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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
@Peter William Thanks so much, Peter! I had always wanted to play the piano. It's wonderful to begin fulfulling a life-long dream. 😊
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann "Hopelessly devoted"?
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- Michelle_Russell
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen Dang! Looking forward to the full meal deal!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- Yesterday
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
Thurmond's teacher has approved either #6 or #11. As soon as Thurmond has decided, he'll post his preferred etude to the group.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 days ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
My son, @Thurmond R, improvises often and as a result many of his compositions have an improvisitory feel to them. In fact, one reason we ended up with his current teacher was because he wanted to…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 days ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Dustin Anderson Hi Dustin! Thanks for the input. I am releasing my RH thumb from the key, but upon further inspection I noticed that I am not relaxing it.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 days ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Noel Nguyen @Noel Nguyen said: (he king, me pawn) Haha! That gave me quite a chuckle - especially since I won a chess game against Thurmond with a pawn (granted,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 days ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Noel Nguyen Thurmond spent the month of March working with Filippo Gorini, and one of the many wonderful things he taught in their lessons was: fingering is a very personal thing,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 days ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
Any general advice for maintaining relaxation in the right hand while learning the Bach Little Prelude in c minor (BWV 999)? Things that have helped: I have changed the fingering my teacher gave me…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 days ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann Thanks, Alex. It’s quite a lot of fun to play. This section, at least, still seems to be in my fingers. The biggest challenge I have (then and now) is relaxing my right hand.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Aaron Lovely playing; such a rich sound.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
Here is my first review-look at my chosen challenge piece - this is the first third of the piece. I'll go back and do blocking and all the other good things that need to be done!…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
From the Mozart 2026 Challenge: Allegretto in F I finally found time and energy to practice this little piece, so here it is one month after the end of the challenge: https://youtu.be/ubcbqQeMpYc
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 days ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann @Sindre Skarelven Thanks! It is a fun piece. I'll be without a teacher for May (and June), so this challenge has come at a perfect time.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 7 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen Last month I was tasked with bringing an etude back to life (from nearly 2 years ago), and when I did, the bad habits from that time in my pianistic journey were on full display!…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 7 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Juan Carlos Olite Oh, this should be beautiful, Juan Carlos!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 7 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Sindre Skarelven What a wonderful challenge for you! I'm really looking forward to hearing you play...but stay away from the dark side! You don't need it to complete this quest!!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 7 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Maria Awesome. Looking forward.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 8 days ago
- 1
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann Wow! You're planning to be a busy pianist over the next few months, aren't you?
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 8 days ago
- 1
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Gail Ravin Starr Life does get annoyingly "lifey" sometimes, doesn't it? Looking forward to hearing you play!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 8 days ago
- 2
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen It is quite the challenge to begin an "old" piece anew, isn't it, with all those neural pathways already in place (even if from a year ago)? I look forward to hearing you play this piece.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 8 days ago
- 3
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
I think I'll re-visit BWV 999 (Bach's Little Prelude in c minor). I started it last fall, then life became complicated and I didn't have the mental reserves to make any progress with the piece (like…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 8 days ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: May Community Concert!
Thank you, @Maria .
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 11 days ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Maria Thanks. This is my first Lied. I generally sing in Latin (or English, if pressed!). I’ve sung a couple of Italian art songs. Once upon a time I spoke enough German to converse with small…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 11 days ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Maria Thanks! I enjoy performing with Thurmond as my pianist, and I love singing! We make music together at church about once a month, and we used to do so on the Voice platform in their community…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 12 days ago
- Community Concerts!
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