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@Gail Starr I thought it was just me!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Chen Wu Thank you! This is very temporary - i'll be back next week!!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre. I taught all my competitive gymnasts how to visualize, and am trying to adapt the practice for playing. It can be so very helpful!…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Vidhya Bashyam thanks, Vidhya. It will be fine very soon, I'm sure! I'm just going to need to relearn how to use some muscles, it seems.
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Gail Starr @Jennifer Mehta @Priya Viseskul Thank you. It's feeling much better already, but I'm trying not to overdo it this week!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
Hi everybody. No video posting this week for me - I started therapy on my shoulder and am having to limit my time at the piano. I'll be doing lots of visualizing (sitting at the piano,…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann My son, just a few months after beginning piano lessons in 2020, found Tonebase through some of the YouTube videos and a membership was a gift to him that year.…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Gail Starr not at all! I found it intriguing ... of course, maybe I just need to get out more. :-)
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Derek McConville I started smiling just a few measures in - such a delighful piece, and I do enjoy the way you play it, Derek. Looking forward to hearing more!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Priya Viseskul This sounds great, Priya! Nice work.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Gail Starr Thanks for letting us be a fly on the wall for a bit of your practice! Looking forward to more.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Sindre Skarelven This is really lovely, Sindre. I especially appreciate your touch and control, with so many moments where the sound is so deep and full. Thanks for posting!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Juan Carlos Olite Thanks, Juan Carlos. That means a lot to me.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Natalie Peh Thanks, Natalie.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Jennifer Mehta Thanks, Jennifer!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Sindre Skarelven @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you. My piano teacher has told me to stop if I have any pain, since I have a non-piano-related shoulder injury that is impacting my ability to move in certain…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre!
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1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Gail Starr Thanks so much, Gail. I thoroughly enjoy playing this minuet, and find that its playful innocence is joy under my fingers! Thankfully my finger doesn't hurt,…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Judy Kuan Thanks, Judy. Discretion indicates that I should just wait until my teacher and I get to the ornaments together. I can find another way to make the repeats "different.…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
Well, it looks like ornaments are not in my immediate future - after two days of practicing with ornaments, the finger joint that was injured in January is feeling stiff.…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
My one new improvement is to add ornaments in the A section - I slowed down, played RH only (and also tried to integrate the gestures I am working on with my new piano teacher - so,…
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@Judy Kuan there are so many sections which transported me to a beautiful place! I don't know enough to say anything other than I really enjoyed watching and listening to your playing,…
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Judy Kuan Thanks, Judy.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Sindre Skarelven Thank you, Sindre! I was trying to be deliberate with staccato versus legato, and am happy that it came through in my playing. I'm hoping I can improve over the next few weeks.
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann Thanks so much for your kind words. I certainly had fun playing it! Hopefully I can make improvements over this challenge. @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you!
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