Paul Learns Piano — Week 11 - Day 74

Описание: Welcome to Day 74 🎹

⚠️ We are testing the Beta Music Coach software, so things might happen. We just go with the flow.


Today I want to see how the AI Music Coach does with helping me relearn a piece I used to play many years ago — “Cristofori’s Dream” by David Lanz.

This is not a beginner song. This is the deep end of the pool.

I’m genuinely curious how the Music Coach handles something advanced, expressive, and not neatly wrapped inside a lesson structure. This piece breathes. It stretches. It rolls. It doesn’t always behave on a strict grid.

So yes… we might be jumping off a cliff here.

But I’m hoping my hands and brain remember at least a few things from 20+ years ago. Maybe there’s still some muscle memory hiding in there. Maybe the left and right hands will call a truce. Or maybe they’ll look at each other and say, “We used to do what?”

Either way, this will be a great test of how the AI Coach supports relearning a real piece of music, not just completing exercises.

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Welcome back to the adventure. The 70-year-old guy (that would be me) decided to learn piano again after 20 years… and I’m doing it live, one practice session at a time.

Fair warning: I laugh at myself a lot during these sessions. Sometimes because I’m proud… and sometimes because my fingers are doing their own interpretive dance.

🧪 New twist: my practice sessions are now using the Roli AI Music Coach (Beta). That means we get a sneak peek at what’s coming, plus the occasional “well… that wasn’t supposed to happen.” 😄
On Day 67, we hit the reset button and started back at Day 1 specifically to test the Beta and make sure everything’s behaving the way it should.

🎼 Here’s what I’m using for this journey:

ROLI Piano (49 keys!) + Airwave
And honestly… who wouldn’t love a keyboard that lights up like a rainbow? It’s ridiculous in the best way, and yes… it’s fantastic.
Airwave also tracks my hands on the keyboard and shows them in the app, which is equal parts helpful and “well, there’s nowhere to hide now.”

The Roli Learn app + AI Music Coach (Beta)
It tracks my progress and hands out gold stars. With my luck, if I miss a day, it’ll sit me down for a “we need to talk” moment.
And now with the AI Music Coach (Beta), we’re getting a front-row seat to the future of this thing.

📣 Roli has rolled out the new AI Music Coach, and I’ve been invited to use the Beta during my daily practice sessions. So yes… we’re seeing this thing before it’s fully polished. That’s part of the fun.
If you want to see what they’re building, take a look here:
https://roli.com/campaign/ai-music-coach

Ecamm (because of course Ecamm is involved)
Ecamm is the perfect program for streaming my practice sessions.
https://ecamm.com/paul

My practice sessions usually run 20–30 minutes. Expect a little progress, a little chaos, and the occasional “wait… what key is that?” Maestro may also make an appearance to supervise and silently judge.

Also, since I’m basically “playing out” on the internet, I did what any respectable street performer would do and put a tip jar on the piano. Subtle, right? 😄
https://thepaulduncan.live/tip

If you’re watching live, feel free to ask questions. If you’re brand new to Roli, learning piano, or just curious how a 70-year-old ends up rearranging his whole workspace for a keyboard… you’re in the right place.

Let’s see where this goes.
One key. One click. One gold star at a time.

Helpful Links

Paul Learns Piano playlist (previous sessions):
https://thepaulduncan.live/learnpiano

Mailing list (follow the adventure):
https://thepaulduncan.live/piano

Tip jar (my “street performer” moment):
https://thepaulduncan.live/tip

Some timestamps of issues I noticed:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:00 – Persistent memory not remembering song progress between sessions
0:02:00 – AirWave recalibration workflow needs improvement
0:03:30 – Practice time showing incorrect total (“52 minutes today”)
0:04:00 – Calendar progress ring missing; session likely not tracked
0:06:10 – AI references colored notes that do not exist in sheet music view
0:06:45 – AI plan introduces left hand too early (no left-hand notes yet)
0:07:35 – Countdown and loop behavior are inconsistent
0:08:20 – No countdown lead-in before playback starts
0:10:00 – AI talking over count-in/metronome causes confusion
0:11:05 – AI stops providing meaningful feedback and repeats the section
0:13:20 – Incorrect switch to left-hand practice
0:14:00 – AI continues insisting the left hand is present after the correction
0:16:05 – AI becomes confused when asked to play the entire song
0:17:10 – Notation display scrambled (treble/bass clef rendering issue)
0:18:10 – Rigid sectioning logic forces left-hand instruction regardless of song structure
0:19:10 – Session recap metrics are inaccurate or inconsistent