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Re: Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge ā Choose Your Piece!
May I join this illustrious group of pianists in order to watch, learn and enjoy?
Adena
Adena_Franz
8 hrs ago
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Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Andreu Adsilent was created specifically for the Steingraeber, however, itās fiendishly complicated to install. Itās better to find a Steingraeber with a factory-fitted silent system.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
2 wk ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@pacchiarotti Youād be surprised at how quickly your ears and hands adapt to the instrument.
Adena
Adena_Franz
2 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison I read that you lucked out on an upright Steingraeber. What a phenomenal gift! I found the A-170 in a music shop and, after doing my research, found the money to buy it.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
2 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Andreu No worries, Andreu, I had my Steingraeber outfitted with Adsilent, adding to a superb acoustic piano all of the functionalities of an electric piano.
Adena
Adena_Franz
3 wk ago
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison @pacchiarotti Steingraeber, hands down.
Adena
Adena_Franz
3 wk ago
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Re: Memory
Great to read a positive review of Mark's courses. I will take another look. Thanks Mari!
Adena
Adena_Franz
1 mth ago
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Re: Memory
No I havenāt, and from what Iāve seen, his playinthezone.com website is super hype, which is why, I suppose, youāre asking here. I am not tempted by his rhetoric,ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
1 mth ago
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General Discussion
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Re: Group 3
Iāve been working on D major scale for 2 days, hands separate and together, with this method. I sweat!! First off, my fingering gets riled up, I neglect to consider the interval and start countingā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
6 mths ago
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TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Tim Thank you for posting this Tim. My paper and pencil notebook have sufficed until now, however, I find your spreadsheet much better, especially insofar as organizing priorities and preparing forā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
6 mths ago
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Re: 2024 Tonebase Piano Camp Questions
@Noah Hardaway Has the email gone out to the confirmed camp attendees regarding their session preferences?
Adena
Adena_Franz
6 mths ago
General Discussion
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Re: Group 2
A short video practising the gravity drop with the last few measures of John Fieldās Nocturne #5. First played the usual way, with the fingers pressing DOWN on the keys.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
7 mths ago
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Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Do you have a technical routine? Please share!
@Stephen Brewer You're welcome. Musescore has a bit of a learning curve, however, I've been able to create personalized exercises of the Russian chords, such as arppegios, I-IV-V progressions,ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
8 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Michael Plante Thank you, Michael. I understand now. I appreciate your time.
Adena
Adena_Franz
10 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Michael Plante Thanks. So your mics are going into an audio console which is connected to a computer (?). How does the audio āgo back to the cameraā? I understand the camera has an XLR connection,ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Michael Plante This is interesting. When you say that you pull video into an audio console, to which console specifically do you refer?
Adena
Adena_Franz
10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Sam Smith Super simple setup, Sam. I like it. I use a Scarlet connected to 2 condenser mics CM4 (Made in Sweden) recommended by Martin from Guitar Tonebase,ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
10 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: Do you have a technical routine? Please share!
@Becky Brouwer Perry Piano Academy sounds very interesting. Do you enroll in a program? Iām at the ww2.peeryacademy.com website and they list 3 programs: Habits, Performance & Progress,ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: Looking for resources
Dana, watch this workshop on Narrative Musicianship. From Tonebase. https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/pno-konstantin-soukhovetski-narrative-musicianship
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Do you have a technical routine? Please share!
@Dominic Cheli Much appreciated Dominic! So much to learn, so few hours in a day... I used your 11 Russian Chords as an excuse to learn Musescore, and attached are the Russian chords in all keys.ā¦
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Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Gail Starr Bienvenue, Gail. On closer examination, the chords on the sheet Dominique showed us donāt correspond Exactly to those on the pianounlocked.com website. They are, however, close.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
For anyone looking for a list along with mapped out arpeggios in each key of the 11 Russian chords Dominique discussed, I found this website: pianounlocked.com: https://pianounlocked.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Tanya I am enjoying reading Charles Cooke and about the notion of fractures; I had no idea that they are the most solid once they heal. How encouraging!
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Christopher Macy Thank you! I will look that up. Sounds a little like learning by chunking. I usually begin with the parts of the piece which appear the most difficult so they get more practice.
Adena
Adena_Franz
11 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Adena Gail, one more thing I learned about memorizing: the next day when I want to recall what I memorized, it most certainly will have been forgotten. 99% sure it's unavailable.ā¦
Adena
Adena_Franz
1 yr ago
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