The Grand Piano: Being able to Serve

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Being able to Serve

For me personally, having been trained more in concert pianist mode all of my life means switching over to being an accompanist makes accompanying on the piano more difficult for me personally than playing solo or even duet. You have to follow a conductor and hope the choir follows him; and if they get off, you have to find where they are and try to cover for them; otherwise the word train wreck comes to mind.

My first time as a FoT accompanist pianist in Lexington, Kentucky

Playing as an accompanist at the FoT in Invermere, British Colombia, Canada

The Invermere Choir

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Piano is Exercise

Why piano is so hard: You are reading both treble and bass clef at the same time verses most other instruments where you read only one clef at a time. Yes, that is why I always did better on the flute. Then, your right foot is pumping the damper pedal, and your left foot is pumping the soft petal, and the poor middle and often forgotten sostenuto pedal, usually the quiet more balanced one, but when you get into more advanced lessons you sometimes have to pump the middle sustenuto pedal too but you only have two legs so OH NO....that means you have to move one of the legs that you have over to pump that one! :-) Also, if you use fitness apps, you can see that you burn a lot of calories playing the piano. Both hands/arms are constantly moving, your eyes are keeping up with the music which means your brain is constantly active; and if you're playing from memory you are totally depending on brain power as well as muscle memory. Also, your feet/legs are constantly moving in pumping the pedals. Who needs the gym if you play piano! :-)