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@@Benita147 Thanks for your encouragement and your sub!! 😊🎶🙏

Thank you !!🙏 😊 🎶 I didn’t know the Mereaux piece - sounds very difficult. I don’t really take requests because my choices of videos tend to correspond to how I’m feeling at that particular moment. But I’ll certainly have a look at your two suggestions…

@@houmous942 thank you!! I agree with you that this piece sounds better with the same tempo all the way though, a kind of hypnotic regularity. I find it hard enough playing the ornamental parts at this speed, so doing them any faster isn’t really an option anyway 😉

Hnnggg this is how I feel about a LOT of pieces that people play by Chopin, **especially** the waltzes lol. I have always personally preferred steady tempos all throughout rather than constantly speeding up and slowing down so unnecessarily when it isn't written to do so. I only really "slow down" in certain spots of some pieces because if I play them at the same tempo or faster, I'll mess them up bad 😅 I mean, people are allowed to interpret whichever piece however they want it... but I've always preferred sticking to the tempo of anything I'll play.

@@manzoh2248 Thanks!! That 1st movement is really tricky, especially after long accelerando in the middle - I’m still struggling with that section but it’s a great sonata to play. The 9th sonata might be a bit easier technically and the music is amazing too

Thank you!! 😊 🙏 🎶 I love Prokofiev too - so much fantastic piano music!

Thank you my friend!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@YannickStreibert Thank you! 😊 🙏 🎶 I’m not sure - I’ll be busy for the next couple of months so maybe nothing too ambitious…

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd I'd be interested in seeing a performance of one of Prokofiev's earlier sonatas. Nos. 1 and 3 are just one movement, and I absolutely love both!

@@ThunderboxMusic thanks for the ideas - I don’t know the earlier sonatas well but I’ll check them out

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd I've learned No. 3 and No. 2 movement 4. Not terribly hard but still fairly difficult. I tend to prefer them (including No. 1, which is more Romantic) to the very modern No. 7.

@ OK - I’ve got the sheet music so I’ll have a look at those early sonatas - thanks!

@@hurricane4912 Thank you!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@Propp_ thank you 🙏 😊 🎶 I love your version of this movement too 🤩

@@Bumer935 Thanks!! 🙏 😊 🎶

@@ricklukram Thanks!! 🙏 😊 🎶

@@JoEbY-X Thank you very much!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd I've been playing through this exact piece recently and those final F and C chords in the right hand over the diminished chord over Bb in the left hand feel so good on the hands it's addictive... then you get to go right into smashing those two Bbmaj7 chords and go into that delicious coda. Then I pound those 3 final Bb octaves so hard my Kawaii RX-1 shakes making me feel bad for any mice or rats in the crawl space under my house.

@ I know - that feeling of smashing out those chords on the final page is awesome - it certainly shakes the piano up (I’m never sure if the iPhone I’m filming with will be in anything like the same position at the end…)

@@FeZz810 thank you so much for all your encouragement 😊- and don’t worry, I’ll keep uploading…

@@RodIdita Thank you!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@NickKouls Thank you!!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@softkadeh Thank you very much!! 😊 🙏 🎶 I’m not familiar with the N1 hybrid piano, but I’m delighted with my U3 silent. The action in silent mode feels identical to playing acoustically (you can really feel the weight of the hammers moving under your fingers). The midi output works fine for VSTs. Obviously it’s not the same touch as a silent grand, but the acoustic sound is very rich and they are really solid instruments. Hope this helps…

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd thanks a lot for your help ❤

@@stevowilliams8279 Thank you so much for your message!! 😊 🙏 🎶 I try to choose repertoire that I really feel something for, not necessarily the most well-known pieces… maybe not the best recipe for a successful channel but who knows?

@@FeZz810 Thank you!! 😊 🙏 🎶

another word "mess of sound"

Not everyone’s cup of tea…

@@loganm2924 thank you! I love the three war sonatas too - the eighth is the one I know the least - I’ll listen to Richter’s recordings of it 😊

@@windfishletusdream thank you so much 🙏 🎶 I’m glad you enjoyed it

Thank you very much 🙏 😊 🎶 I’m glad you liked the voicing - I worked quite hard on that…

I recomend you his 2nd piano concerto. Fr

@@MilkBlender Just listened to it yesterday (sorry I forgot to comment). I think it's not bad at all, though not really my cup of tea. I suppose I prefer something easier to follow, though I enjoyed the music's vibe, for what that's worth. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Thank you ! 🙏 😊 🎶

Thank you for you message 😊 🙏 🎶 I know, Prokofiev is never very easy to play but I love these three war sonatas

@@frédéricchopinFan.9479 Thank you! I really appreciate your continued support

@@FeZz810 Thank you!! I’m glad you liked my choice - the other movements to follow…

@@samwhiteakustik9418 Thanks 🙏 😊 🎶 I love this music too - I see you use the Yamaha CFX too

@@ytramsmp thank you!! This is beautiful music indeed. I think I played all the notes in the 2nd movement - I certainly tried to!

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd i will learn it from your video then (i can't read sheet 😔). i hope you have a terrific remainder of your day :)

@@ytramsmp Good luck learning it - I hope you manage using my video - could be worth following the sheet at the same time and pick up what you can. That 2nd movement is really worth the effort to learn though…

My overall favourite is the Steinway (I only have the standard version but even that has such a great sound) - if I could only have one VSL, it would definitely be the Steinway. But the Yamaha is superb for music that requires a more mellow and velvety sound.

@@windfishletusdream that makes me really happy to know that you’re still watching this video after all this time 😊 🙏 🎶

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Thank you - I’m glad you liked it🙏 😊 🎶 I’ve played the 7th Prokofiev sonata but not the 1st - I’d love to learn it when I get some time though - thanks for the idea!

@PriceLesS-nf1zd thank you! I love your channel, keep it up!

Thank you 🙏 😊 🎶 I’m glad you liked it - the original string quartet version is beautiful- I really like the Vegh quartet’s interpretation…

It is sometimes crackly when I’m recording especially in very intense passages, but I try to ignore this and then on playback in LogicPro it’s normally fine…

Hello. I’m using a Mac with an i9 processor (2.3GHz 8-core), and plenty of RAM. Then in LogicPro I use quite high latency - 256 when there aren’t too many fast repeated notes, or 128 otherwise, but this makes it crackly when I’m playing (but ok on playback)…

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd how many mics do you used? Can I see your settings on one of the mics? Thank you

@@CalixtaAndreula For recording I use 3 mics for the Steinway - Room-mix halfway up, condenser quite high and Mid 1 three quarters up. Then I sometimes add Main and Main-C for a bit of ambiance but for now I’ve only got the standard version of the Steinway so I’m a bit limited. For the recordings that I did with the Yamaha (Chopin Barcarolle etc.) I’m using Room mix quite low, Close 1 halfway up, Mid 2 halfway and Main-C on full (I have the full license for the Yamaha). Hope this helps

@@PriceLesS-nf1zd which synchron piano did you mostly prefer? I have Steinway full but now I am thinking to get CFX because there is promotion this month

@@CalixtaAndreula I love the Steinway but the Yamaha is great if you’re looking for a more velvety sound. These two are definitely my favourites and they are really complementary - what doesn’t work so well with one normally does with the other.

@@AmberMPiano Thank you!! 😊 🙏 🎶

@@welovefishhehe Thank you so much for you message - I’m glad you enjoyed it. I started playing piano when I was 5 and I’m no spring chicken now!

Truly impressive…

Thanks for your suggestion - I love Poulenc’s music and have played some of his chamber music and accompanied lots of songs and choral works, but never actually played any solo piano music. I’ll have a look though. Thanks again 🙏

Thanks! 🙏 😊 🎶 This piece is great fun - I’m sure you’d really enjoy playing it too

Probably Beethoven’s Appassionata

@@YannickStreibert Thanks! I know - there’s something definitely jazzy in parts, or even rock - I can imagine that first theme played on an electric guitar…