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Thurmond R
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Re: Week 2: Status Check!
@Richard Littlewood @Derek McConville @Vidhya Bashyam thank you all for your kind comments!
Thurmond R
YMT
1 yr ago
Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Check!
Here’s my week 2 video of Ave Verum Corpus (Liszt transcription). I’m not sure why the video is so poor - but I didn’t want to record again and I think the sound is ok. Sorry for the poor quality.…
Thurmond R
YMT
1 yr ago
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Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
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Re: Week ONE: Choosing your piece
I’m learning the Liszt transcription of “Ave Verum Corpus” - if transcriptions are ok, then I can do this for the challenge.
Thurmond R
YMT
1 yr ago
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Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
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Re: Kick off to the Holidays Concert!
I have a piano competition (Russian Music) on Saturday, Dec. 2. If this Community Concert remains on Friday, Dec. 1, then I can play my competition piece: Scriabin, Etude C#minor, op. 2 no. 1.…
Thurmond R
YMT
1 yr ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: An Autumnal Recital!
@rebecca LAM I’m waiting, too!
Thurmond R
YMT
1 yr ago
Community Concerts!
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Re: An Autumnal Recital!
I’d like to play, too, if there’s room. Perhaps a Ukrainian folk song or two?
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: "Back to school" Recital!
I’d like to play Chopin op. 25 no. 7.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Play for the 2nd Prize winner of the Chopin International Competition (feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin)
@Mariela the performers and repertoire are listed above in the event description.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Re: Play for the 2nd Prize winner of the Chopin International Competition (feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin)
I have the Chopin Etude op. 25 no. 7 ready and would appreciate the opportunity to play for Mr. Richard-Hamelin.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Alexander Weymann welcome, Alex! This is a fantastic community of which to be a part. (I occasionally make German Pancakes for the family. They certainly are delicious - I imagine even more so made…
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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Re: Week 2: Fully immersed in Grieg's musical landscape
@Sindre Skarelven Puck is known as a mischievous spirit (the word “puckish” means playful in a mischievous manner) and in some English dialects means “goblin.…
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Mini Challenge: Rare Pieces by Brahms that YOU should play!
@Alexander Weymann it looks like it’s 11am (Pacific Time).
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Mini Challenges
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard"
@Gail Starr As you were playing, I was imagining being in a movie theatre with a silent movie on the screen and Gail the Pianist playing for the movie!
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Celebrate Rachmaninoff's Birthday Challenge!
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Re: TWI Sign Up for "Time-Intensive”: Beyond the Metronome with Johnandrew Slominski
Did everyone who left emails above also sign up via the “Sign Up Here” link? I clicked on that and was taken to a sign up page.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Jarred Dunn!
Is Jarred requesting Brahms only for this masterclass, or would some Chopin be accepted?
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: Using Zoom to tell your story (Getting the PERFECT Settings!)
@Michael https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT2020USBP--audio-technica-at2020usb-cardioid-condenser-usb-microphone
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: Using Zoom to tell your story (Getting the PERFECT Settings!)
@Michael yes, the livestream Vidhya mentioned from last year was quite informative. I learned a lot from it. Prior to that livestream I had contacted https://www.sweetwater.…
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Andrea Buckland @Natalie Peh @Juan Carlos Olite @Michael @Vidhya Bashyam @Ching Lee Goh @Sindre Skarelven @Derek McConville @Gail Starr @Roy James-Pike Thank you all for your kind comments!
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Michael Thanks, Michael. I’m happy to help when I can! Oh, and I said “not usual” rather than ‘not useable’, though that might have the same effect. 🙂
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Michael , here’s a quick answer: https://youtu.be/HiFjBhUhVfw
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
Piece chosen: Cecile Chaminade op. 76 no. 6, Meditation (from Romances sans paroles) Chaminade is one of my favorite composers and this piece seems to fit the month’s theme well.…
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Michael it’s an A flat in the right hand because it’s a passing tone in the left. It’s a technique composers in the classical era used a lot.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Will's Practice Diary
@Will Green Beautiful playing! I noticed at the beginning of the video that you looked exactly like Rachmaninov, when you didn’t have your glasses on. I thought this was interesting and decided to…
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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Your Practice Diary
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Re: Read Me and FAQ!
@Gail Starr there’s this: http://en.instr.scorser.com/D/59098.html and there are a few others I found.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Community Challenge Concert! (Preparing for a concert!)
I would like to play Brahms, “Zwei Sarabanden” , WoO 5 posthumous (a minor/b minor), if there is time (5-6 minutes). If not, I’ll play just the first one.
Thurmond R
YMT
2 yrs ago
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