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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Beethoven a master of Variation! (165) Beethoven Wo 77 1st var. - YouTube 1st Variation. Difficult: playing the triplets with the double notes in bar 3 and 4. I think you have to play them softly. The rest was not so difficult.…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote! @Gail Starr It took me ages to find your video! I saw you had made one a few days ago and I thought well I will listen to it tomorrow. And then it was gone! Anyway I've found it again.…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote! @Brett Gilbert Lovely sound! I also think you often play too fast, as in some of the Handel. The music then gets lost, at least to me. I like the way you have done the 1st variation.…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote! @Sindre Skarelven Good start Sindre. I'm looking forward to your next video.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote! I am! This piece is nice and gentle so my two girls like listening to it. The Liszt piece was a nightmare to practise. It was too much for them.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote! Beethoven Wo 77 Theme - YouTube It's difficult for me to find a quiet hour or so to play the piano! Sorry about the background chatter. It's a nice melody, quite song like to me...
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: Beethoven Variations Community Challenge - General Discussion Thread! Thank you Dominic and Tonebase for these challenges. It is the only way I can get myself to work on a piece over a few weeks. Usually I play bits of pieces, do the parts I can,…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 5
- Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! Nice playing Gail. Section 2 was lovely, and section 4 very good.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! @Juan Carlos Olite Excellent. I enjoyed listening to that. Nearly perfect to my ears. Nice touch and nice contrasts.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! I liked the section 4 melody a lot. It sounded great. A lovely light sound.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! @Brett Gilbert Are you going to put up a video? I hope so. It really motivates me knowing I have to show something to Dominic and every one else.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! @mariannejhampton Thank you Marianne. I´m happy with it, though I slurred some of the notes. But it pushed me really hard just that first page. So that´s good.
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- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees! Liszt Soiree De Vienne 6 §1 - YouTube This was tough for me, much harder than anything in the Handel Chaconne. I think because of the speed of movement required up and down the keyboard while…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! Section you worked on: 1-4 One thing you found easy: I don´t find any of it easy as such... But it is within my reach. One thing you found difficult: I´m working hard on the rhythm in the first…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 5
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! I want to get to the end... here is 18 Handel Chaconne 18 - YouTube
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! @Brett Gilbert Well done Brett. That was impressive. I liked the first half a lot, and the way you did 13, which I´m having trouble with.
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! 17 at last a variation I can play quite easily, so no problems here Handel Chaconne 17 - YouTube
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- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
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- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! 16 easier to play Handel 16 - YouTube
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! 15 this was hard work! getting the hands together with the two voices Handel 15, nearly - YouTube
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- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 4
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! @mariannejhampton I wanted to speed up toward the end, putting a bit of energy into the last few bars - saying this also as someone with no formal training!
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! Handel 14. Difficult. Perhaps having the confidence to slow it right down. I started off playing it much faster and more uniform, but it was a bit boring sounding. Handel 14 - YouTube
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Enjoying G major (and G minor)! 12 Difficult. I struggled to make it sound ok and I ended up playing it as a gentle piece of music, with a light touch, so as far as I am able... Handel 12 - YouTube
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK TWO Updates: Main Thread - Enjoying G major (and G minor)! 11 nearly there - YouTube 11. needs more practice, but nearly there Difficult: after the two adagios, 9 and 10, 11 picks up the pace, and finding the phrasing, and rhythym,…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! I´ve moved this to the week 2 update thread
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! @Brett Gilbert Hi Brett and Elena. I tried 2 -1 as well at first. I have a weird problem in this bar, I don´t like the sound of my piano here. It sounds harsh.…
- Richard Littlewood
- Richard_George_Littlewoo
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
- Reported - view

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