Every pianist’s struggle

[@ChrisCadenhead]

THIS is why I show up to the venue an hour before everyone else lol

[@Airbender1802]

This video really hits the spot, because I struggle with this problem a long lately. Having to play on completely different pianos each time is really hard and frustrating. If you achieved something on one piano, doesn’t mean you can do it on another.

[@seancregomusic]

Things like this are why I am glad I do my own piano regulation. It's always in prime shape. I don't perform anymore because of health, so I thankfully don't have to worry about the disastrous world of non-maintained pianos! :) Obsessed with your content like usual! :)

[@devenestes3234]

Such a good lesson! I‘ve had to really learn this hard since I started playing organ, where every instrument doesn’t even have the same number of keys, the registers are completely different, and the instruments are often in varying states of disrepair or just because of weather fluctuations causing the mechanical coupling to expand and contract. Us keyboardists really need to be adaptable!

[@tbraun84]

Yes. And then there's the switching between the organ and piano or increasingly electronic piano which throws me off. But organs are so idiosyncratic one to the next.

[@devenestes3234]

@@tbraun84 absolutely! Since I mostly play organ nowadays I notice it feels really weird to play piano now. I get used to it relatively fast again but it still takes some adjustment. But you are absolutely right, the difference between organs is unbelievably huge!

[@takemetoyonk]

Super interesting stuff. There's something magical about the overlap of tools and music.

[@phil-o-phobic8608]

That’s the exact reason I started playing guitar, because I couldn’t carry a piano with me everywhere. I always admire pianists, upright bassists, and drummers, because in order to learn their respective instruments, they either had to lug them everywhere or deal with potentially inferior instruments at wherever they were at. I didn’t have the patience for that 😂

[@Tehinstrumentalist]

Its worse as an organist, we have no choice but to adapt and every organ is completely different. Sometimes we dont even get a chance to see the instrument beforehand and don't even know how many keys we'll be dealing with!

[@freddierodriguez3036]

It’s also the curse of having a good ear where others can’t tell but as a musician you do. Best and warm wishes! 🫶🏼

[@mykolas3587]

Most realistic advice. Cheers.

[@bobbill7879]

Was gonna play videogames but this made me want to practice some more

[@rudolphpyatt4833]

Keith Jarret famously adapted to a subpar piano for the Koln concert, essentially improvising a suite. Magnificent demonstration of what you’re talking about here.

[@timsullivan9104]

It's also why you have to maintain a good relationship with your piano tech.

[@alanclarkeau]

I've been asked by a friend to play organ for her wedding. I asked about the organ, as I'd heard it was in poor condition. "Oh, no, it's excellent ". Firstly difficult to even get to practise on, then first time, the Church secretary opens up, shows me how to access the organ (key, light, on/off). And she says "the Choir doesn't work, nor do any pedal stops apart from this one ... and the Swell trumpet and tremulant don't either". A nightmare - I discover that the capture pistons work only if they're in the mood, there were 6 jamming keys at last practice - worst was Great Middle C just staying down last time I practised. Meaning I couldn't use the Great at all. I've added 2 pages of issues to the Maintenance Book - which looks like nobody ever bothers to. Reading through the log, it shows that the Choir & pedal stops haven't worked for 10+ years. G-R-O-A-N.

[@michaeljacksin9367]

Is groan a new key you just invented from that experience

[@Lyle_Plays]

I totally agree! I'm used to practicing at home with a piano but I've found out a benefit of going to play with public pianos. they're all different, some of them have keys that are slightly out of tune, some of they are squeaky, some notes are straight broken at times... as you said, some notes can be really loud compared to the others too! So in using different pianos, I am forced to adapt to each of them and become a more all-rounder pianist :)

[@ethantanatsiwasesedza8305]

So relatable 🥹📝❤️

[@joshuastclairmusic]

This makes me think of the legendary Koln Concert and how Kieth Jarrett transmuted his frustrations for the piano into pure genius. Sometimes imperfections are where the art is.

[@lightintheart]

i love that you took teaching technique to applying a technique when playing a piano that has flawed keys affecting its timbre. i never thought of adjusting myself to overcome a piano like that before. interesting!

[@chp763]

What piece of music are you playing at the end? It's very beautiful and interesting!

[@MotifMusicStudios]

Great reminders that we always show up needing to bring out the best in the instrument in front of us!

[@juanperezaure]

You are amazing, I love your videos and your playing.

[@maxevocal]

It's really good advice for adapting! But I've also been the "squeaky wheel" student who would nag and nag to get a piano technician/tuner in for the campus practice room pianos 😂

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

i had a gig for about a year playing a little bar and the piano action was a nightmare. what a gift for those instrumentalists who only ever play their own !

[@jabaralahchannel]

beautiful ❤❤❤

[@bw2082]

You can’t take it with you unless you’re Horowitz

[@thegoodgeneral]

Learning some piano technology alleviates some of these issues.

[@letecialila8844]

Love it ma'am.👍🌹❤️

[@insamyoja2]

Ma'am? You mean love it dude😅😊?

[@hannahschell5880]

I played for an event recently where the piano keys were very stiff, the piano tone was way brighter than I'm used to, and I ended up having to hold down the una corda pedal for my entire performance because the piano was too loud for the space. It definitely impacted my performance! Every piano is so insanely different, and we rarely get really nice ones for events.

[@RonNewmanPiano]

If you're at home, hire a piano tech! At a concert venue, a tech should be available to regulate the piano.

[@prayashkerung]

Nahre upload your art pieces ✨️

[@paulograca3937]

Good advise Nahre

[@FranciscoElena-u5j]

Maravillosa explicacion

[@vampierkill]

oh no. Some pianists really take their GRAND piano on tour :D

[@somebody6004]

As a pianist it's so relatable, I'm doing this too when I get a different piano that doesn't "cooperate"

[@PaPyRene]

intonation is the solution

[@juankiroga8470]

That was exactly Keith Jarret's challenge when recording the concert in Koln. The existing piano was a disaster, and he had to find a solution on the spot. The path he found was to explore the unique expressive characteristics of that particular instrument.

[@lunagardvonbingen]

I did a concert for an assisted living facility near me, and the piano they provided was in such bad shape. the sustain pedal didn't work, completely out of tune, and the top of the keys literally blew off unto shrapnel as I played on them! it was a disaster

[@DJHolte]

At that point you just throw out the planned list of music and start playing honky-tonk ragtime. ;-)

[@lunagardvonbingen]

@@DJHolte Hahaha true! I was playing chopin polonaise and grieg in the hall of the mountain king

[@dilipsilal6200]

I am a big fan of yours.

[@jehrsonmamani2535]

Veo tus videos porque solo deseo verte a ti, eres virtuosa y muy talentosa. ☺️

[@alvarostockle]

I've broken like 9 keys of my Kurzweil, and I've manually fixed them. I struggle with this every day...

[@none5020]

Even more realistically you should call your local piano technician and then move to a different practice room 😅

[@Rhekon]

Hi, me lol 😅

[@MJTcompositions]

you could also just lift the key and wiggle it back and forth. or get a tuner

[@HolarMusic]

every piano doesn't want to cooperate with me 😅

[@gabriellopes195]

Not being able to take your instrument everywhere Pianists 🤝 drummers

[@ChristLenvoka]

This is so well received, do electric keys have this kind of issues, My mind was like what's ring these days with my piano

[@wbiro]

In a different universe I had myself recording custom-made improvisations to different pianos (being paid handsomely by the piano owners due to my world renown, of course), but only beginning after I had studied the quality of each note on the piano and grouping them as such, the information to be used during the improvisation. What resulted was a work that was custom made to that particular piano, and it would not work on any other piano, not even on that piano few days later after it had gone ever so slightly more out of tune, never to recapture that day's nuances. Here, I would find all of the squeaky notes and do something with them as a group as part of the piece...

[@michaeljacksin9367]

I haven’t gotten to play an actual piano in ages

[@shy.kumquat]

That’s why it’s in a practice room and not on a stage 😂

[@Elijah-yz9sh]

You are very beautiful and a amazing pianist

[@SolomonDouglas]

Have you heard the stories about Willie "The Lion" Smith doing this?

[@Martial-Mat]

I see now that digital are accounting for well over 50% of sales, so hopefully this will be a thing of the past.

[@pablosrzavala941]

Nahre, a piano technician need to check the regulation out … you will love the result

[@19tet]

as a drummer thats our hi hat clutch and/or stand.

[@mazeppa1231]

When you said "add a third note" and played that, I thought you were gonna troll us with dr dre.

[@davidhoffman6980]

I miss being in a practice room. 😢

[@johncallander]

She is as close to beatitude incarnate tht I'mI have ever seen. How do I get in the same buildimg,room.

[@Tiffanys_tiffan]

U can actually bring ur own piano like Daniel Barenboim😂

[@dkant4511]

Michelangeli said just work it out. It's always the pianist fault if what's desired is not achieved 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Justme-xg9rj]

You also need to have a great ear and master sound control

[@henrique88t]

I thought these things happened most in midi playing, and that the music I'm making has to contour around these flaws which used to make me frustrated in that regard

[@splashesin8]

❤😊

[@MM-vs2et]

Girlie I’m too poor to have this problem. My cheap midi keyboard stiffens up every once in a while I guess

[@Movman82]

Is that the chord from the beginning of "Pure Imagination" from Wonka Gene?

[@kadrodindubldva]

rich people problems

[@Jartious]

First! (Hopefully) ps love your channel

[@NahreSol]

😍

[@zephyr_hzr9504]

just one thing to say... organ

[@manurobertsdrummer]

That noise adds something special to it🎉😂

[@and3154]

How can you tell that there is a problem? I couldn’t hear the difference 😧

[@DeutschlandGuy]

One word... WD-40! 😅🤣😇

[@danilogiacobetti5142]

Come sempre dai buoni consigli 👌 sei brava simpatica e bella 😍😘

[@Demention94]

How do you suggest someone learn piano if they have carpel tunnel? Or would you recommend against it?

[@alanclarkeau]

Posture - most important is that the bench not be too low. The forearm should be roughly horizontal, and the wrist not twisted. An extract from a google article "Alignment of Arm, Wrist and Hand With your arms hanging at your side, notice that the forearm, wrist and hand have a natural, easy alignment. The fingers curve naturally, without any effort. Bring this natural, easy position to the keyboard."

[@potato9832]

Ask a doctor or physical therapist. Nobody here is qualified to answer hat question.

[@SophiaTrevor]

what is the songggg ur playing?

[@Lyle_Plays]

It should be illegal to not maintain a public piano regularly...

[@coursdeguitare2701]

Hello! Can you please advise me some great piano brands? ( hight quality like steinway, bechstein etc...)

[@PaPyRene]

Kawai, Yamaga

[@coursdeguitare2701]

@@PaPyRene Thank you but I don't like the sound of Yamaha and Kawaï. Now I only like Fazioli, Steinway and Bechstein. I like this kind of sound. I want to find the perfect piano for me

[@PaPyRene]

@@coursdeguitare2701 ok, I thought you need sheep brands...

[@RespiratoryDrive-vy9ih]

You're pretty

[@ellpes6181]

🖤

[@SnowyJane]

Doesn’t that need to be fixed?

[@martinmills135]

I‘d say get a technician to adjust that key spacing asap. Pros like Nahre are obviously able to work around this kind of imperfection. The Köln Concert piano story springs to mind.

[@harkerroland9750]

blablabla... im using electrical piano.....

[@michaelharvey702]

Rest arm weight at that point or at least feel the bed of the keys. That way you aren’t really forcing anything.

[@Cddsr]

How do I convince my wife to let me get a grand piano?

[@Martial-Mat]

Play beautiful music badly on whatever you have and blame it on the piano. ;-)

[@lunagardvonbingen]

Take her out looking at grand pianos and play something really beautiful on a nice one.

[@alanclarkeau]

It isn't necessarily a grand that's needed. My experience is that grands need more constant voicing and regulation than uprights - as long as the upright is set up ok to start with - and not "grandma's old piano".

[@JoriDiculous]

adapt? Nah, transpose :D