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Little things like that, so many little things, add up to affect your experience at the instrument. I put a cushion and a towel on the bench and I felt like I immediately gained 20% more control and though my hands have always been a LITTLE shaky and tense there was a huge improvement.

I recently came back from a long hiatus and I now have a different piano and bench than I previously did, and for the first month or so of playing again I didn't realize that I was seated too low at the new piano! It took me recording myself and then seeing how strained my hands looked, and realizing from the angle that they were not high enough in relation to the keys and there was no way for me to cup them in a relaxed position without actively raising my arms (not comfortable). Better to 'set it and forget it' as the old rotisserie guy used to say. It's much more stress inducing for me to constantly be shuffling around restarting everything and feeling all the nerves come back as I sit down and prepare to start a fresh take. Once I've got a take that I'm happy with I get up and edit it out of the longer raw cut. If I mess up and have to start over, I remain seated and after a brief pause, calmly begin the piece again as if I was only practicing and playing for myself. If nerves due to recording are exasperating the issue, one thing that I've found helps me is to sit and play in 10-15 minute chunks without getting up and restarting the recording. Spend a lot of time researching proper posture at the piano and make an effort to maintain that form. Record yourself from a side angle as well and see how you are sitting and how your hands and wrists are positioned in relation to the keys. Your hands do look a little tense (something I also struggle with on occasion, also self-taught) all I can say (aside from find a teacher) is be extremely self critical. It's something I struggle with as well, I have a very bad habit of gradually gaining speed as I go through a piece. Several decades after it was first published in 1919, the piece became extremely popular.I will agree with the tempo comment, though I did not find it too noticeable or distracting. It remained forgotten for centuries and was rediscovered only in the 20th century.

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You can download both programs in freeware versions.Д¬anon in D is the most famous piece of music by German baroque composer Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706).

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With a software like Synthesia () or the 'Music Animation Machine' ') you can listen to midi files (or connect a keyboard to your computer and play live) while viewing visualizations of the falling notes generated by the program on your computer screen. You can find and download free midi files by Googling 'pachelbel canon in d major MIDI'. You can listen to the original mp3 file here: If you like this piece you can buy and download the sheet music at.

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I learnt how to play Canon in D on piano mainly by watching other videos here on YouTube (together with the sheet music).

There are some very beautiful versions of Canon in D with violin, harp, guitar or orchestra, but I think this arrangement by Lee Galloway is one of the best versions for solo piano (together with George WinstonВґs arrangement Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel). Johann PachelbelВґs Canon in D (piano version), arranged by Lee Galloway (full version).