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Re: June Recital! @Andrea LeVan Yay! I'm so glad all seems to be well. I look forward to hearing you play.
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital! @Gail Starr I can hear the improvements from the first time I heard you play this on Tonic! Great work.
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- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital! @Gail Starr The best teachers are only ever proud of their students, because they know quite well how challenging it is to put yourself out there and be vulnerable and exposed to criticism.…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks for sharing the back story. I so enjoy your elegance, even when sightreading, Vidhya! Well done.
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- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Nadja Super first attempt, Nadja! Hearing all different harmonies is so much easier at "sight-reading" speed.
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- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Angela Fogg So lovely, Angela! I enjoyed your tempo and the lightness with which you played it. Thank you for sharing!
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much for listening, Vidhya!
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Natalie Peh Thanks so much, Natalie! I’m always excited when my teacher gives me a new piece by Bach to learn. It means I’m getting closer and closer to learning some of the pieces I’m longing to…
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- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist Life threw me some curve balls, so my dedicated efforts on the 2nd movement of the Sonatina were a little delayed! Here I am at almost a week and a half of consistent, focused work.…
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- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! So after consultation with two people whose opinions I respect ( @Gail Starr & my teacher), I will happily cheer everyone on from the sidelines! I learn so much from watching everyone else and enjoy…
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Gail Starr @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much! That is a beautiful piece Vidhya! I think we’re trying to figure out if there’s room - I’m at the tail end of finishing the Beethoven Sonatina (both…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Josh Miller Great start, Josh. I look forward to hearing your progress!
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! My teacher and I are discussing if there is a level-appropriate waltz for me, and if I should add something new to all the other musical balls I’m juggling right now!…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Gail Starr Way to go, Gail!
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- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Sindre Skarelven @Juan Carlos Olite @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much, piano friends! I'm looking forward to the day when I can play two part Inventions!!
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage Here is the Aria from the Anna Magdalena Notebook, attributed to Johann Christian Bach. I’m experimenting with ornaments and other re-composition.
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- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1 @Dominic Cheli Thanks for the feedback, Dominic! I haven’t practiced this in about a week - I didn’t want to be potentially practicing the same wrong thing - so I’ll look back at it this week.…
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary @Marc M Thanks for sharing these, Marc. They are charming, and your commentary is fun as always! I would enjoy hearing the rest of the set, and if I didn’t already have a full plate of musical-stuff…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist Latest update on movement 1. Closer to performance tempo, playing with the repeat. Feeling more confident. Second movement is under way. Hoping to have a video available in about another week.
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- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1 @Josh Miller Nice set-up, Josh! This is a great idea. I wonder if you could set up a screen in front of yourself at the piano so you could watch what your hands are doing in real-time? Hmmmm….
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1 As I’ve thought about this grouping practice, and watched others, I am reminded of something my teacher has told me many, many times (especially when doing technique work):…
- Michelle R
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- 6 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1 @Josh Miller nice work, and lots of fun!
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1 @Bernice vonSaleski Each time you post, there is improvement! Can't get much more perfect than that.
- Michelle R
- Michelle_Russell
- 6 mths ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Bach WTC Book 1 No. 8 My son said that what he has heard is that Bach wanted to have pieces in every key without having to re-tune; the intention here is to highlight that feature, i.e.…
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- Michelle_Russell
- 6 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1 @Josh Miller no worries! C Major caused my thumb to hurt, so I went to a scale that fit better under my hand and gave my thumb a little more room. Yes, lift release between each grouping.
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- Michelle_Russell
- 6 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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