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Re: Touch Pianist

#21

I adore this because intentional or not it shows you how critical tempo and a bit of legato can be to giving the right piece the right mood. You have one singular job here and the way in which you do it drastically affects your interpretation of Beethoven.

Velocity is also critical, but it’s doing that for you.

I only noticed half way through you could adjust velocity depending on vertical touch. Really nifty! More expressive and fun than I expected. Bravo.

Re: Touch Pianist

#23
Great choice of song! If you ever have access to a piano, I highly recommended trying to fumble your way through Beethoven's moonlight sonata, even if you don't know how to play piano.

Not quite sure how to put it into words, but it's absolutely exhilarating hearing your own fingers produce these huge sounds and intense chord progressions. Every time I managed to find the right chord I'd get such a rush. "Oh no he didn't.. he went _there_!?"

This webpage gives a little taste of that feeling. If you enjoyed it, try to give the real thing a go!

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#24
post #15

I like the idea, but there's a delay. It's noticeable enough to be annoying and making it impossible to play out the pieces exactly as I would like to. It just feels like when I get in a rhythm I end up being one tick forward. Or is it just me?

no delay at all for me

ok, no delay on their app, and in there the experience is very satisfying. the web version seems to _feel_ somewhat better when using the touchpad instead of the keyboard, but still not the same.

Re: Touch Pianist

#26
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no delay at all for me

ok, no delay on their app, and in there the experience is very satisfying. the web version seems to _feel_ somewhat better when using the touchpad instead of the keyboard, but still not the same.

No delay on the web version to me. Probably depends on the system/browser/specs/etc.

Re: Touch Pianist

#27
post #19

I am sorry if this is not the place to discuss it and will remove my comment if needed, but seeing websites "highly recommending" the use of Chrome seems like bad taste nowadays, especially with what's going on with WEI.

It seems to work fine on Firefox for Android. I wonder what the author's concern is that he'd recommend Chrome?

Re: Touch Pianist

#28
post #9

I love how tapping an irregular rhythm (eg xx-xx-x-) gives Beethoven a progressive metal vibe.

Or hitting four keys at the same time in a waltz rhythm (so a "one" that's slightly longer that two and three). I couldn't make this piece sound funky, though, probably because of the triplets that all move in the same direction. But try Rach's Op 39, no 6. You can play it like salsa/son.

Re: Touch Pianist

#29
If one were really great with this - would it be possible to reproduce both the Richter and the Gould version of the WTC 1 Prelude in C Major (except maybe some flourishes)?

For reference, the first few minutes of these links:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1osi_pQcUdM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjnKuhcfB6U

Re: Touch Pianist

#30

It would be great if I could see the music script instead of some bubbles

I was surprised I could recognize the song just from the bubbles without even having audio enabled
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