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Re: Week 2: Share you progress
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya. It's a simple piece. I'd kind of hoped for more of a challenge! Maybe next month. 🙂
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Share you progress
@Heng-Pin Chen Lovely playing. My son played no. 1 in a piano competition last December, so I know that one VERY well. I look forward to hearing your progress.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Share you progress
@Vidhya Bashyam So beautiful, Vidhya. I appreciate the way you approach the piano and the piece with such respect and thoughfulness. I look forward to hearing you play the rest!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Share you progress
@Dominic Cheli This is such a fun piece to listen to! Really great work. Thanks for joining this challenge with us.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Share you progress
I've worked on blocking the Prelude more quickly, from memory (as you can see in the video, I'm ok until the final few measures!), and with dynamic ebb and flow;…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
My favorite part of this, Marc, was how you presented all of this with a straight face. I think the Cat Vibrato was my favorite "technique." The other two kind of made me cringe.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Randi Good start! I look forward to hearing your progress over this month.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Sindre Skarelven @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you so much, Sindre and Juan Carlos. Next video will have me unfolding everything in the Prelude and playing the Gigue in full.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
Unless something changes tomorrow (i.e. I am given another piece by my teacher), I'll be working on a little Prelude & Gigue by Keith Snell. Here is my blocking of the Prelude,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Juan Carlos Olite This piece will surely highlight the elegance you bring to the piano. I'm looking forward to watching your progress throughout the month.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Sindre Skarelven What a beautiful choice, especially with your ability to tell a story through your playing.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Vidhya Bashyam I'm sure you will play it with your trademark gentleness and thoughtfulness. Looking forward to hearing your progress!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 5
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Alexander Weymann What a beautiful memory. Looking forward to hearing your Scarlatti.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
Wonderful! It's time for a new piece, so this is excellent timing. I'll see what my teacher suggests this week. I look forward to seeing what everyone is learning.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Libby Craig And to think, he just got the sheet music on Tuesday evening! 🙂 It's been fun this past week to hear Thurmond learn it so quickly.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Dominic Cheli I agree with @Judy Kuan . I would not have performed live yesterday if it were going to be recorded. It's not about the wonderfully supportive community,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
I'll be able to perform on Friday: the Johann Christian Bach Prelude in A minor. It's about 2 minutes long. Thanks!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
@Dominic Cheli Thanks much, Dominic. See you Tuesday!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
Here is my final submission: Fritz Spindler's "Song without Words." @Dominic Cheli Should we post our final videos here, or is there a different place? In any event,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much, Vidhya. I am enjoying playing it!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
Here is where my piece, the Spindler "Song without Words," is today (10 days in). I'm still working on the pedaling, and there are a few little mis-steps, but I'm happy with my progress so far!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
@Letizia So much fun to listen to! Great work.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
@Marc M I think this is great, Marc. I look forward to seeing your progress!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
Here is the first half of the piece I decided to use for this challenge. My teacher gave it to me just last week, so it's super new, but I wanted to post so I could see my progress over the next 10…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 5
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps!
The quiz puts me at Level 3. One of the short-study pieces I have right now is a Haydn German Dance (I don't know the number), which I've had for about 2 weeks. It's short, sweet, and simple.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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