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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Michael Thanks for your nice words, but the hardest part is yet to come.
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Kerstin
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
Hello everyone! I picked Chopin Ballade Nr. 4. Why - I have fallen in love with Chopin since the last Chopin Competition in Oct 2021. Last year I played a lot - some Etudes, Nocturnes, 2 Scherzos.…
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Kerstin
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Group 4
@Juan Carlos Olite Wow! A wonderful piece and wonderful playing. Thanks
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Kerstin
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"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Amy Such a nice piece. Thanks for that.
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Group 4
@Daniela Thanks! Yes, horn is a good idea. It’s very interesting to think in this direction, because imagination is a big deal here. And if we have an exact idea, what we want to give to the listener,…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
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Re: Group 4
Hello everyone! I have never thought in this direction seriously. So I have looked over the Polonaise I am practicing right now. Maybe it is a bit too long but I wanted to go through the whole piece.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
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Re: Read Me and FAQ!
@Dominic Cheli Hi Dominic! Can I participate, although I won‘t finish the piece? Start Chopin Ballade Nr. 4 last Sunday. LG Kerstin
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Kerstin
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Read Me and FAQ!
Wow! That’s a wonderful idea. Last Sunday I fell in love with a piece. My teacher has given me Chopin Ballade Nr. 4, and I have started to practice. But for sure I can’t make it in three weeks.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Level 5 – Repertoire, Course Lists & Discussion Space
@Ben Laude Hi Ben! Thanks for your answer. Maybe I underrate myself. I was studying piano in the late 80th. Have forgotten a lot of theoretical things and hearing intervals and harmonies etc was…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Re: Level 5 – Repertoire, Course Lists & Discussion Space
Hi Ben! Interesting quiz, but I am not sure if it’s the right level. There are nice pieces you recommend. Beethoven Moonlight Sonata I have played already all movements.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Piano Level System
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Re: SIGN-UP Improve Your MOZART Sonata With Orli Shaham!
@Masako Hiketa Hi Masako! Normally you play something and send it in and can have some advices or you can send a question in and get an answer. Or you can give some advices to other participants.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: SIGN-UP Improve Your MOZART Sonata With Orli Shaham!
That’s great. I am right now on the a minor Sonata KV 310. Maybe I can have some advices here and there.
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Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Re: Group 2
@Peter William Hi Peter! I am playing piano since 1976 and studied piano in the late 80th. So I played a lot. Yes I analyzed the piece like the instruction has told,…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Group 2
@Adena Franz Hi Adena! Yes I am sure. I don’t know why I can do it, but I have had never problems with it. My problems are to get a piece in my mind and stage fever like hell.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Group 2
Played Haydn today. Left hand was more difficult than I thought. https://youtu.be/92U-s5tTD_Q LG Kerstin Is there anybody else in group 2?
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Group 2
Hi Leann! I choose a 3. movement of a Haydn Sonata. Never played before. The most difficult part for me is the change from e-minor to e-major and also the changes of the clefs in the left hand.…
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Kerstin
1 yr ago
Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Group 2
Thanks for this instruction. I have never thought about it. I always took a score and played. I have to find something, I have never played before. Very interesting.
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
Oh that’s great. I would say, I am a good sightreader, but for sure it could be better.
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with?
@Natalie Peh Yes, it’s magic.
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Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Group 4
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks!
I will practice for another two or three weeks and than choose another one. There are so many great pieces.
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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Re: Group 4
@Natalie Peh Thanks. It is still a lot to do, but it needs some time. How did you do with it?
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with?
Hi Dominic! Great question. Interesting to think about it. This year I have played and play a lot of Chopin. I love his pieces. But Chopin is not than one. The answer for that question is - J. S.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Group 4
Hallo Henry and group 4! The focus on op10/1 was good for me. Get it almost in my mind. Not perfect, but much better than before. Couldn’t come to the zoom meeting, because I had to work.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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Re: Group 4
@Henry kramer Thanks. I wanted to play bar 31 that way, but my teacher told I should try 1235. Let’s see. And what’s the tempo. Cortot is a little crazy with 176.…
Kerstin
Kerstin
1 yr ago
Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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Re: Group 4
Hello everyone! I have chosen bar 25-35. With this exercise it’s much better now. https://youtu.be/jYY1680Zfx8 https://youtube.com/shorts/-trjKM19jTQ?feature=share LG Kerstin
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Kerstin
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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