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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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 mths ago
- 1
- 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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 mths ago
- 1
- 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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 3 mths ago
- 2
- 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
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- 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
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- 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
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Peter Golemme Peter, this is absolutely wonderful. I love the joy and lightness that you bring to your playing. Thank you for sharing.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Peter Golemme Hi Peter, the video you posted is listed as "private." Could you change to "unlisted" so I can enjoy your playing? ☺️
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Practice strategies for this week, using the metronome: play at a luxuriously slow tempo (50 to the 16th note) in longer sections, accounting for each note and intentionally practicing the when and…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
Week three update and goals: I'm feeling fairly confident with the first half (mm 1-22). I'm still finding mm 23-32 to be a challenge, but 33-end is coming along nicely.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- 10
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Jenna Nydam This was great fun to listen to! Wonderful performance.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- Community Concerts!
- Reported - view
Re: May Community Concert!
@springgrass Thanks so much! It is quite wonderful to be able to make music with my son!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- 3
- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
What a wonderful concert today! We had to leave after the live section, so I'm making my way through all the recordings. Here's a recording of the Schubert Thurmond and I performed today in case…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- 5
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
@Dustin Anderson Thanks so much, Dustin.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- 1
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 2: First Steps
Here is my second video check-in for week 2: memory check for the first 1/2 of the piece (with a mistake or two and some memory stutters toward the end of this section).…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 mths ago
- 11
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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