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ITT Grand Piano Challenge
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passion_flower
07-12-2010
The Dance Machine Challenge last year gave us so much hilarity (who will ever forget Lilia's reaction to getting a zero...? ) so I thought this new challenge deserves its own thread. It looks like it could be good fun!

First 'victim' = Katya, a previous student of the Conservatoire (!) Seemed very bewildered by the whole concept and just stood staring at the screen for some time ('I'll just stand here and press the C' - and yet didn't even manage that ) I love Katya.

Leaderboard:
Katya - 42
brendan's girl
07-12-2010
James did well

Three hundred and something!
kitty_koo
08-12-2010
I think they should be allowed to practice first (for a few mins) or at least look at where the keys are!
KnowAll27
08-12-2010
I wish they were doing the dance machine again! Or maybe the wii-fit step-aerobics. Or...something. Just not that keen on the piano for some reason.
Doghouse Riley
08-12-2010
I've mentioned elsewhere that as the tune is Hoagy Carmichael's "Heart and Soul" that it would have been more entertaining if pro couples had each to play the "left and right hands" as is...well these days....was, the usual practice when two kids play this tune on a piano.

I think she had difficulty in understanding that the long bars were notes they had to hold, until the short ones reached the bottom of their screen.
Pretzel
08-12-2010
I imagine that it could be fun to do but I just don't think that it works on TV. I find it confusing trying to follow what they're doing and therefore boring to watch. Sorry fans of it . I've never watched ITT before this year so maybe that has a bearing on it, but I'd rather see them try something else.
BuddyBontheNet
08-12-2010
It is a bit harsh not to tell them what they have to do!

I can't wait for Erin to have a try!
kaycee
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by kitty_koo:
“I think they should be allowed to practice first (for a few mins) or at least look at where the keys are!”

How do you know they don't have a practice? Looking at it as if it is "something they've never seen before" is probably all part of the act!
CybesVybes
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“I've mentioned elsewhere that as the tune is Hoagy Carmichael's "Heart and Soul" that it would have been more entertaining if pro couples had each to play the "left and right hands" as is...well these days....was, the usual practice when two kids play this tune on a piano.

I think she had difficulty in understanding that the long bars were notes they had to hold, until the short ones reached the bottom of their screen.”

Entertaining, definitely!

Have you any idea how difficult it would be to play the left hand of that tune on a keyboard of that size?! The poor victim/professional dancer would be leaping all over the place trying to cope with the repeated arpeggios that make up the accompaniment.

The virtue of the melody is that the notes are pretty much next to each other almost all the way through.

(I'd love to see them try, though! )
SaraV1308
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by BuddyBontheNet:
“It is a bit harsh not to tell them what they have to do!

I can't wait for Erin to have a try!”

I think we might see Erin's attempt later today... and looking at the filming before it starts - she just ran amock and literally run up and down the keyboard...

Totally bewildering...
BuddyBontheNet
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by SaraV1308:
“I think we might see Erin's attempt later today... and looking at the filming before it starts - she just ran amock and literally run up and down the keyboard...

Totally bewildering... ”

That's what makes me want to see her turn! She's not even facing the screen at the end!
Doghouse Riley
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by CybesVybes:
“Entertaining, definitely!

Have you any idea how difficult it would be to play the left hand of that tune on a keyboard of that size?! The poor victim/professional dancer would be leaping all over the place trying to cope with the repeated arpeggios that make up the accompaniment.

The virtue of the melody is that the notes are pretty much next to each other almost all the way through.

(I'd love to see them try, though! )”

I wouldn't expect them to play chords, but as some kids can play the bass line with one finger with little difficulty, I'm sure an adult could attempt it with a foot. I don't care if they make a hash of it, but it would be amusing, which I thought was all that was intended.

I'd give 'em a key with four flats.
CybesVybes
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“I wouldn't expect them to play chords, but as some kids can play the bass line with one finger with little difficulty, I'm sure an adult could attempt it with a foot. I don't care if they make a hash of it, but it would be amusing, which I thought was all that was intended.”

There are no chords in the accompaniment. Think about how it goes in your mind. On the piano it can be played with one finger, but on that keyboard you'd need to be Zebedee!

I agree, though - highly entertaining.
ESPIONdansant
08-12-2010
I play the piano. With my actual hands. And I didn't get it at all. Lame.
CybesVybes
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant:
“I play the piano. With my actual hands. And I didn't get it at all. Lame.”

In my experience, having any kind of previous musical knowledge at all when it comes to things like this is a definite hindrance.

(That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! )
Doghouse Riley
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by CybesVybes:
“There are no chords in the accompaniment. Think about how it goes in your mind. On the piano it can be played with one finger, but on that keyboard you'd need to be Zebedee!

I agree, though - highly entertaining. ”

Not wishing to appear picky, but there are chords in the sheet music, but you can get away with just the bass line.
reclinewithme
08-12-2010
Claudia hates 'the machine', I hate the grand piano - it's rubbish, boring to watch.
Doghouse Riley
08-12-2010
Originally Posted by reclinewithme:
“Claudia hates 'the machine', I hate the grand piano - it's rubbish, boring to watch.”

This is an "early evening show." The BBC always try to "engage" a wider audience than those just interested in specific topics.

If it were all analysis, criticisms and training footage, they think some people would change channels.

It's a "one size fits all" policy and if the ratings hold up then they think they're doing the right thing.
beee
08-12-2010
Have the pros never watched Big?

Link
Scattyjan
08-12-2010
I think one of them recognised the tune! I did (eventually) and figured that's where the producers got the idea. Nice, clean, simple fun, I'm enjoying it- and Natalie, how good was she! 1091! In yer face James Gordon ...
ormster
08-12-2010
Natalie Lowe is a legend!!
Gill P
08-12-2010
Here we are:

Heart and Soul
Doghouse Riley
08-12-2010
And here it is "ballroom style" as intended by the songwriter Hoagy Carmichael.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0
passion_flower
09-12-2010
Leaderboard:

Natalie - 1091
Erin - 400
James - 338
Katya - 42

Missed James' but I'm sure it was full of alpha-male grunting and the like

Natalie came across as simultaneously sweet and a little cocky (sorry don't shoot me Natalie-fans that's just how she came across to me!) but she definitely did well!

Erin is such a mental! I loved her running up and down at the end, and her going 'F' 'F' every time there was a G
Kim P
09-12-2010
Poor Katya! Natalie was superb though and picked up what she had to do straight away.

Can't say it's the most entertaining thing to watch though.
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