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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
OK - first work on second species counterpoint. I am working with super short (two note) fragments from Peter Schubert's book (chapter 4). I made one error on the second exercise,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Thurmond's Compositions
One of Thurmond's recent compositions won first place in his age group in our state music teacher association's "Young Composer's Project," and he has been invited to perform at the state conference…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- Composer's Corner
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Re: Springtime Recital!
@Peter Golemme Thanks, Peter. I'm glad I had made this recording before spraining my finger. I'm hoping the finger will heal quickly, but nearly a week on and it's still swollen and super tender.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Community Concerts!
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
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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:…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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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:
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite Thank you, Juan Carlos!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
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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…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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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…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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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?
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- 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.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- Your Practice Diary
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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.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- 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. 😪
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: Springtime Recital!
@Gail Starr Sounds like fun! I hope y'all have a great time.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital!
@Gail Starr I'm sorry you won't be playing. Hopefully next time!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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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.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- 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?
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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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
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
- Reported - view
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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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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…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links
Did you figure this out on your own, or would you still like some tips?
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
- Reported - view

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