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Re: Will's Practice Diary
@Will Green There is much of Scriabin that I do not enjoy listening to. This Sonata, while not entirely pleasant (it seems so serious!!), isn't unpleasant to my ear either.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@Vidhya Bashyam Thank you, Vidhya! Once I figured out the ornaments, they were fun. Now to add some to the B part. I hope your Christmas was wonderful, too.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@Vidhya Bashyam This is lovely, Vidhya. Your playing puts a smile on my face.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@Juan Carlos Olite What a beautiful description, Juan Carlos!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
I was unable to post a video for week 2 (we had 2 long power outages and after the second one not all of our power came back - half of our house still has no power).…
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- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@Will Green I know it as "God's Blessing Sends Us Forth," though I expect it could be another hymn with the same music! Merry Christmas.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@Michael I very much enjoyed your playing, Michael. Such a beautiful piece, and you approached it so gently. Thank you!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
@AJ I enjoyed listening to your playing, AJ! I couldn't help but smile (and tap my toe)! I look forward to your next video.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Sindre's practice diary
@Sindre Skarelven I enjoyed listening to it, Sindre. Thank you for sharing your creativity! There were parts which reminded me of my favorite Mussorgsky, "Une larme.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 2
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Angela Fogg Thank you, Angela!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- 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!
@Gillian I thought this was lovely, Gillian. I appreciated the steadiness, and I could hear the voices very well.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent!
For the Minuet in G major from the Anna Magdalena Notebook - the composer is Christian Petzold, who was a renowned organist and contemporary of Bach. Very few of Petzold's compositions survive to…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
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- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Sindre Skarelven I finally found the time to listen all the way through, and - Bravo, Sindre! I especially enjoyed the slow movement. I found it peaceful and relaxing.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Angela Fogg This is beautiful, Angela! I think your sparkly sweater complements the piece and your playing of it. 🙂
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Read Me and FAQ
@AJ I'm pretty sure you can jump into a community challenge whenever you can - it's best to start at the beginning, of course, but not an absolute requirement for these challenges!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Angela Fogg Thank you, Angela!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Natalie Peh @Juan Carlos Olite thank you! I appreciate your kind comments.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@Hazel I very much enjoyed listening to this, Hazel. Thank you for sharing!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Group 1
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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- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 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!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
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.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
@ALICE This is lovely, Alice.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
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.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
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!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 1
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
- Reported - view
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…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 yrs ago
- 8
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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