Why is it that every professional piano player i see play a song seem to be having a seizure?

[babadoctor]

Any piano players out there? 

 

Could you explain this to me?

 

 

They move their head up and down, all around, and just bounce around like some sort of crazy animal...

 

Have no idea why they do this, its really bothering me...

 

will i do that when i learn to play a song well?

 

[Whorax]

Probably the same reason tennis players have the universal tennis grunt.

 

Dey just do

[stconquest]

Any piano players out there? 

 

Could you explain this to me?

 

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They move their head up and down, all around, and just bounce around like some sort of crazy animal...

 

Have no idea why they do this, its really bothering me...

 

will i do that when i learn to play a song well?

 

Probably visualizing their:  current action, planned action, and thinking about the chance of a groupie for backstage fun. 

[babadoctor]

Probably the same reason tennis players have the universal tennis grunt.

 

Dey just do

 

I was hoping for more of an answer, but okay.

Probably visualizing their:  current action, planned action, and thinking about the chance of a groupie for backstage fun. 

I dont understand

[Stuff_]

I see similarities with different musicians. Some guitarists make faces while shredding/playing very intense sections. Drummers as well.

They are extremely focused on the tempo, and obviously the song they are playing.

[Dobbsjr]

I play piano and have entered some competitions. The reason why they do this is because music is like a living spirit and can move a person so deeply that the physical body naturally moves and animates along with the flow of the powerful expression.

It CAN be nothing more than choreography(and in most cases it probably is) in some people who desire to be perceived as more authentic in their performance and garner more supposed credibility.

Eventually, for most serious and inspired musicians, moving to some degree with the flow of the music is almost inevitable, and how you do it can be just as much of an artform as the music itself coming from within you and into the audible realm.

@Philosobyte

[babadoctor]

I play piano and have entered some competitions. The reason why they do this is because music is like a living spirit and can move a person so deeply that the physical body naturally moves and animates along with the flow of the powerful expression.

It CAN be nothing more than choreography in some people who desire to be perceived as more authentic in their performance and garner more supposed credibility.

Eventually, for most serious and inspired musicians, moving to some degree with the flow of the music is almost inevitable, and how you do it can be just as much of an artform as the music itself coming from within you and into the audible realm.

@Philosobyte

wow okay

 

do you have any pointers for a young aspiring pianist?

 

had no idea music could be a "living spirit"

[Dobbsjr]

wow okay

do you have any pointers for a young aspiring musician?

had no idea music could be a "living spirit"

Well, I'm not actually that good(still learning czerny 40). What I said above is just what I've perceived from watching and listening to music. As for pointers for aspiring musicians, I know this is cliche, but practice is everything. The quantity of practice is important, but so is the quality. When learning a new song, pace yourself. Don't start out trying to play it fast. Practice slowly and you will make yourself a good foundation.

[byalexandr]

It's just the emotion they put into it. That and it's actually very difficult to move your fingers that quickly and precisely.

[babadoctor]

Well, I'm not actually that good(still learning czerny 40). What I said above is just what I've perceived from watching and listening to music. As for pointers for aspiring musicians, I know this is cliche, but practice is everything. The quantity of practice is important, but so is the quality. When learning a new song, pace yourself. Don't start out trying to play it fast. Practice slowly and you will make yourself a good foundation.

thank you!

[Whorax]

I was hoping for more of an answer, but okay.

My answer was just about as good as anyone elses' tbh

[bob345]

That guy look he could be a younger version of the professor from the periodic videos youtube channel

[stconquest]

@babadoctor

 

Sorry, I was just talking shit.  I did not even watch the video.

 

I have watched it now.  He is not moving that much at all.    ...other than to play.

[Albatross]

I don't see it? Unless you mean his head bobbing? Many people do things like that to keep in sync with other things they are doing, sometimes even without knowing it. Helps them concentrate or they just get lost in what they are doing.

[KemoKa]

Music is a way for people to express themselves freely - you see it in the way the piano sounds - every pianist has differences in the way that they play a piano based on their character.

And one of the ways that people express themselves when playing music is to swing around like that. Not a seizure, they're just "feeling the groove", as it were.

Would you prefer it if a person just came up to a keyboard, played every key perfectly in succession without moving anything but their arms, and then just left? That's uninteresting, that doesn't convey any emotion or feeling, and that's why the performances from people who do play the piano like that sound sub-par to people who are used to hearing music being played with feeling and soul.

[nekomata]

Because the musician probably enjoys the music he's playing. It's like listening to music you enjoy so much that you start banging your head