hey
sorry ive posted so many diff posts in the last 2 days...
ok..
1. what does it mean when someone says dun let ur joints collapse onto ur fingers when ur playing piano?
2. when u have say 3 bars in c major and every bar has the same notes e.g
|C D #F|C D F | C D F|
then on the 1st bar has an #f accidnetal do i still play #F for the next 2 bars?
3. when u play chromatics...do u have to make it sound like its in 4/4 time with some stress on the first beat of each bar or do u just make it all soudn the same?
ok thats it thanx:D:D

1. what does it mean when someone says dun let ur joints collapse onto ur fingers when ur playing piano?

- Well, i might have read this wrong, but play with your fingers curled, and make sure the top of the hand is straight. dont figit with your writsts a lot, not matter the expression-some notes will sound differnet, and you might slow the tempo down.

2. when u have say 3 bars in c major and every bar has the same notes e.g
|C D #F|C D F | C D F|
then on the 1st bar has an #f accidnetal do i still play #F for the next 2 bars?

- ? Ask someone else

3. when u play chromatics...do u have to make it sound like its in 4/4 time with some stress on the first beat of each bar or do u just make it all soudn the same?

- No. it can be in 12/8 time. some songs (well i know a few) it does chromatics from pp to a ff in like 20 measures. (KIND OF like chopin's prelude no. 15 - raindrops)

I hope some of this can help.

yeah i get it :D
thank u :D
ummm...my left rist is spraind from bball and so i cant really move it too much...like octaves r a bit difficult coz of stretching...is there anythign i cna do with my rist or my playing piano to make it sound good without having too many non legato phrases?

I dont know. Never ha d acripled wrist. Just figure something out on your own.

2. when u have say 3 bars in c major and every bar has the same notes e.g
|C D #F|C D F | C D F|
then on the 1st bar has an #f accidnetal do i still play #F for the next 2 bars?

~ If you have 3 bars in C major the accidental will always be cancelled out at the end of that bar. It will only remain #F if it is indicated in each bar or if the key changes. ^^

thank u :D
so its the same thing for any key rite?

Yes, it's the same for all keys.

If your hand is sprained, don't do anything that might injure it further. Only play songs that don't hurt your hand. It's better to lose a couple of weeks now than to do some long term damage that forces you to quit later down the line.

hey thanx
umm but what if it's like the other way arnd?
like if the time sig is D major and then theres a natural sign on F in the first bar...do u play the other bars as F nat. unless theres a # placed later on or do u immediately go bak to F# in the next bar?

|C D (nat.)F| C D F | C D F |

You go back to playing F#. ALL written-in accidentals go away once you hit the end of the bar, and it reverts back to the key signature. Some pieces will explicitly write in this reversion for clarity, but it should be played the same whether or not they actually write in the regular accidental.

ok this mite be a stupid question but like what if its like a F # on the bass line does the treble line F change as well rite?
G clef |C D F|C D F | C D F|
F clef |C D #F|C D F | C D F|

That one is actually a really good question. There is no definite answer. The "book" answer is that an accidental only applies to that note, and not to instances of that note in other octaves. However, some editors will assume that if you see one sharp, you will sharp all of them if they look similar enough (one case when this is especially bad is if you have the same note both loco and 8va, in which case many editors do not sharp both individually). Others will assume that if you don't see a sharp on that line, you won't sharp it, following the book answer. Most good editors, however, will write in extra accidentals to prevent that kind of mixup. In the absence of such information, it's basically your judgment call. Most of the time, it's fairly easy to tell what sounds "right."

r u talking abt other octaves?
sorry i didnt ask my question clear enuf :P
i meant like the bass clef and the treble clef

Yes, I know. The same problem appears both with different clefs and different octaves.

Official answer: A sharp in one octave or clef applies ONLY to that octave or clef. All the rest remain natural. (Same with other accidentals.)
However, there are many exceptions. You'll learn to recognize these with experience.

oh sorry :unsure:
but sometimes some acc. that r spose to be there sound bad but they r spose to be there x_x

It most likely is intended for it to "sound bad", a little mischief from the composer to make the music sound a little more interesting.

That's why it's important to study music theory. You will understand the construction of chords that at first "sound bad" but will eventually make a lot more sense.

Hmmm...I was just wondering if anyone had a certain technique that can be used to play the piano keys without looking at them but at the sheet music...?

Hmmm...I was just wondering if anyone had a certain technique that can be used to play the piano keys without looking at them but at the sheet music...?

I have a horrible habit of messing up more when I look at the keys. :heh:

If you want to do that, you'll have to put in some time in playing the piano and getting a feel for where each note is. You can't hit a note blindly without knowing instinctively where it is, and that instinct/knowledge builds over time as you get used to each key's location.

This might be a bit harder if you're sight-reading, so you might want to start with familiar songs.