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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks for introducing this piece to me, I wasn't super familiar with it before. It sounds quite complex, with all the chromaticism interwoven everywhere and polyrhythms — well done!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Juan Carlos Olite Wow — Bravo!! Fierce and intense!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Gail Starr Love this, Gail. So buoyant and lively! So nice to see you in a video too :)
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Re: READ ME and POST HERE! @Vidhya Bashyam Love your visual imagery. I’ve heard this piece many times before and your description of the deer in the forest, and also your point about G major … both are so so true!
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- Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
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Re: READ ME and POST HERE! Here’s a practice video of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude opus 32 no. 12. I’m trying to capture the beauty of varying shades of gray with occasional splashes of brighter colors, only very momentarily.…
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- Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
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Re: READ ME and POST HERE! @Juan Carlos Olite love this! So evocatively played.
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- Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Michael Thanks Michael, very kind of you, Rachmaninoff’s writing itself is stupendously lyrical. The playing is still bumpy here and there so will have to smoothen the lines out.…
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) Rach 2 first movement recap, the excerpt I practiced today. It’s improved compared to the first video from earlier this week for sure. Next step—cleaning up the pedaling and inner lines,…
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Juan Carlos Olite Very nice! Amazing job.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Sindre Skarelven Well done! Does not sound like it’s brand new at all
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Leslie Chong Wow, beautiful! So good
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Will Green Wowza!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) I’m going to use this challenge to work on Rach 2 — the back half of the first movement. Why did I choose this? Because it’s the GOAT! I learned the front half a while back but got distracted by…
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Read Me and FAQ I want to participate too. Like Gail, I won’t have much access to a piano over the holidays as I’ll be traveling but I’d like to do the weekly assignments.…
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- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Jeffrey Biegel: Ask me anything! Hi Jeffrey! Nice to meet you and thank you for giving us this opportunity to ask you questions. My question is about the descending double thirds passage in the first movement of the Grieg piano…
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: What is your Favorite Rachmaninoff Concerto? Rach 2! Then Rach 3, Rach 1 and Paganini in joint second place, followed by Rach 4.
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Sara Davis Buechner: Ask Me Anything! Hi Sara: I don’t have any questions, just want to tell you that I discovered your Rhapsody in Blue solo piano performance on YouTube a few years ago, and I must have watched it half a dozen times.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude You are the absolute #1 BESSSSSST!!! There is so much packed in your video, from maintaining the stillness to the infinity loop motion with the hands,…
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer! @martin yay, thank you!
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- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer! Couldn’t sign up, applications are closed. Massive crying emoji! Any way to participate from the sidelines?!
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Gail Starr Hi Gail, I bought it from Asiya’s personal website! It’s a beautifully illustrated paper bound copy.
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! Hi Ben! (Bringing this question out of the thread for visibility) Rach 2 trouble spots — I’m finding the second Piu Mosso from Bar 141 to 144 very awkward and hard to play fast,…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Rach 2 trouble spots — I’m finding the second Piu Mosso from Bar 141 to 144 very awkward and hard to play fast, lightly, and accurately. I would also love to know what fingering you’re…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Ack, thank you for saying that! How GREAT, Rach 2 next year — I’d love to see you play if it’s in NYC. Love your progression of pieces, very clever.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude @Ben Laude Ooh, what Rachmaninoff rep are you working on, Ben? Very curious! We could do some Rach Fest community events on Tonebase next year!…
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Returned to the piano after a 23 year break. Restarted by learning Taubman principles. Here’s a video of me playing some Grieg.