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Re: Group 2 @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya. Thurmond is playing the Mendelssohn right now for his teacher and has played the Chopin (for fun), so I always figure if he's playing it then it's too much for me!…
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Re: Group 2 @Gail Starr Glad we're in the same group, Gail! I don't think I'll be able to do any of the repertoire, but will enjoy watching and learning. The scale I think I can handle, though!
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Re: Group 2 Hello Group 2! I'm happy to be here with all of you!
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Re: A Performer's Guide to Bach's Dance Suites (with Magdalena Stern-Baczewska) @Noah Hardaway My son actually reminded ME about the livestream it's usually the other way around. Then after the stream was over, he pulled out the French Suites and started playing.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Randall Wayne thanks much!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Priya Viseskul Yes, Priya, Thurmond's made a great leap forward with his new teacher. Thanks for noticing the change! He really clicked with this teacher, is now in lessons 2x per week,…
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Re: What song or piece of music best describes your personality? Hmmm. It would probably be Beethoven's Hammerklavier: challenging to get to know, intense, complicated, with an undercurrent of (usually misunderstood) humour....
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Gail, I just remembered that I had forgotten to respond to your question about Thurmond and conservatory/college. With his previous piano teacher,…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Judy Kuan Wow, Judy. This is beautiful. I'm so glad you took the time to record and post. It would have been a shame to have missed watching and hearing your progress with this piece.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Marc M Lovely playing, Marc. So glad you submitted this. I enjoyed listening.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alexander Weymann Wow, second cousin! I'm kind of in awe, not only of your playing, but also of your improvement over the month. Nice work!!
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Alexander Weymann Thank you, Alex. The encouragement from all our Tonebase friends is super helpful, too!
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Alexander Weymann Yes, I think we must be at least second cousins! (Rebecca Penneys was my teacher's principal teacher at Eastman, so there's another point of intersection.…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Alexander Weymann Thanks for the book recommendation. Some of my teacher's teachers were students of György Sebök, so we're probably related distantly through piano teachers!
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Gyorgy Sebok - my teacher encouraged me to find recordings of him to watch the way he played. Perhaps others already know of him, but he is new to me (and my son).…
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Re: How do you balance your music practice with other life commitments? @Monika Tusnady I hope you enjoy the book and get a lot out of it. Because I found it so interesting, I read through it quickly. Now, I'm going back and taking my time to glean the thoughts and ideas…
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Re: How do you balance your music practice with other life commitments? @Alexander Weymann I think it depends on what you're looking for. For me, it was a perfect fit - but I'm a bit of a philosopher and a dreamer. When I have a bit more time,…
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Re: How do you balance your music practice with other life commitments? @Alexander Weymann This book sounds intriguing. A few weeks ago my teacher took me through how to learn a piece of music. He suggested quite a bit of work which would be done before touching the…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Yes, I've watched them, and I got really excited learning all the new terminology! I promptly upgraded after watching and have been saving to upgrade again.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Our next tech purchase will be a 2-mic set up, which will also necessarily include a USB Audio interface (Scarlett 2i2, probably). Right now I use our laptop with a Blue Yeti,…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Natalie Peh Thanks so much, Natalie!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre. I do appreciate your kind words. I enjoyed learning and working on the piece. The recording was the last time I'll play it for awhile.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alberto Beautiful ornaments! With these minuets you do have the option of a brisker tempo as they weren't necessarily composed for dancing, and you made it work nicely. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Sindre Skarelven This is absolutely gorgeous, Sindre! There was so much emotion, but as Vidhya said, you didn't lose the feeling of meditation even as the intensity increased.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Yes, he is technically entering his sophomore year, but he'll probably have enough credits to "graduate" by the end of next summer. It is already planned for him to begin college courses…
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