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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
@Peter William All of these things I do and have done. At this point in learning, I need fluency and consistency - for me, this means primarily doing play-throughs because the smaller sections,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
I had a super cool experience with this piece yesterday. I had a sudden feeling and understanding of using arm weight. It's always awesome when those little things happen.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Peter's Practice Diary (Beginner level)
Hi @Peter William . Regarding scales, C major is actually one of the more challenging scales. Try B major (my personal favorite), C# major, F# major, or E major - they fit under the hand much better.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
Thanks, @Peter William . I'm slowly getting this piece under hand. I haven't yet learned the Prelude in C major. The Prelude in C major is in level six of the repertoire series I'm using,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
Dropping this here, as I continue my journey with BWV 999, Little Prelude in c minor. Same section still giving me pause on a complete run-through. Otherwise,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Blair Boone-Migura Thanks so much!! This is much appreciated.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: How long do you practice, and how?
I practice in two to four 20-30 minute segments per day. Any more, and my body rebels! On days that I have the full amount of practice time (4 days/week usually), I practice sight-reading,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Blair Boone-Migura Thanks so much!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer Community Concert
@Maria I love Gretchen Am Spinnrade, but am not quite ready to tackle that one. I'll look more closely at Die Forelle and we have the music for Das Wandern here - Thurmond may have sung that one,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer Community Concert
Thanks, @Maria . I think I enjoy it more than Thurmond does. Now, if we start learning some Debussy, then he'll have a challenging piano part! I'm pretty sure I'm learning an English art song next,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Noel Nguyen said: I would definitely watch a video of Thurmond sight-reading through the whole set! Well, that won't happen anytime soon! His teacher is being careful with which ones Thurmond will…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Summer Community Concert
@Larry K Yes, including because a person is too terrified to play live! For my part, I'm happy to sing live but don't enjoy the playing live experience.…
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- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer Community Concert
@Larry K Certainly, submit a recording! This happens frequently and for various reasons.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen It's really starting to take shape. It's been fun for me to listen to the progress. Did he mention to y'all that he's also learning Vision, because...why not?
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K My son is on Tonebase. He's been on here for about 5 1/2 years, almost since he started playing, so the community has watched him grow from being a beginning pianist (though he was never…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K Thanks, Larry. I do love Bach, but I also find that his pieces are the most challenging for me to learn so far - though Beethoven is a close second.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Alrighty. Here is where I am today with the BWV 999. Overall, I am happy with my progress over the "four" weeks. The measure 23-32 section still gives me trouble.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K Thank you. My father-in-law was a child during the Depression, so he kept EVERYTHING!! (and he lived in this home for nearly 50 years) Just the kitchen by itself produced about 10 bags/large…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Hello all. I just arrived home after an exhausting 10 days cleaning out my deceased father-in-law's home. My husband and I need a few more days still to finish (which means we'll travel back out in a…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Ken Radford I tend to use it about 10% of the time I'm working on a piece, rarely the entire way through (unless I need it to add a bit of pressure, or if it's just really working for me in the…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Maria I do the same, but it's also good for me to feel the larger pulse and learn how to stay steady within it! @Peter William as you get more experience,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
- 1
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Peter William yeah, it's in 3/4 with sixteenth note figures in the right hand, so it does sound faster. To stay with the metronome I have to say "takadimi" a few times before starting so I can feel…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Peter William thanks, Peter William. The metronome is set to 90 in the first recording.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Maria We haven't had too many rotate lately, but anything drawn or painted is by Thurmond. Martha and Beethoven have been there for a while. The Icons do rotate,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Ken Radford Thanks, Ken. I have Beethoven and a young Martha Argerich looking over my shoulder as I play (you might be able to make them out on the mantle - another of Thurmond's talents: portraits!…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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