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Re: Group 3 @Michelle R Really interesting question, and you hit on a common idea--that rubato is a nineteenth-century thing. I can assure you that rubato was very much alive and well in the 17th and 17th…
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Re: Group 4 @Kerstin Very nice playing!
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Re: Group 1 @Vidhya Bashyam Well Done, Vidhya! Walking in those motoric sections is really effective. As you get more comfortable and tempo increases, you'll start to use the quarter note as your pulse.…
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE There's lots to say about philosophical and pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching rhythm. One of the first things I do with my early students (folks with <2 years or so) is rhythm…
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE Sure, you can tap one foot and see how it goes. Practicing in moderation is a good idea, too--if you're getting tired it's probably time for a break!…
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE Thanks for sending the videos, and thanks for going out on a limb to try new and slightly unconventional things! To cut to the chase, it's fascinating to me that your subdivisions or walking…
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Re: Group 2 @Harry Vig This is great news, and I'm so glad that using two feet has helped you! Believe it or not, rhythm reading and rhythmic stability is a huge factor in learning to read music fluently,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 3 @Michelle R Thanks for being agreeable to the complexity and laughter! One of the things I like about all of these strategies is that they don't discriminate by level of repertoire--anyone at any…
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Re: Group 1 @Natalie Peh Good work! I think this is often tricky for people in passages such as this, with elaborate melodic figurations. It's easy to lose track of the essential pulse,…
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Re: Group 1 @Derek McConville Nicely done, Derek! Despite your comment about struggling for hand/foot cooperation, this is going very well, so kudos on doing something new.…
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Re: Group 1 @Natalie Peh Very nice job, Natalie! You're doing everything right. If you haven't done it already, I'd suggest experimenting with the quarter-note walking pulse as well.…
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Re: Group 4 @Kerstin Oh, yes! Those 8:3 rhythms and such are tricky (I'm guessing this is the challenge?). We could spend ages doing the math, which may or may not be helpful or practical.…
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Re: Group 2 @Harry Vig Thanks for joining in, Harry! Good work with walking--that seems to be going really successfully. For the metronome trick, I'd recommend a little bit of counting with the metronome away…
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE BWV 999 is a great idea--coincidentally I just assigned that piece to a new student this week, not coincidentally using some of these practice ideas.…
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Re: Group 4 @Kerstin Well done, Kerstin! The one-pulse-per-bar in the Tempest is working really well. Similarly to my comment to Gary, once you're feeling fluent here,…
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Re: Group 4 @Gary Hamer Superb work, Gary! I appreciate what you said about feeling grounded and getting rhythmic impulse. You're 100% on the right track here, and that feeling of grounding (I like that term…
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Re: Group 1 @Derek McConville Looking forward! Walking with Passepied will work well. Depending on your tempo, quarter note pulses (at a slower practice tempo) or half note pulses (closer to a performance tempo)…
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Re: Group 3 @Stephanos Karaoulis Bravo, Stephanos--kudos to you for trying something new! Two suggestions: for Czerny, your walking pulse is great within the bar, and then stops and resets at the barline.…
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Re: Group 3 @Michelle R Glad you're having fun--truly, that's important. Many, many people find these things that are so familiar (playing the piano, or interacting with gravity,…
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Re: Group 1 @lucto83 By all means!
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Re: Group 1 @Lisa Thomas Yes, that's the goal--bring these ideas to your repertoire!
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