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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Charlie Gesualdo thank you very much! I am finally starting to feel happy with this piece. I didn't really play much baroque music growing up, so I just don't really have a feel for it.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
Ah, it's week three already (and the first week of spring yet I am sporting a winter sweater!). While I have made a lot of progress (I have the piece memorized!),…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
@Anthony Miyake thank you. As per the tempo, whenever I start to record it's about 10 bpm higher. For some reason pressing that record button, when I know I am going to post,…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
@Gail Starr I was just at Beatrice's concert at Carnegie Hall on March 9th! She was phenomenal!
Michael
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
It's probably pretty clear from the update that I have not been practicing as much as I should :) I have a few other pieces I am working on (the 3rd movement from Schubert's D664 and Debussy's…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: Bach in March WEEK 1: Practice Updates
What piece did you choose? How did you learn about it? So I have never really been the biggest Bach fan (gasp sorry!). I some how got away without playing much aside from a few of his two-part…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: Week 4: Discovering Schubert Month: Reflections and Watch Party
Sharing my performance version of the first movement. I tried three attempts and I kept making random mistakes in different places. It is so frustrating.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: Lucy's Practice Diary
@Qingzhi wow so lucky your bf always plays. How awesome to be able to do 4 hand pieces together. And what an awesome piece to play. This is actually one of my favorite pieces of music.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month
@Qingzhi I love how playful this sounds. Your clarity and articulation are superb! How have you found this movement compared to the others. For me each has been a different pianistic challenge.…
Michael
mpetnuch
2 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month
Well I cannot believe how quickly three weeks went. I really believe that learning this piece forced me to grow a lot as a pianist both in technical aspects as well as in emotive aspects as well.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
@Qingzhi thank you for pointing that out. I hope there are more lesson from Andrew Tyson is the future. That was so instructive. I also loved his tone and dynamics.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
I am still working in the first movement. There are some rough places that I am trying to smooth out. It is getting there but my control of the dynamics is still lacking.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
@Juan Carlos Olite thank you. I don't know why I was so hesitant to share before. I am so glad I did. It has been so wonderful to have such a supportive group of people to share these with.
Michael
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2 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
@Qingzhi thank you for your kind words. While there are so many things about the pandemic that was frustrating, the one positive about it has been bring music back into my life.…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
@Gail Starr haha, he has been doing DuoLingo for German practice so maybe I could convince him to sing one :)
Michael
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2 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month
Hello everyone! I have wanted to participate in these community events in the past but have been very self conscious about my playing. I played as a child and then took 22 years off :…
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform?
Liszt’s transcription of Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade”. Love the piece so much.
Michael
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2 yrs ago
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