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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
Awesome much clearer. Thank you! Yes that was my issue- it sounded clunky and hard to flow into the main tempo. - your way sounds much better and easier to execute.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
@Dustin Anderson thanks! So going from the dotted quarter then 16th in the previous measure- you play the grace notes- bass A# and rolled chord including F# grace or just one F# as part of the roll.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
Hi all, so I ran into another one of these situations where various editions are different. Definitely not good for my OCD lol! I’ve listened to various artists- some roll the right hand chord others…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
@Dustin Anderson @Maria thank you! I appreciate your encouragement 😃. I like where I was going with this but I still need to get more confident to bring it up to tempo.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
If I can indulge @Dustin Anderson - am I on the right track. Please be critical lol. Thanks! Carlos
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
Thanks Noel! 😄
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes
@Dustin Anderson @Noel Nguyen thank you both for your suggestions! really appreciate the explanation and the agogic pause you mention Dustin. This all makes much more sense now.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Nocturne in F# Minor- final measures help with grace notes

Hi all, I'm trying to remember how to interpret this notation in measure 131-134. When coming out of the trill with the grace notes- B# and C#, I noticed in the Paderewski edition that the left hand…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
Hi Dominic, Thanks for these very informative and helpful threads. I've been working on the second movement from Beethoven's opus 27. no. 1. I have struggled with maintaining the left hand staccato…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
Thanks!😊
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
@Dustin Anderson thanks Dustin! Yes I agree, I prefer the D# (Ekier and Padew) over the B of the Henle. Still haven’t decided if I like the A (Ekier) or B (Paderw) as the upper note of the triplet.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
ok here goes again. I found the three editions all disagree on the left hand accompaniment during the B octaves. See my attached picture. Thoughts?
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
@Maria oh interesting. Ok that might explain it. I’ll try to repost.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
Just curious did my previous post showing another area of the piece where three editions show different notes show up. On my screen it says pending review despite my posting it a week ago. Thanks!
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
not sure this got posted, I've been trying to listen carefully and I think Rubinstein plays the Paderewski version and Ohlsson plays the Henle version. I've not encountered any recordings playing the…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
more....lol! My OCD is getting the best of me Ha Ha! I was curious so started looking at other areas of the piece and encountered these three variations for the climax! Crazy and frustrating lol.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
Thanks everyone! great info! @Sam I really love this piece- it's one of those that moves me no matter how many times I've heard it. I'm still ironing out some of the kinks in the rapid runs and…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor
Thanks Dustin! I really appreciate the your detailed response. This is great stuff! I'm going to try both ways and see what my skills and smallish hands can execute lol and what sounds best to me.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Measure 45-46 Chopin Nocturne in E minor

Hi all, I’ve been working on this piece for a few months and getting to the final stages. I have a question regarding this measure. I’ve encountered editions where the B is mot tied.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Victoria Macdonald 😂 Learn Liszt's Lugubre Gondola next! He’ll love it!😂
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Fall Reset: Build Your Perfect Practice Plan
Great session, sorry I missed it live. One maybe controversial or some would think silly question- regarding warm up. As someone just coming back after a many years hiatus without any complete pieces…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your Schubert Piece!
Ok….big breath….here goes- I’m going to join this challenge. I just recently joined Tonebase to help my goal of rebuilding and reclaiming some of piano playing abilities.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Gail Ravin Starr Thanks for the heads up…. Going to see what I can take on. Traveling for work a bit next few weeks, might make it tough to take on but I’m tempted! Thanks again :)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Gail Starr Thank you Gail! Happy to be here. Looking forward to getting more involved. Cheers!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Hi all, my name is Carlos. I grew up in Miami but due to career moves, I’ve been several places. I lived in Boston for the past 22 years and recently moved to North Carolina.…
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- 1 yr ago
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