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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Natalie Peh @Juan Carlos Olite thank you! I appreciate your kind comments.
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2 yrs ago
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Hazel I very much enjoyed listening to this, Hazel. Thank you for sharing!
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2 yrs ago
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Here is the final project - bass and soprano played together. I learned how to hear the voices better. The singing exercise helped me greatly in hearing phrasing - not necessarily play it, yet,…
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2 yrs ago
Bach's Polyphony Intensive with Magdalena
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Vidhya Bashyam Beautiful, Vidhya! I look forward to hearing more. Left-hand trills sound daunting!
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Juan Carlos Olite Wow, Juan Carlos! These are fantastic. I could watch and listen to you play for hours.
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@ALICE This is lovely, Alice.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Will Green Beautiful! Offering and receiving simultaneously..."The circular movement is the most perfect of all because it produces a return to the beginning.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Will Green @Sindre Skarelven @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm having a lot of fun learning to play. I look forward to hearing all of your submissions!
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
Here is a video of the Menuet at a moderate tempo. I followed the advice from the livestream this week, in which Steve Goss encouraged playing as if for performance without cheating - so I recorded…
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2 yrs ago
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Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Group 1
Week 2, Assignment 1
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
I'll be working on the Menuet in G (Anna Magdalena Notebook, BWV Anh.114) for this challenge. My top speed (that I'm working toward) is about quarter note = 120; moderate speed = 100; slow speed = 80.…
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Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Steve Goss: Taking Control Of Your Performance!
@martin Thanks, Martin. Wonderful livestream! When I see Steve's name come up as presenter, I know I'll learn a lot and enjoy myself at the same time!!
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Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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Re: ULTIMATE tonebase Community Concert!
@Will Green Thanks, Brother Will - I'll be sure Thurmond knows that you've sent your best wishes. He's playing Debussy "Footprints in the Snow" and Mendelssohn "Song without Words op. 53. no.…
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Re: Steve Goss: Taking Control Of Your Performance!
It's always a fun time when Steve Goss presents a workshop! I'm looking forward to participating on Monday.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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Re: Getting Started
I meant to post sooner, but we were thrown a curve ball last week. My son's piano teacher let us know that she would be unable to continue lessons with him after their recital (December 17).…
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Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1
@Juan Carlos Olite As always, your playing is beautiful, Juan Carlos! My son was just playing this prelude and fugue last night, so I've gotten to hear it a few times over the past couple of days.
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Assignments 1 &2 with final section of chorale. Singing is giving me a different way to think about the music. I'm beginning to hear better how the notes relate to each other.
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Re: Group 1
@Solmi Gim Yes, I think you can do that as long as the Voice Memo creates a file. I can't remember if it does. I used a recording app on my iPhone, and uploaded it from there.…
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Bach's Polyphony Intensive with Magdalena
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Here is assignment #2 with the first 6 measures - I didn't have ready access to a second device, so I played and sang. Observation #1 is that I went at a much faster tempo than in my original…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Will's Practice Diary
@Will Green thanks! Our church uses a Dennis Richardson arrangement. I looked at the Dan Coats arrangement and can see why it sounds more lively. Merry Christmas!
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Read Me and FAQ
Thank you, @Dominic Cheli . I'm looking forward to this community challenge!
Michelle R
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2 yrs ago
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Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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After some thought, I decided to choose a Bach Chorale instead of the Minuet in G - "Wie Schön Leuchtet der Morgenstern." (Translated to English, it is something like "How beautifully shines the…
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Hello all! I'm excited to join this two-week intensive. As a beginner, my hope is to learn how to *hear* better and translate what I hear to my playing.…
Michelle R
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Re: Getting Started
@Leah Olson Thanks for thinking of me, Leah! G Major is such a happy key - we probably already have this since my son loves to play anything by Beethoven.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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Re: Public Space for "Improve Your MOZART Sonata With Orli Shaham!"
@Will Green thank you! My fingers get nervous when I turn on the camera - it's kind of annoying. But I do enjoying learning, and am seeing improvement.
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2 yrs ago
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