Comments on: What is Real Piano Music? http://pianoandsynth.com/what-is-real-piano-music Piano and keyboard information and resources Mon, 21 May 2012 09:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard Watermanhttp://pianoandsynth.com/what-is-real-piano-music#comment-42 Richard Waterman Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:08:26 +0000 http://pianoandsynth.com/2006/01/07/what-is-real-piano-music#comment-42 Hi Andy. I am Richard Waterman, the musician who wrote the web site you address in your comments. It is my music that is featured on www.realpianomusic.com. Completely by chance, I happened to run across your comments while I was doing a search. And I must say, I'm very glad I did. Allow me to respond to your comments. I would never say that playing by ear is "better" than playing by sheet music. The fact is, we all know that sheet music is very necessary, and of course the most beautiful music in the world is performed using sheet music. Rachmaninoff happens to be my favorite composer, and I worship any musician who has the power to play his most difficult sheet music, in particular, the "Rach 3".... I fantasize about being able to play Rachmaninoff's most difficult music, but I simply do not possess that gift. And as you mentioned, it certainly is a gift. Being able to play the most difficult sheet music is a gift that I completely envy and wish I had. Perhaps you have this gift, and if so, I envy you. My gift happens to be the gift of playing by ear. I do not claim that my gift is any better than anyone who plays from sheet music. It is simply a different gift, and the two different gifts produce two different sounds and two different types of music. I focused my web site on "playing by ear" for two reasons: because I happen to play piano extremely well, and even though I don't play from sheet music, I feel my gift merits being shared with others. The other reason is that I think the art of "playing by ear" has never received much attention or exploration, and I want to draw some attention to this particular style of playing. I thank you for your comments. I will go back and look at the comments on my web site, and using your perspective, I will change any content or comments that misrepresent my true intentions. I welcome you to submit further comments. I love the perspective and the criticism! It's great! Warmest regards, Richard Waterman Hi Andy. I am Richard Waterman, the musician who wrote the web site you address in your comments. It is my music that is featured on http://www.realpianomusic.com. Completely by chance, I happened to run across your comments while I was doing a search. And I must say, I’m very glad I did.

Allow me to respond to your comments.
I would never say that playing by ear is “better” than playing by sheet music. The fact is, we all know that sheet music is very necessary, and of course the most beautiful music in the world is performed using sheet music.

Rachmaninoff happens to be my favorite composer, and I worship any musician who has the power to play his most difficult sheet music, in particular, the “Rach 3″….

I fantasize about being able to play Rachmaninoff’s most difficult music, but I simply do not possess that gift. And as you mentioned, it certainly is a gift. Being able to play the most difficult sheet music is a gift that I completely envy and wish I had. Perhaps you have this gift, and if so, I envy you.

My gift happens to be the gift of playing by ear. I do not claim that my gift is any better than anyone who plays from sheet music. It is simply a different gift, and the two different gifts produce two different sounds and two different types of music.

I focused my web site on “playing by ear” for two reasons: because I happen to play piano extremely well, and even though I don’t play from sheet music, I feel my gift merits being shared with others. The other reason is that I think the art of “playing by ear” has never received much attention or exploration, and I want to draw some attention to this particular style of playing.

I thank you for your comments. I will go back and look at the comments on my web site, and using your perspective, I will change any content or comments that misrepresent my true intentions. I welcome you to submit further comments. I love the perspective and the criticism! It’s great!

Warmest regards,

Richard Waterman

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