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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist @Peter Golemme My pleasure, Peter. I'll probably be doing more of this for the next little bit, because I've injured a finger. There is a singing component, too,…
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- 3 days ago
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Re: I feel so frustrated every time I practice a new piece by Bach @Peter Golemme I'll start posting some of my attempts on writing counterpoint (currently only first species) against a Cantus Firmus - I posted a video today on my Practice Diary (https:…
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- 4 days ago
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist I've begun the very beginning stages of learning counterpoint via writing first species counterpoint above or below a set Cantus Firmus. Here are some initial attempts:
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you, Juan Carlos!
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- 6 days ago
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Re: I feel so frustrated every time I practice a new piece by Bach @Peter Golemme Yes, it's been fun (though very slow here at the beginning) to start learning counterpoint - which will lead to improvisation. My teacher is Johnandrew Slominski - he does have some…
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- 7 days ago
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Re: I feel so frustrated every time I practice a new piece by Bach @Peter Golemme Hi Peter. My son has a copy of the CPE Bach treatise. I got it used several years ago off of Thrift Books. Here is a link to some used copies.…
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- 7 days ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya. Yes, it's healing well but I'm at that point where it's almost fully healed and there are certain things I can't yet play without risk of re-injury - so I'm trying…
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Peter Golemme yes, my teacher is pretty special. He teaches historical improvisation, too, and I’ve just begun learning about counterpoint (writing above a Cantus Firmus). Is this the commercial?
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- 8 days ago
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music @Sachi Yes, I'll be lurking here in the background with you! I am not at the level of playing these pieces, yet - my foray into Schumann has been limited to his opus 68 Album for the Young.…
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- 10 days ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage Here is my latest attempt at playing Bach - the D minor Minuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook, Anh 132.
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- 10 days ago
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Re: Springtime Recital! @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya. It's been improving everyday - and playing helps it to feel better as long as I'm careful in what I play.
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- 12 days ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital! @Gail Starr Thanks, Gail. It's getting better, slowly. It got stuck and twisted when I was moving something - so it's sprained.
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- 12 days ago
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Re: Springtime Recital! @Gail Starr Sounds like fun! I hope y'all have a great time.
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- 12 days ago
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Re: Springtime Recital! @Gail Starr I'm sorry you won't be playing. Hopefully next time!
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- 13 days ago
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Re: Springtime Recital! Update: I injured my LH 5th finger a couple of weeks ago, and it's not quite ready to play the Clementi so I'll probably play something else since I haven't practiced the piece much lately.…
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- 13 days ago
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thanks so much! Take care.
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- 1 mth ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links Hmmmm....not sure that was much help. Why don't you try it here and we'll see if we can troubleshoot?
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links @Helen Lee I've never used the "link" icon that is above. If I do, here's what happens: https://youtu.be/UowwMs-F1II?si=QWmeVDLwWT39yn0g
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links @Helen Lee Here's what I do, and I'll do it right now and see what happens. Lately, I've been copying and pasting my links directly, like this: https://youtu.…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: "Share the music you LOVE!" Recital @Peter Golemme Thanks so much for your kind words, Peter. Here’s a recording of my son (Thurmond) playing the Brahms 118 no 6. He’d used this recording as an audition for a masterclass (which he…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links Did you figure this out on your own, or would you still like some tips?
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- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thanks so much! I've really appreciated this intensive and your feedback. Here's my final video which is from Friday. I wanted to record again,…
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thank you! My teacher has me use this ghosting technique (and a more simple one, too) often when I'm learning a piece, so it's not new to me.…
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- 1 mth ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thanks so much for your feedback. Here’s a quick recording with the right hand “ghosting.” There are a couple of spots where I’m not happy with the sound:…
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Hi! Thanks so much. I've made a couple of recordings - here is the most recent one of the first few measures of the 2nd movement of the Clementi.…
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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