Come tango with me - I know a good piano player

[George K]

Link to video

[Axtremus]

The comorbidities, lack of mask, and lack of social distancing were at first worrying, then I looked it up on YouTube and saw that it’s from 2014.

[jon-nyc]

How far they fall, I happen to know he used to be a famous conductor/performer. Now he’s banging away at a parlor upright in a piano bar.

[Klaus]

Hm. It's nice but ... when he plays Beethoven he is among the best in the world. But this isn't really above the level of Jonany random amateur. On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with just having fun every once in a while.

[Mik]

Wow. Tough room.

[Rainman]

When I used to play in bars, it was the same thing. Except people showed their appreciation by throwing things.

It may be an "intermediate" work, but watch the precision of the left hand, and his big mitts coming down with such power, trying to coax volume and tone out of that piano. Another thing he does, which intermediate piano players do not do, or even practice, is getting over the notes in the left hand, and then springing off the octave to the chord, where all he needs to look at is where the thumb goes. In true Russian technique, at times he even touches or caresses the notes of the left hand before playing them.
I don't know why I'm pointing this out, it's obvious to everyone I'm sure.

AND ANOTHER THING <haha) -- because of that technique, he could literally play all night long, and never get tired or worn out, especially when patrons start buying rounds.

Thanks for the link. That was fun!

[Aqua Letifer]

@Rainman said in Come tango with me - I know a good piano player:

When I used to play in bars, it was the same thing. Except people showed their appreciation by throwing things.

It may be an "intermediate" work, but watch the precision of the left hand, and his big mitts coming down with such power, trying to coax volume and tone out of that piano. Another thing he does, which intermediate piano players do not do, or even practice, is getting over the notes in the left hand, and then springing off the octave to the chord, where all he needs to look at is where the thumb goes. In true Russian technique, at times he even touches or caresses the notes of the left hand before playing them.
I don't know why I'm pointing this out, it's obvious to everyone I'm sure.

AND ANOTHER THING <haha) -- because of that technique, he could literally play all night long, and never get tired or worn out, especially when patrons start buying rounds.

Thanks for the link. That was fun!

Okay that's fascinating.

[Horace]

Yes, I like bite sized morsels of detailed expertise.

[Rainman]

@Horace said in Come tango with me - I know a good piano player:

Yes, I like bite sized morsels of detailed expertise.

You have no idea. . .