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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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
Re: June Recital!
@Nadja looking forward to hearing you play!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
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!
- Reported - view
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
Re: June Recital!
@Rashmi Lahiri I have also read that to become a better person one should surround oneself with those who are better! One problem I have found with this plan is that the people here on TB are SO much…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 5
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
Continued work on the Beethoven Sonatina. I will be starting the 2nd movement this week! On the first movement, I'm maintaining slower-than-performance-tempo-practice to gain some much needed…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1
Hello, Group I Scale-mates! I'm a beginning pianist (closing in on one year of lessons, with just a few months prior to that attempting to learn on my own).…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 6
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
- Reported - view
Re: May Melodies Concert!
@Letizia Beautiful!!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: May Melodies Concert!
@Judy Kuan This was absolutely lovely, Judy! I enjoy the clarity with which you play.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
@Sindre Skarelven @Gail Starr Thanks so much for listening and commenting. This little sonatina has been fun to learn. I'm lookng forward to learning the second movement!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Your Practice Diary
- Reported - view

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