- your feet are more coordinated than the most dance students'.
- "swing" rhythms horrify you.
- molto espressivo means use the crescendo pedal.
- you've ever accidentally "played" half your keyboard during a silent period in a chruch service because you placed a book in a precarious position.
- you can actually hear what pitch the 32' pedal stop is playing in the bottom end of the range.
- ...or the 32' trumpet/tuba stop is the only thing you can hear anymore, because you now rely on feeling floor vibrations instead of using your ears.
- if Beethoven were alive today, he'd ask you to play softer.
- not even the brass section in the orchestra wants to challenge you.
- you know twelve Bach toccatas and/or fugues, but Fur Elise has never been in your repertoire.