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Iclearwater Posted 8 years ago
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There is no such thing as piano playing

The crucial point remains its practical application -but not in the sense of the old joke: There is no such thing as piano playing; I have myself tried it several times and nothing came of it.

Hello,

1. what is the joke about? Does it mean it is the people who are playing intead of the instrument is playing? I cannot ask a piano to play itself.

2. Is the joke old?

3. Does the whole sentence mean: theory doesn't work, but the application of the theory by people that works?


Thanks!


  

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Hi That's not a joke that I know in the UK. I think you have the right intuition about it. If someone is good at playing the piano, it seems like a skill that they just have, but we can't explain it.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi That's not a joke that I know in the UK.
  • I think you have the right intuition about it.
  • If someone is good at playing the piano, it seems like a skill that they just have, but we can't explain it.
  • Therefore, 'there's no such thing as piano playing' Dave
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Hi

That's not a joke that I know in the UK. I think you have the right intuition about it. If someone is good at playing the piano, it seems like a skill that they just have, but we can't explain it. Therefore, 'there's no such thing as piano playing'

Dave

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I don't understand this "joke" at all. I searched in vain online for an explanation. The words "nothing came of it" sound to me as if this person tried to learn to play the piano but didn't make any progress, but I don't really understand why piano playing should therefore not exist, or in what way any of this is supposed to be funny. I would guess it has something to do with pretending or bei

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