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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Marc M I don’t think that the slight adjustment of one string or the other will solve the imperfect unison issue. Rather, I believe it’s just how things work out when we are trying to make a unison…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
Hi Marc, I tune my own unisons every now and then. My piano technician has actually recommended that I do it more often as it is a fairly simple process and one of the first steps to becoming your…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Do I need to upgrade to an acoustic piano?
Della, Even if you are not planning on becoming a more advanced player, or if you aren’t sure you will continue, you should still upgrade to an acoustic instrument if you can afford it.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings
Peter, YES! You describe the same default reaction I have to held notes plus shorter notes played in the same hand. My suspicion is that this is a universal experience since our hand was designed…
- Timothy
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings
Taylor, The Roskell book is a great resource! I agree with her ideas concerning ergonomic fingering for scales and arpeggios. However, as Peter G. points out above,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings
Hi Taylor, Unfortunately, the reality of playing much of Bach’s music requires less-than ergonomic fingering. It is actually quite common to run into the kind of situation you noted where you might…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Is there an edition of Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte that has NO mistakes?
I’m with Simon, get the Henle. However, I think Edition Peters might have the most recent research.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Software/app to learn music theory
Hi Dave, I know what you're talking about with trying to sneak in some practice after a day's work and putting kids to bed! An app that I've found and really like isn't specifically a theory app,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Choosing an edition
@theoryman1 The Ekier represents some of the best scholarship with alternate fingerings and passages easily identified. However, their page-turns are awful.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Choosing an edition
@theoryman1 I have heard that about Paderewski as well. Cool to have an edition by a great pianist, but it isn’t reliable.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Choosing an edition
@theoryman1 Be careful with the Cortot. The exercises he provided are definitely helpful, and some of his interpretive advice is pure gold. However, his editing wasn’t always reliable with omissions,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Choosing an edition
The best edition, imho, is the newest Henle. If you’re looking particularly at the sonatas, Henle’s was co-edited by Murray Perahia who also provided all the fingerings.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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