thanks for sharing your insights, Akira. You have a new subscriber.
Well done! I still have two and half years 'til graduation, and I'll have until the last year to decide if I'll graduate with this Piece or Animenz Unravel (Hope I'll actually be able to pull this off XD)
9:49 Maybe you can mess with the tuning in the configurations? I know Pianoteq has an option to "wear out" the sound, from brand new to a piano thrown in the dumpster. You can even pick different random seeds so the piano wears out differently each time. Maybe the NU1XA has that too, even if not as complex. At least different temperaments and stretching out, I'm sure it does that.
Hello, could you please play comptine by Pierre Lentier. You will find it in the book called "Le monde merveilleux de la musique". Thank you very much.
My Kawai MP10 (now quite old) has all sorts of selectable tunings and adjustable stretch settings. Presumably using midi with a vst with those settings you can get the same effect
Greav video! Can you recall the previous model, the NU1X? I am not yet able to afford the 1XA but have seen the 1X for around £2,500 (about £2,000 less than the 1XA). Do you think this is a good deal? I am fairly advanced (Fantasy Impromptu level) and action is the most important thing to me. I know there is a 'loud note' issue but I never came across it playing the NU1X in stores. So I guess my question is - is the action about the same on the two instruments?
I only payed the older version NU1X briefly at the store, but that was impressive enough to make me buy NU1XA without ever playing it. So as far as the touch goes, I think NU1X still feels like a real upright piano. Of course technologies are always evolving and just like any other electric devices, it's ultimately up to you to decide if the saving from purchasing used older model is worth giving up some of the new improvements. If you are satisfied when you played NU1X at the store, it may not be a bad choice to get it used. There are differences between the older and newer models, but you may not even notice many of them unless you compare them side by side.
Dossek? That is pretty specific :) I'm not sure when I can get to that particular one, but I'm thinking of making more lesson videos on popular repertoire.
To say rests are important is like saying darkness or lack of light is important. A rest in music is simply an indication of a period of silence..it's not a "thing" outside of rhythm. Would be much more meaningful to just say "rhythm is important", because rests aren't some seperate special entity.
This usually happens when self taught students jump to full chords or other stuff that doesn't match their difficulty lvl. Eg in a book I have full chords at page 100!!! Beginner exercises are there for a reason
Before tuning - PLIUUUM After tuning - PLIIIM There's beauty in the slight out-tuning of acoustic pianos. I had a Yamaha of plastic keys (with counterweights) which sounded more artificial, now I have a Kawai whose sound I like a lot, and it has wooden keys, it also simulates better the counterweights of a real piano. I dream of having a baby grand, even an upright, it's such a different sound. I can't escape from electric pianos because I live in a flat and I don't want to disturb too much my neighbors/family, but I have the suspicion that it is damaging my hearing. The more you approach to the median of the max volume the more bright and similar to real piano it becomes. I noticed the action of the real pianos are much harder. Here's a personal story, somehow by being unused to playing them for a long time, when I had a surprise recital this year and because they didn't allow for any practice, my hands got stuck many times during the performance. I played fantasie impromptu which I learned a couple months before and I knew it by heart perfectly, but It was the most embarrassing recital I've ever had, I made so many new mistakes I never had before, and it's like my hands forgot the piece during my playing. Since that experience I've wanted to get back at playing real pianos... So I'm checking a lot of stuff about them, this videos you have are really good content, if fact all of your videos are extremely appreciated, incredibly fun and useful. Also, I'm sorry for writing such a long uninteresting comment 😅
