William Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag (Pianoteq)

Nice that you are not playing too fast, Wonderful! Very gracefully played. This is the way it should be played.

I really enjoyed your playing Triton.  So  deep! I remembered my son again and the happy days we had (dad, show me what  you have recorded…) ..…Past away 2018, only 45 years old. When your beautiful playing stops, and I ”woke up” and found that he, my son, is gone. Thank you Triton for this beautiful moment.

I have small hands too, my left hand is smaller than yours and I have small hooks on little fingers so my playing requires a special technique.sometimes.  I've always had a complex about my small hands so that's why they never appear in my videos.

btw, I have played ragtime too, at least 10 Joplin ragtime pieces. Here is one from 2022, if interested. Pleasant Moments - I try to play a little bit like Sue Keller played it on yt 2009, to vary the tempo a bit to bring more life into the music.

Thank you Triton for sharing your wonderful music.

https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=9806

Best wishes,

Stig

Thank you Triton for your comments. And thanks for listening to my music (700 pieces now and growing). Some good , some not so good 

I have not heard of narrower key pianos. Interesting, thanks for pointing it out. Had to read about it, the conventional keyboard has a 6.5-inch octave. Many Stretto pianos have 5.5 or 6.0-inch octaves, or anywhere in between.

Questions I’m thinking of:
How hard is it to transition from a conventional to a Stretto piano?
Where can one try/buy these instruments out?
Do you have to buy an entirely new piano?
Have to check out this in my country.

I think it could be a good thing. Someone said:
”If everyone plays the same size, most are playing the wrong size!”

Unfortunatelly I think the industry do not need to make those improvements to prosper. They serve a luxury market that will always purchase luxury grand pianos at high prices.

Best wishes,

Stig