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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann Yes, that is quite the ideal! But your playing is already well on its way to acheiving it. And ... voice lessons! My son just started voice lessons last week because his piano…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann I know you have high standards for yourself, but this is a lovely piece and your "not pleasant to listen to" is actually quite pleasan.…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Grace I think you're getting the hang of it. There are moments where it starts to flow freely - and those moments will start to expand until they encomapass the entire piece! Keep up the good work!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Sindre Skarelven You amaze me, Sindre! Wonderful work on memorizing and learning the notes. I'm in awe of your ability to do this type of work so quickly. And I love to watch your hands as you play.…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Gail Starr Thank you, dear Gail. "Playful" was another word my teacher tossed in my direction regarding this piece. I'm glad you think I pulled that off!!…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Sindre Skarelven Thanks so much, Sindre. It took me a little while to learn how to play the Prelude without tension, and I think working through that really helped me to find a good way into the…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Andrea LeVan Fantastic practice. Your careful practice will reap big dividends soon, I'm sure!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @maijahildur This is really pretty, Maija. Your playing put a smile on my face. In the first half, I imagined a young girl on a farm in spring. She had an egg basket,…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Heng-Pin Chen Beautiful playing! I know #1 really well, and remember all the work my son put in on voicing and phrasing - your choices are lovely. I don't know #2, so hesitate to comment on it.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Vidhya Bashyam This is so lovely, Vidhya! I love the warmth with which you play, and your attention to phrasing really lets it shine.
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Marc M Thanks much, Marc. This "Prelude & Gigue" was written in the early 21st century by Keith Snell. It's in the little repertoire book my teacher had me buy.
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Judy Kuan Thanks, Judy. For me, closing my eyes allows me to focus more on the sound and the "feel" of the keys under my fingers. Last fall, in an effort to help me become more comfortable with the…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Andrea LeVan Thanks Andrea! It's not really about nervousness. My teacher wants me to play confidently - he wants the music to come out of its shell, which means he wants me to come out of my shell.…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Randi @Vidhya Bashyam @Priya Viseskul @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you all so much for listening!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Randi Yay! Fantastic work on this, Randi! I'm looking forward to hearing page 3.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Marc M That was truly lovely, Marc. I appreciated the tenderness with which you played.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Priya Viseskul This is fantastic, Priya! So much fun to listen to.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! It's been an interesting week! My teacher gave me two new pieces last week, so everything I'm playing is fairly new. I didn't spend as much time on the challenge piece because of the other new pieces.…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Judy Kuan This is beautiful, Judy. You're learning this so well, so quickly.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Gail Starr This is kind of wonderful, Gail! You've done an amazing job, especially considering your time constraints.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Jack vreeland very nice! So much progress.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress @Grace Great progress! You're doing so well.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress @Sindre Skarelven Simply amazing, Sindre! I am in awe.
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress @Judy Kuan I thought this was pretty amazing, and enjoyable to listen to. Great work!
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress @Andrea LeVan Nice work! Looking forward to your next video!
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- 7 mths ago
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