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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
My discussion and analysis of the A minor 2-5-1 progression I forgot to mention that in the improv , I include an A minor descending pentatonic line please note , as a correction,…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Hi all here is my rendition of movements 3 and 4 of Handel’s keyboard suite in F movement 3, the adagio , I just played the ornaments as in my score , many performers often play additional ones a…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Michelle R all I can say is Brilliant !! I am sure Shostakovich would approve
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Noel Nguyen this was great Noel! I might try and emulate the ‘catching the pidgeons’ exercise but I don’t think it will work well with my Handel fugue… btw Also loved those little finger stretches…
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Peter Golemme thank you Peter. In addition to what I have shown in the videos, I also do a detailed chords/harmonic analysis. In this Handel piece , the changes are usually quite clear ,…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Peter Golemme thanks Peter ! I am trying to develop my solo piano skills although I still like playing with a backing track as well
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Juan Carlos Olite thanks so much Juan Carlos! I am applying this idea of separate hand memorisation to other pieces. my feeling is that not doing this could be the source of the dreaded memory slip.…
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Hi all Further progress week 3 this is a tricky section of this Handel fugue, top of 3rd page as marked I use the same process as in the last post , hands separately and together (memorised)…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford didn’t think of that ! The relative minor , makes sense. ok we will do A minor before the end of the month
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford I prefer C to F to Bflat etc I guess that’s anticlockwise perhaps just major keys to begin we can do the minor ones later but up to you
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford Hi Ken i thought of a useful exercise for us , and anyone else who might be interested since we both noodled around in C major 2-5-1-6 , why don’t we do the same in all 12 keys?…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Noel Nguyen I’m still aiming for Chasse neige in October , I don’t think it will be ready by July , I have my exam commitments…. leibestraum encore in July is fine I think this fits into the above…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Vidhya Bashyam thank you 🙏
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Vidhya Bashyam you can see my attempt at the first two pages of this piece which I posted for the romantic challenge earlier this year I’ll post it here for you now https://youtu.…
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Vidhya Bashyam thanks Vidhya! I intend to apply this separate hands method to other pieces to really secure the memorisation
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Vidhya Bashyam Nice job Vidhya, looking forward to the final presentation I happen to be working on this piece too , not for the challenge but for an upcoming exam
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Philippa wonderful rendition Philippa, i wasn’t familiar with this piece but what fun it must be to play btw your music room looks fantastic, looks like a pianist’s paradise !
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Ken Radford Rick Beato did a recent interview with him on you tube . Unfortunately he is very disabled from a stroke . I honestly found it difficult to watch , quite upsetting.
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford my contribution to noodling around on C major 6-2-5-1 progression the V chord I either play conventional rootless voicing and play myxolydian or bebop scale ,…
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Noel Nguyen this wasn’t tedious at all Noel , actually fun to watch (despite the restricted view of your left hand) btw I’ve got the same practice piano , it’s great as for the final noodling ,…
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Dustin Anderson I assume you are happy with it? I have an old yamaha G3 according to my piano tuner / technician is approaching the end of its useful life,…
- Mark_Cooper
- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Ken Radford Hi Ken, I didn’t even know he had done a recording of the WTC, but I did hear a CD of him playing the preludes and fugues of Shostakovich
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Dustin Anderson thanks for posting Dustin , very instructive with the notation, to see how these ‘shimmering‘ effects are produced from the music , I look forward to the final performance btw lovely…
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Ken Radford thank you Ken! I thought this might interest you Keith Jarrett playing this piece , it’s pretty good I think https://youtu.be/Lbo-yITNMo8?si=VNFReytNCTZyts39
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Dustin Anderson thank you Dustin!! I put in a bit of work into this . I’m trying to apply this separate hands approach to my other exam pieces. What I’ve learned so far is that just because one can…
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- 5 mths ago
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