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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
Hi all -- so I discovered that I can't play this cleanly when filming/under "pressure," so I'm not sure how much is due to nerves versus insecure technique,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Mark Cooper Wow, awesome. I really enjoyed listening to you play this amazing composition. (and the recording button managed to foil me today, but you seemed to handle it no problem!…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Paul Larson Very nice Paul! You make it look easy!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Priya Viseskul Way to go Priya! Thanks for sharing. In my opinion your rhythm is super steady and it didn't seem like you were going too fast. To me it seems you already have all the physical…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Angela Fogg Thank you for sharing this Angela -- very nice! It's hard to know what the dynamics sound like in your home (that is, the recording device might accentuate certain things differently…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Victoria Macdonald Thank you for sharing this Victoria! I guess I'm seeing your video kind of late. You have nice dynamics and LH. I thought you played the difficult measures 16-17 of the piece best…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Week 2: Applying Harmony and Form to Performance Interpretation on Chopin Preludes (Part 1)
@Eloise Kim Dear Dr. Kim, Thank you so much! I really appreciate all of those helpful comments; and now you have motivated me to get the piece together by next week.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Applying Harmony and Form to Performance Interpretation on Chopin Preludes (Part 1)
Hello Dr. Kim -- I'm sure you are very busy, and you have spent a lot of time replying to our analysis, so thank you for that. I have attached my analysis of Etude in E op.10 no.3.…
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- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Randi Thank you Randi!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Victoria Macdonald Thank you very much Victoria! It's always "a work in progress"!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Randi Thanks for posting that Randi! Now that you've got the notes learned, maybe you could try these practice methods; with your right arm, conduct a slow 1-2 count for each measure (for the cut…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Sam Smith Thank you Sam! Now I think I HAD in fact seen your video before. Anyway, to my ears you have a very nice touch, pacing and dynamics. Those couple of harder measures will probably come…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
Hi everyone -- here's my recording of the prelude. My phone's mic was not so great; I have a much better separate external mic but I don't know how to synch it with video.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Sam Smith Sam, for some reason your video does not appear for me, even when I refresh the tonebase page. Hope to be able to acces your playing sometime soon!
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
@Priya Viseskul Thanks for your reply, Priya, and wishing you best of luck with it. I hope you can find a way to get to a grand piano more often. But I have practiced several Etudes on a Clavinova,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
@Priya Viseskul Congratulations Priya! You have clearly practiced this with a lot of care. Each section flows and looks controlled and fluid. It seems to me you are ready to start increasing the…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Aleksandra Bogomaz Thank you for sharing that Aleksandra -- it seems to me you are well on your way to playing this really well. Since you wrote that you are open to feedback,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Study Groups
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
I'm going to revisit Op. 10 no. 3 in E major -- haven't played it in about 20 years but I learned it while young, so there's some deep muscle memory there.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 3 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
Hi all! I half-learned this years ago, (ironically) teaching it to a student -- this seems like a good opportunity to do a deep dive and have it become a permanent piece in the memory/hands.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 3 mths ago
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
Hello Jane -- thank you very much for the link to that review of the Casio -- super detailed and informative. Best,
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
Does anyone have experience with the Casio's top digital pianos? I saw a video/ad where Benjamin Grosvenor was endorsing because it has a real grand piano action inside.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: What are your favorite "tonebase YouTube videos?"
I also think the videos where Ben Laude is being coached through Taubman technique (last movement Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) and working on beginning of 3rd movement of Rach.…
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What are your favorite "tonebase YouTube videos?"
The tutorial by Henry Kramer on Chopin Etude op. 10 no. 2 is amazingly good. Would love to see more from him.
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: From Fear to Flourish: Managing Performance Anxiety
@Don Allen Hi Don -- while there is no substitute for preparation, and for (perhaps) most people it can help ensure a decent or even very good performance even when feeling anxious,…
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Best print edition of Rachmaninoff concerto?
@Jimmy Wu Thank you. And Henle pages (I still use paper) do lie nice and flat.
- Andrew_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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