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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Larry K Alex Honnold has repeatedly explained the MRI/amygdala results -- he says he has been plenty scared at times when climbing, does fear falling --dying-- but that he simply didn't experience…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 wk ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Maintenance of Repertoire
@Jacopo Castellano Thank you so much for these notes, and to Dominic for very very helpful advice.
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 mth ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
I see that this discussion chain has metastasised, so I may have missed something, but in the spirit of the challenge (and of even more "unfinished business,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 mth ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter Golemme Very cool to hear about your journey with this piece. Keep at it!
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 mth ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter Golemme Way to go Peter! Only week 2?! I really like this prelude, took a look at it years ago and decided that RH faster stuff after the intro section was too hard for me.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen Great playing, Noel! I can see why you rank it up there in your recorded performances!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Tammy So wonderful, Tammy! And the Barcarolle is something I want to resurrect, too, so that's a good reminder. And that part at 2:20 in the Rach first movement ramps up the difficulty very quickly!…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@CK Lau Very nice CK! Thanks for sharing that. Clementi wrote so many good sonatas, and this makes me want to play it. I think I read in a bio of Beethoven that he greatly admired Clementi.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William Hi again Peter. That sounds like a good plan. Piano entails years of learning and years of fun discoveries, so enjoy the ride. As for your rules, I agree with them except for no.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Sindre Skarelven Already very good after one month, and it will be great before long for sure. I enjoyed listening to you play it!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William Thank you very much, Peter.
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Mark Cooper Thank you, Mark! Just gotta rest a bit and stay loose and then it's fine. My sister's piano (from video) is also very heavy, so that can cause a bit of fatigue.
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Juan Carlos Olite Well said by the philosopher-pianist! Thank you Juan Carlos. And congrats on your Chaconne! It's surprisingly fun to play piano with just the LH,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K Thank you very much, Larry. It's funny, to me this piece looks easier, when I see someone playing it, than it is to play (of course that's true of much music).…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Grace A great piece and I enjoyed your playing. Keep at it!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William Hi Peter -- I think yesterday's featured an unusually high number of difficult pieces. Some of the other challenges/livestreams featured more pieces around your level,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Mary Manuel SO fluid and lovely! Great playing. Those Earl Wild transcriptions are great, and I love some of those mid-20th century jazz chords he uses.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Dustin Anderson Wow, so good and such a fun-sounding and looking piece. Makes me want to play it! You learned (or re-learned) in only 4 weeks? Very impressive.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Fionna Zhang Wow, brava Fionna! You play with such refined and easy control and wonderful attention to nuances in rhythm and harmonic tension, among other things -- you make it look relatively…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Rachmaninoff g minor prelude. I worked on this mostly sometime in 2024 and 2025 but never (and still don't) had it clean, and more recently I have tried to improve it.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
HI Ken -- I started improvising after I had learned enough theory and had tried to learn some pieces by ear (in my case they happened to be in F or E-flat major,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 3 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@rebecca LAM Hi Rebecca and thanks. [email protected]
- Andrew_Smith
- 4 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@rebecca LAM Hi Rebecca and thank you for your two posts. I like your reminder about David Chang's method of playing a few core pieces anytime, anywhere;…
- Andrew_Smith
- 4 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Else Hi Else and thank you for your very helpful post. I wish you could hypnotise me! I will try the anchoring exercise you describe). But in recent months I have been managing better,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 5 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Peter Lemken, clavierhaus Next time I am there I will measure the 1930s piano key width. I think it's incredibly presumptuous of you to imply that I'm making some erroneous claim about what my own…
- Andrew_Smith
- 5 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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