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Re: Group 2
@Vidhya Bashyam Lovely, Vidhya. I actually used your recording to play along with to be sure I had everything correct (except for the turn, as I don't know how to do that just yet). Thank you! :-)
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
And here's my RH alone - melody Mendelssohn. My teacher encourages me to sing what I'm going to play (I spent quite a bit of time on the Schumann "Melodie" from the Album for the Young,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
@Lindsay Garritson Thanks, Lindsay. I'm feeling better and am joining in with all my Tonebase friends!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
@Juan Carlos Olite beautiful, as always!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
I'm starting to feel better and so am now getting started. Here is my C Major scale exercise. My teacher and I are doing something specific currently with my left hand work that I couldn't quickly…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 5
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
@Marc M Sounding good, Marc!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
@Gail Starr Thanks for the encouragement, Gail. I did this interesting thing called "watch the video" and realized that I can, indeed, do most of what is being assigned.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you.
@Alexander Weymann I agree with Andrea - I'd be happy to be part of your audience, too!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Discussion of the Week
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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!…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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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! 🙂
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2
Hello Group 2! I'm happy to be here with all of you!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 5
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress!
@Randall Wayne thanks much!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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.... 😉
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 3
- Discussion of the Week
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress!
@Marc M Lovely playing, Marc. So glad you submitted this. I enjoyed listening.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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!!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week
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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!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 3
- Discussion of the Week
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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).…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 5
- Discussion of the Week
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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…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week
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