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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
@Stephanie Reuer Hi! I’m well thanks. Trying to integrate everything I learned at Adamant: “What about that pinky in the air while trilling? Hmmm, what did Robert Durso say about it?…
- Adena_Franz
- 5 days ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
Nocturne in C#m, posth, me.
- Adena_Franz
- 7 days ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 2 Assignment
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Right, like your toddler. I got it! I’ll revise the division and the in and out motion. I am also learning an incredible amount from your replies to everyone's exercises.…
- Adena_Franz
- 2 mths ago
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- Improve your Trills with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 2 Assignment
Leann, I appreciate your detail-oriented video on how to practice trills. Here’s a brief clip of a session practicing the trills in the coda of Paderewski’s Menuet in G major.…
- Adena_Franz
- 2 mths ago
- Improve your Trills with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
The trills in the coda of Paderewski's Minuet in G major. There appears to be neither a vorschlag nor a nachschlag to this series of trills. The D in this work occurs as a primary note throughout the…
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- Adena_Franz
- 2 mths ago
- Improve your Trills with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
I’m interested in hearing more about the benefits of Marc-André Hamelin’s Exercises for the Mind and Fingers, specifically the exercise of mirroring. Developing a musical mind is critical,…
- Adena_Franz
- 2 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1 Assignment!
This is a simple play on I-V-I to learn within a week.
- Adena_Franz
- 4 mths ago
- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: What are you most looking forward to at Piano Camp (Adamant, VT)?
I am most looking forward to sharing ideas and best practices with like-minded piano-obsessed players of all levels, as well as learning from the advice and guidance of expert teachers.
- Adena_Franz
- 5 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: the tonebase End of the Year Concert!
@Letizia I enjoyed your interpretation of this Andante. You play elegantly with such confidence.
- Adena_Franz
- 8 mths ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge – Choose Your Piece! 🎶
@Judy Kuan Gracious and elegant hand and arm coordination and movement. Bravo!
- Adena_Franz
- 9 mths ago
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- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge – Choose Your Piece! 🎶
May I join this illustrious group of pianists in order to watch, learn and enjoy?
- Adena_Franz
- 9 mths 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, it’s fiendishly complicated to install. It’s better to find a Steingraeber with a factory-fitted silent system.…
- Adena_Franz
- 10 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@pacchiarotti You’d be surprised at how quickly your ears and hands adapt to the instrument.
- Adena_Franz
- 10 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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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.…
- Adena_Franz
- 10 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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_Franz
- 10 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison @pacchiarotti Steingraeber, hands down.
- Adena_Franz
- 10 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Memory
Great to read a positive review of Mark's courses. I will take another look. Thanks Mari!
- Adena_Franz
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Memory
No I haven’t, and from what I’ve seen, his playinthezone.com website is super hype, which is why, I suppose, you’re asking here. I am not tempted by his rhetoric,…
- Adena_Franz
- 11 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Group 3
I’ve 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 counting…
- Adena_Franz
- 1 yr 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 for…
- Adena_Franz
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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_Franz
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 2
A short video practising the gravity drop with the last few measures of John Field’s Nocturne #5. First played the usual way, with the fingers pressing DOWN on the keys.…
- Adena_Franz
- 1 yr 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,…
- Adena_Franz
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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_Franz
- 1 yr 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 “go back to the camera”? I understand the camera has an XLR connection,…
- Adena_Franz
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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