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Re: Group 2 Hi Priya, some suggestions….. 1 try ‘playing” the chord on your thigh. Gives you really good tactile feedback as to which finger is the strongest. Keep the others feather light.…
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- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? I can comfortably strike a tenth in both hands and s-t-r-e-t-c-h to an 11th. Although sometimes I wish I had shorter fatter fingers because, combined with a meaty forearm,…
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Re: "Clara Schumann: A Musical Pioneer and Composer You Should Know" (feat. Orli Shaham and Romanze op.21) Really enjoyed this presentation! These pieces are also in an urtext collection by Breitkopf & Hārtel called “Johannes Brahms and his Friends”. Easy to read and good quality paper.…
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? Movie - “They Came to Play” about the amateur van Cliburn competition. Fabulous character portraits. Very entertaining!
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? Books… The Grand Obsession - Perri Knize The Art of Practicing - Madeleine Bruser Piano Shop on the Left Bank - Tim Carhart The Seventh Dragon - the riddle of equal temperament - Anita Sullivan Every…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: “It’s not a naughty thing to break the hands” I think perhaps rather he is referring to desynchronisation of the hands eg playing the bass note fractionally earlier than the soprano treble so as to allow it to sing ever more clearly.…
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- 4 mths ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺 @Michael I’m sorry to hear it’s got to that point - I know I would be devastated if it were me - but it seems you have all the research ability you need, and maybe some medical connections,…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺 @Michael hi Michael. Just checking in to see how you are getting on in your recovery? I hope there has been some improvement and you are feeling more hopeful of a complete recovery. Best, marina
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺 @Michael Rae has just released an additional online course detailing the application of technique to piano repertoire. It’s discounted until February 17th. https://www.academy.fit4piano.co.…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺 @michael You may be interested in the work of Rae de Lisle ( piano professor at Auckland, NZ) who has studied pianists’ rehabilitation for several decades after losing her performance career in her…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!) @Michael I’m so very sorry to hear this Michael. You may be interested in the work of Rae de Lisle ( piano professor at Auckland, NZ) who has studied pianists’ rehabilitation for several decades…
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Darrell Jenkins thanks Darrell. I loved your Brahms op 118 - I thought you brought something really special to the music, particularly with continuity and an overarching sense of development.…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) Whoops! It’s op33 no 3!!
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) Greetings everyone. I’m rather late starting as I was building up courage to post! But you are all such lovely people and so positive and supportive it’s been really motivating just reading the chat…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Tech(nology) Questions! This was far and away the most clear and coherent presentation on technology that I’ve found on ToneBase. Really helpful. Great job!! Thank you.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Secrets of the Una Corda (Left) Pedal! Please also discuss how the condition of the hammers affects the “surgical” use of the UC.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @marina love this pic!! Such an interesting space.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @kluurs
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Questions on using una corda Dominic’s teacher Fabio Bidini talked a bit about this in one of the early videos - perhaps he could be invited to present on it? Or Frederic Chiu. I think you would need a very well prepared fine…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @Matt One of my pianos is a 5’9” 1912 Blüthner. I bought it unseen (!!!) but did get it checked over by my tech. Such instruments are exceedingly rare here in NZ ( as are most other European brands…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Being a healthy musician feat. Dr. Bill Kleinman @Dominic Cheli This was very interesting Dominic - many thanks to you and Bill who was a very clear and on topic interviewee! Although it wasn’t specifically addressed in this presentation ( being a…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Transcendent Beethoven: Op. 111, The Final Sonata @Noah Hardaway Only managed to attend last 30 min of LiveStream and will look at rest shortly. It was great! Have downloaded the annotated score and would love it if you could do the second movement…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Levels of Difficulty for Slow Music @Dominic Cheli Thanks for a really valuable presentation! So thought provoking and stimulating - really appreciated the subtleties you presented re layering, sustain and projection, agogic accents,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform? @Ben Katt Stephen Hough has also written an excellent book Ben. I think it's called "Rough Ideas."
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform? @Ben Katt have you seen Stephen Hough's app on the Liszt sonata?
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- 2 yrs ago
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