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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
- 4 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
- 4 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
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 5 mths ago
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- 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
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 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
- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Posting my first full run-through of this week (including a verbal apology to Bach for misplaying a measure!). I'm hopeful to have time tomorrow to record again to post in the week 4 section.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Today for the first time, I moved the metronome to quarter note rather than eighth note, and had a lot of challenges with that! I'm also thinking of my ultimate goal tempo-range,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Sindre Skarelven Thanks so much, Sindre. My back is almost back to normal, and I've been super happy to be back at the piano!!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen Maybe you should play real fast backwards...that might work!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- 2
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Dustin Anderson This sounds pretty amazing to me. For this piece, more than most, I get a better feel for it when I close my eyes and let my imagination take over,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Philippa You handled these tricky passages with confidence and seeming ease! Nicely played.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Philippa You handles these tricky passages with skill and seeming ease! Well done.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Sindre Skarelven Your characteristic warmth and gracefulness is evident in this excerpt. Lovely playing, Sindre.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Aaron super classy and elegant playing.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Fionna Zhang Nice playing!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Ken Radford Thanks, Ken!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Week 3.2: measures 23-29 have proven to be quite challenging for me to stitch together. And on Friday I strained my back working, so I haven't had as much time at the piano as I would have liked.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Peter Golemme ok, here’s an improv from Thurmond. We were celebrating his dad’s birthday and he was having fun with Happy Birthday - his brother wondered about playing it in the style of…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Blair Boone-Migura Thanks so much. I have taken a course with Noa Kageyama, as well. As an athlete/coach, I have a deep interest in sports/performance psychology,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Blair Boone-Migura Awesome! I'd love the link if you don't mind. You can message me through tonebase. I bought her book, told my piano teacher about it, then he bought the book, too!…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Peter Golemme https://www.mollygebrian.com/bio https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/211392920/learn-faster-perform-better/molly-gebrian/ She has amazing resources,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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