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@Crystal L Hi Crystal. Lovely work again! For the Mendelssohn, I appreciated how evenly you are playing the sixteenth notes all the way through. Not easy!…
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@Roy James-Pike Hello, Roy! Thanks for your thoughtful comments above. I'm glad these exercises are proving challenging and interesting. I completely understand that it may feel like assignments over…
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@Crystal L Crystal, these two exercises are looking very good! Thank you for sharing. My comment for the slower of the two C major scale exercises is to recommend now playing it at different dynamic…
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@Tom Mackey Thanks so much, Tom! Much appreciated. :) So glad you've enjoyed the playing and teaching. I believe you can upload the video recording(s) you make (doesn't need to be edited!…
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@Roy James-Pike Hi Roy, just saw your comments here! I will have a look tonight and get back to you. Thank you!
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@Crystal L Thank you so much, Crystal! I will have a chance to listen later this evening and comment.
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@Jonathan Wing Hi Jonathan! Thanks so much for being here. Great to have you! I would say there is no deadline for the assignments! I am trying to help in any way possible as you work on these…
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@Tom Mackey Thank you so much, Tom, for being here! Apologies for taking some time to respond, but I will echo Roy's words: just take even one or two bars from the Mendelssohn,…
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@Priya Viseskul I know what you mean. :) Everyone has a different finger that tends to give them more trouble in voicing! Sometimes it is the second finger, sometimes fifth, etc.
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@Michelle R Hi Michelle, I'd love to hear any examples/exercises you would like to share and/or answer any questions! All levels are welcome here. :)
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@Priya Viseskul Good question, Priya! I would roll it so the E natural in beat 4 of measure 13 as well as beat 1 of measure 14 is played together with the melodic line.…
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@Kerstin Wonderful job with this, Kerstin! I really appreciated your sensitivity in the phrasing, attention to details with the articulation (slurs, etc.…
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@Kerstin Hi Kerstin, thank you for sharing this, and I think you nailed it! Great control in each finger with the evenness of touch and resonance in the sound.…
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@Rashmi Lahiri Hello Rashmi! So glad you decided to join at this time. All levels are welcome here! I would love to hear any and all of the exercises. Whatever could be most helpful!…
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@Silvia Hi Silvia! Would love to hear any of your exercises and/or if you have any questions!
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@Richard George Littlewood Well done, Richard, and thank you for sharing this! Very good. I would recommend actually practicing these without pedal (I mentioned this in one of my comments to Kim),…
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@KBEdwards For Chopin right hand chords, great start! Not an easy task to voice these chords, phrase, and do it without pedal. You're doing a very good job in the voicing;…
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@KBEdwards For the Chopin right hand melody, also good start! A few details: even when the melody has a sixteenth note or grace note, try to get a little more resonance (it's easier if you lengthen…
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@KBEdwards For the C major chord voicing exercise, well done overall! For the left hand, I would recommend playing one or two octaves higher than you were (it's already a part of the keyboard that…
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@KBEdwards Hello Kim, thank you so much for recording these exercises and sharing! In the Mendelssohn, I particularly appreciated your attention to dynamic contrast where indicated,…
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@Jarkko Janhunen Hi Jarkko, I hope to hear some of your exercises if some feedback would be helpful! Or, please let me know if you have further questions.…
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@Priya Viseskul Hi Priya! Looking forward to listening and commenting on these today!
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@Juan Carlos Olite Hello Juan Carlos! Thank you so much for your videos. I particularly appreciated the quality of your sound, as Vidhya and Gail commented.…
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@Vidhya Bashyam I agree!
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@Priya Viseskul How have the voicing exercises been going, Priya?
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