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Re: Summer in Mondsee by Alma Deutscher
I really enjoyed the recording, thanks for sharing!
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 6 mths ago
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Re: Dana's Practice Diary
This is turning out to be interesting. Discoveries so far: Grouping practice is great. I'm really enjoying the weird math of the patterns and the way it is evening out the scales.…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Dana's Practice Diary

I am experimenting with Dominic Cheli's practice outline. Since I'm likely to work in 2 hour blocks most easily: 20 minutes warm up and technique: I plan to work on scales and arpeggios mostly 60…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Ohlsson on Chopin Op. 10, No. 1
I listened to the tonebase lesson on op 10 # 2, and applied the grouping ideas there to #1. Playing the first three notes of the arpeggio pattern and skipping the 10th interval gives a helpful…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Harmonic analysis book?
@Gail Starr so glad I could help! This book was recommended to me by David Damschroder, Who has been writing about harmony in specific composers. I got out his book on Beethoven,…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Ohlsson on Chopin Op. 10, No. 1
I was also inspired listening to this lesson. I started playing this piece when I was in graduate school, so I decided to go back to it. I always seem to get tendinitis feeling from playing the right…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Harmonic analysis book?
I found many different kinds of harmonic analysis useful in all kinds of ways for playing and developing music. A lot depends on what you want to do. I've been trying to develop my skills in harmonic…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Digital piano vs acoustic grand piano (Knabi 6' 11”)
If possible, go to a good dealer and just try out the Options. That will give you an in person way of assessing what you need. Sometimes the old-fashioned way is the best way.
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Digital piano vs acoustic grand piano (Knabi 6' 11”)
This is a bit of a challenge, since to accomplish the requirements, you're going to have a fairly heavy instrument. My Yamaha XF8 would fulfill your needs, but it's very heavy.…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Progressive exercises for building up speed and strength?
Hi, Dawn, I usually use passages from the repertoire I'm learning to create the exercises that I want to practice. I think of the motives as patterns that can be repeated in multiple keys.…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Looking for resources
I found this great memorization resource on YouTube that I plan on trying. I thought it might be of interest to others posting in this thread. https://youtu.be/FddyRVamBj4?si=mqKY3jd3pWtBdwsH
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Looking for resources
Thanks everyone! I really appreciate your feedback and look forward to working with the suggestions. Given the comments on the words "thoroughly" and "finally" I'll say what I meant by them.…
- Dana_Polojarvi
- 1 yr ago
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Looking for resources

Hello everyone, I'm new to Tonebase and really enjoying it so far. I've been playing all my life (58 now), sometimes playing gigs and improvising, and the tonebase system tells me that I'm at level 8.…
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- 1 yr ago
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