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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 9
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@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,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 3
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Judy Kuan Thanks, Judy.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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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!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann I'm looking forward to hearing your hands together recording, and I appreciate your concrete goals. Have you read "Practicing for Artistic Success" by Burton Kaplan?…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
Here is my initial recording. No improvements made, yet - this is where I'm beginning. I'm fairly happy with my starting point (though I got a bit excited at the end and made an error),…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 8
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Derek McConville I think this is fantastic for week 1, Derek. It put a smile on my face. Looking forward to hearing more!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Pauline Soooo....Bach "Goldberg Air and Variations" for accordian and violin was quite lovely. The accordian accompanied the violin, and it worked very well.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Priya Viseskul What a beautiful choice!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Sindre Skarelven Looking forward to hearing you, Sindre. The Mazurka is one of my favorites.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Juan Carlos Olite Oh - looking forward to hearing your progress on this! Best of luck.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
Today I played through the G-Major Minuet to be sure I remembered it (I did). Now to decide how to play the repeats. I think I'll play no ornaments first time and add ornaments on the repeat.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Pauline I thoroughly enjoy the Grieg as well. We have the 4-hands sheet music, and someday soon (as soon as I improve sufficiently) my son and I will be able to play it together.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
@Pauline Thanks, Pauline! Totally made me smile and feel uplifted (thanks @Dominic Cheli , too, then!). I'll check out the livestream next week. Tonight, live music:…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Derek McConville Great to see you back, Derek. I look forward to hearing your progress!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Gail Starr @Juan Carlos Olite @Natalie Peh Thank you. I'm happy to be able to join in!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
@Gail Starr I'm glad you were able to order a Stretto keyboard! I've seriuosly considered switching to learning harpsichord rather than piano. I could be quite happy playing Baroque music exclusively.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1: Getting down to Business
I'm at the beginning of my piano journey, so I don't really have any "unfinished" pieces. But before I had to take a piano-break, I had just learned the G-Major Minuet in the Anna Magdalena Notebook.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 9
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
The piece that made me fall in love with music was "Pictures at an Exhibition," so I can't help but smile and feel uplifted when I hear it - especially if it is on the album on which I first heard it,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! 🥳🎹🥂
@Michelle R Ah - the New Year's Resolution post! Shortly after I made this initial post, I had to stop playing due to an injury. I learned: if your instinct is telling you that a technique a teacher…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- General Discussion
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