Piano

Just over a month ago a hard-hitting report about misogyny in music was published by the UK parliamentary women and equalities committee. The report contained personal accounts that showed not only that inequality is still pervasive in the world of classical music, but that women are enduring an unacceptable level of sexual abuse and harassment, often being silenced with non-disclosure agreements to protect those in power.Like so many of my colleagues, at first I did not recognise this version of our beloved profession,…

While there’s no shortage of ways to distract yourself while playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, one of the most unexpected minigames is the surprisingly deep piano system. In most of the major hub towns you encounter across the expansive world, Cloud can find a piano to sit down at and tickle the keys. You’re free to play any song you want in free play, but you can turn this system into a full-on rhythm game, almost like Guitar Hero, by collecting sheet music of some of the game’s most iconic tracks. There’s even an…

Yesterday, Square Enix dropped the demo for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Split into two parts, the first arrived with the flashback sequence, telling the events of Cloud and Sephiroth’s trip to Nibelheim. It was emotional and powerful. And I spent most of my time with it playing the piano. It should really come as no surprise that this happened. First off, I’m the guy who gets side-tracked by everything in an RPG. I went out of my way to not spend all my review time in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth on Dondoko Island, and I…

If you’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano, there are plenty of apps designed to make the whole process a lot simpler for beginners. Simply Piano is one of the easiest and most popular options. It offers a wide range of features to help you learn chords, notes, and popular tunes, perfect for impressing everyone the next time you find a piano in an airport or shopping center.The Simply Piano app works on both the iPhone and the iPad. Obviously the iPhone version is the best choice for learning on-the-move, but I’d…

Look, we can all sit around debating wether it’s worth teaching a dog to play the piano, or if that’s even something they’re capable of doing. But it’s also too late since, here at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, a Hong Kong-based startup has actually developed a device to do that. Zoo Gears was at the show demonstrating TheButter, a four-key instrument with light-up pads your pup can “play.”Essentially, the pooch has to follow along the sequence of lights, each one triggering another few notes of whatever song you’ve equipped it…

Having worked his way through the sonatas of both Beethoven and Schubert for Signum, Llŷr Williams now turns his attention to Schumann’s piano music. Whether this generously filled two-disc set is intended as the first instalment of a more comprehensive survey isn’t clear. The sleeve notes give no hint either way, nor, more crucially, do they explain just why Williams has settled upon this particular selection of six works. It ranges chronologically from Schumann’s Op 2, Papillons, completed in 1831, to Faschingsschwank…

Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.Usami, who has cerebral palsy, was one of three musicians with disabilities performing Symphony No. 9 with the Yokohama Sinfonietta at Suntory Hall on Thursday using an artificial intelligence-powered piano. To assist players, the "Anybody's Piano" tracks the notes of the…

Even as we enter the weekend today, December 23, interesting tidbits from the world of artificial intelligence keep coming in. In a shocking development, Infosys has lost a deal worth $1.5 billion with an undisclosed AI firm. The announcement came just days after Infosys Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nilanjan Roy's resignation. In other news, a group of teachers worked with Yamaha to create an AI-assisted piano that tracks the notes of the music and augments the performance by adding whatever keys are needed but not…

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