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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Genevieve Good job , congratulations on memorizing too !
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mariannejhampton
3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Susan A beautiful duet from your right and left hands ! Lovely
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Re: CALL FOR RECORDINGS for upcoming Virtual Masterclass with Dominic Cheli
@Sindre Skarelven Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white.…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Monika Tusnady Agree with you entirely . Spice is good !
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Monika Tusnady So you added some French flavor to the German ! An interesting thing to do and in my opinion made the variations sound more modern .
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Juan Carlos Olite I am so glad you completed the challenge , I wasn’t exactly taken with this Beethoven piece but now I’m a fan. Great work as usual !
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mariannejhampton
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Juan Carlos Olite Thank you Juan , I’m glad that you know I’m trying as for some reason memorization does not come easy for me !
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Re: CALL FOR RECORDINGS for upcoming Virtual Masterclass with Dominic Cheli
@Brett Gilbert Bravo , that was nicely played !
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mariannejhampton
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Re: CALL FOR RECORDINGS for upcoming Virtual Masterclass with Dominic Cheli
@Sindre Skarelven Beautifully played in my opinion . It seems quite hard especially that 3rd section !
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Susan Thank you for the encouragement Susan . This memorization will certainly be a challenge!
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Monika Tusnady You’re right it would be such a help and I believe I need to get that fingering figured out before trying to memorize. Fingering was never one of my virtues and my childhood piano…
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mariannejhampton
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Richard George Littlewood Thank you Richard , I wish I could have played the piece just a bit faster but my poor old brain would only work at that speed !…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Brett Gilbert The one good thing I found about the memory thing is that I would have been able to fake the music if I couldn’t remember Beethoven’s notes as I knew the basic chords behind his music…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Brett Gilbert Listened in awe last night but forgot to post . I think you did a great job and if I didn’t see the sheet music and the page turns I would have thought you had it memorized !…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Sindre Skarelven Thank you for your encouraging words . I think I’m going to try some easy pieces ( like this ) and try to memorize those without having to present them in a video !…
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mariannejhampton
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Gail Starr Absolutely gorgeous .I liked it all but I particularly liked. your variation no 4 , the bass of your piano has such a beautiful tone . Congratulations on a job well done.…
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mariannejhampton
3 yrs ago
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Variation you worked on: No. 1 One thing you found easy: Learning the notes, and rhythms were rather straight-forward, and not challenging except when trying to record !…
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@João Dias da Silva I do hope you’re able to record all of it before the end of the challenge . I would love to hear as personally I think memorizing is a big achievement.…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Monika Tusnady Congratulations on memorizing and playing so beautifully. Your fingers just flew over the keys in variation 6 . I’m in awe !
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@CK I thought you did a lovely job and I also liked the tempo . Nice expression too !
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
@Susan That was just lovely. I particularly liked your crescendo just before the end .
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@Monika Tusnady I have several attempts from a couple of sessions too
. In fact the best one was always the first try and everything went steadily downhill from there .…
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven smiles in the Coda!
Firstly , I really enjoyed your live session today Dominic . I learned lots of things ! Thank you Variation you worked on: No. 1 One thing you found easy: Learning the notes,…
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven a master of Variation!
@Monika Tusnady I love birds but my husband is the one that takes care of them ! It’s become his hobby !
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@Sindre Skarelven Great narrative for this set of variations , I wonder if this innocent quality in the music made it difficult for me to relate to ? I can’t believe it only took you 13 days to…
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