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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
Here is the Aria from the Anna Magdalena Notebook, attributed to Johann Christian Bach. I’m experimenting with ornaments and other re-composition.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1
@Dominic Cheli Thanks for the feedback, Dominic! I haven’t practiced this in about a week - I didn’t want to be potentially practicing the same wrong thing - so I’ll look back at it this week.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
@Marc M Thanks for sharing these, Marc. They are charming, and your commentary is fun as always! I would enjoy hearing the rest of the set, and if I didn’t already have a full plate of musical-stuff…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
Latest update on movement 1. Closer to performance tempo, playing with the repeat. Feeling more confident. Second movement is under way. Hoping to have a video available in about another week.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1
@Josh Miller Nice set-up, Josh! This is a great idea. I wonder if you could set up a screen in front of yourself at the piano so you could watch what your hands are doing in real-time? Hmmmm….
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
As I’ve thought about this grouping practice, and watched others, I am reminded of something my teacher has told me many, many times (especially when doing technique work):…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Josh Miller nice work, and lots of fun!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Bernice vonSaleski Each time you post, there is improvement! Can't get much more perfect than that.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Bach WTC Book 1 No. 8
My son said that what he has heard is that Bach wanted to have pieces in every key without having to re-tune; the intention here is to highlight that feature, i.e.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1
@Josh Miller no worries! C Major caused my thumb to hurt, so I went to a scale that fit better under my hand and gave my thumb a little more room. Yes, lift release between each grouping.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Sam Smith This looks pretty good to me. I’m still on hands separately with the chromatic scale. I need to add it to my schedule as I am continuously forgetting to practice it!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Josh Miller Thanks for watching, Josh. LH is starting with 3rd finger on C#.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Sachi yay! There it is! You move so crisply. Great work.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Bernice vonSaleski Thanks, Bernice! I’m just a baby pianist and have so much to learn.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Bernice vonSaleski Great concentration, Bernice! This sounds smoother than your first video. Nice work.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Nadja Nicely done! I like how lightly you play.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Nadja Thank you! I really need help with playing faster, so am hopeful this will propel me forward a bit.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
- Reported - view
Re: Group 1
@Sachi Hi Sachi! Your video is listed as "private," so I can't view it. If you go back and set it to "unlisted" then we'll be able to see it. I look forward to viewing your progress.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
- Reported - view
Re: June Recital!
@Rashmi Lahiri my son plays regularly, and I played for the first time a couple of months ago. Dominic usually posts performance order a day or two in advance.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Group 1
Here’s a video from today. My teacher asked, “ How’s that TWI with Dominic going?”, so I figured I should make a progress video. I noticed the DIP joint in 4th finger, LH collapsing.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: June Recital!
@Rashmi Lahiri I look forward to hearing you play.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital!
@Vidhya Bashyam We have, all together, had a hand in maintaining such a supportive group. I’m so glad my son found TB when he first started playing (in 2020) - he discovered the videos on Beethoven’s…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital!
@Nadja looking forward to hearing you play!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital!
@Alexander Weymann I agree with you on all fronts, but it is challenging to be at a lower level than everyone else, or at least everyone else who volunteers to play in the concerts.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Group 1
Here’s my first video - C# Major. I chose what I thought was an easier scale so I could get the feel of this new way of moving. I practiced a few minutes yesterday,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
- Reported - view

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