Some good night music

I am attempting to figure out some embeds.
Bear with me.
This is the song I played Mom and Dad to sleep with for years.

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Grim, but true.
It was played at their funerals, and my brother and I smiled.

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This is one of the loveliest comments I've read in quite awhile.

Thanks for posting it.

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to which I owe my shelter in place.
And an extremely patient tech pal. (One who said if I ran away again, I would get spanked!)
Anyway, I remember having to sit on the very edge of my piano bench so I could reach the pedals.

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His Prelude No.25 in C - Priere:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RxC95WHYMg]

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@Bollox Ref

Just wondering.

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Marilyn

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@mhagle

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Just never in any recital or competition.
I might dig through my music, find it and amuse myself today.
God only knows, I can't spend my next 3 weeks drinking beer all day!
Oh, wait!
Yes, I certainly can!

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@on the cusp

So cool you played piano for your folks as did I. My dad's favorite was "Morning Mood." We are Norwegian so hence part of the appeal.

[video:https://youtu.be/OoaQyu0wx1A]

My piano peak was at age 19 when I performed the Ballade in G minor by Chopin. Then I married a guy who said, "you love the piano more than me." That was the end of the fabulous stuff. But now in my old age, I have taken up playing what I call "arthritis piano." I was losing it. But to take the time and effort to relearn classical works, well I just didn't have the time or energy. So now I just use scales, arpeggios, octaves, etc. and make shit up. Wow, what a difference it has made in my hands. They don't hurt anymore. And I have this 90-year-old concert grand piano my (new nice) husband rebuilt for me. Delightful. And maybe someday I will get around to doing some classical works again.
[video:https://youtu.be/18620H_z8Uk]

I think there are quite a few pianists here at c99.

Thanks for this essay. Smile

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@mhagle I have "fingernails", not long, but too long to play anything well.
Sometimes while traveling, I will see a piano in the bar, hit a few licks of whatever comes to mind.
I need to get a repairman out to do a repair on my pedals, and tune it up.
My first embed!!!

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@on the cusp

You travel and probably have nice manicures for business purposes. I understand.

But I would encourage you to fix your piano and just improvise for pleasure.

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@mhagle I usually take it slow and easy now when playing. Satie is always simple and such fun.

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@on the cusp

Yes.

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@on the cusp

The horror!!

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@Bollox Ref Rachmaninoff was the toughest. He wrote for his hands, not mine!
Put it up, Bollox Relief! If I can embed, so can you !
Let's go Liszt!

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@on the cusp

Here's Busoni's take on Bach's Chaconne in D minor:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw9DlMNnpPM]

some parts I can play....... the very slow parts.

I have a recording of Busoni playing said piece. Quite magnificent.

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@Bollox Ref Uh...slow parts are good.

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@Bollox Ref

Nary a Liszt Transcendental Etude? The horror!!

Are we now starting a Liszt of what we can and cannot play?

[ducking]

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@thanatokephaloides

Herr Trumpfenbahnhaltestelle is very aware of all of those on the liszt.

Be very careful whilst on the bus.

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@on the cusp

I have "fingernails", not long, but too long to play anything well.

Have you considered the wire-strung Irish folk harp? Your nails would be an asset rather than a liability!

Take the harp out of the coffin! [1] Biggrin

Seriously: if you ever have the chance, plink on a wire-strung Irish folk harp. Notation's similar to the piano once the string tuned to middle C is identified (often dyed on the harp itself).

[1] Piano (n.): A perfectly good harp embedded in an expensive coffin!

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@thanatokephaloides I do not get manicures, but try to keep my hands "presentable" for public viewing.
My typical polish, if any, is clear.
For those un-agile hands, I suggest Brahms. Lots of chords. Easy peasy.
After you ducked, you came up to look, and a splattered you with whipped cream, (right on your forehead!) which I carry with me for such occasions.

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