Fastest piano hitting in the world? Kenneth Udut?

   Tonight, i was investigating to see if I have a ''natural
   tempo'' on the piano. I hate metronomes, so I never worked with
   them. I always made the piano teachers keep them off. But for
   science, I'll do anything.

   So, after several failed techniques (the metronome kept
   interfering with my playing speed and CHANGING IT - the act of
   watching changes the behavior) - I figured out a ''sampling
   technique'':

   I'd play, get a rhythmic speed going that 'felt natural'' and
   would then adjust the metronome, TURN IT ON for just a few
   seconds. When it wouldn't match, I'd quickly turn it off before
   it destroyed my tempo.

   I kept going up. From 120 to 125, to 130, 150, 178, 210...

   finally I ended up at 250 which started matching up.

   After more experiments back and forth, I seem to have settled at
   a comfortable range of 250-270 bpm. I can't seem to ''nail it
   down'' yet, but it's in this range. I can go faster, but this is
   my comfortable, easy speeds.

   I do triplets at 250-270 bpm regularly. That's just how I play.

   So I thought, ''Gee, metronomes only go up to 208, and I hit 270
   easily. I wonder who the fastest piano player in the world is?''

   Came across this guy. He played the same note for a minute with
   two hands. His speed was 765 bpm.

   I started laughing when I saw this. I was like, ''Really?
   REALLY!?'' Did this guy just fool the world - or am I really
   that fast?

   So I downloaded a 'BPM' program where you can tap and it'll give
   you the BPM speed. I hit the same computer key for a little
   while and it seemed to stay more or less steady around here.
   791.

   Then I went back and did a little math.

   I hit triplets at 270 BPM comfortably. I actually start to get
   ''in the zone'' at that speed - it's euphoric.

   A triplet is 3 notes in a single beat.

   3 * 270 = 810 BPM. 810 Beats per minute.

   Divide by 60 that's

   13.5 notes per second.

   I like speed.

   If this is all it is, I might shoot a quick video and send it up
   to Guinness Book of World Records.

   Now to find a real piano to try it on. My Yamaha P80 is never
   fast enough for my fingers.

   But only if Guinness pays for my plane ticket.

   YOLO #yolo

   Ken

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