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Re: What is the most memorable moment in a music lesson you’ve ever had? @Dominic Cheli That's awesome. You clearly have good techniques. It was quite the opposite for me. My teacher stopped me a few measures into the first movement of D960, and had me start over.…
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr wow!! I didn't know about the Stretto Festival! How exciting! I had been asking around and checking the website but never could figure out how to try one.…
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr I'm in the same boat of maybe an octave (on edge of the keyboard, or I'll have to bend the pinky). This was a good improvement compared to when I restarted in my mid 20s.…
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Re: If you could master the technique of any pianist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @geraldw thank you for sharing the video. I'm huge Sokolov fan and it's so nice to see his precise movement up close. He makes it looks simple and yet the nuances of musical details are so great.…
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Re: If you could master the technique of any pianist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Dominic Cheli I'm with you! Sokolov name came straight into mind when I read the question. His handle of tones are just incredible. He doesn't ever seem to get tired either!…
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Alexander Weymann Haha. "broke apart in her hands". How funny. I always try to think of serene winter lake that look like it has thin ice, and out appears magical creatures.…
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Albert thanks Albert. Good to hear i am not alone in finding the beginning of 4th ballade infinitely challenging yet mesmerizing. I still try to keep that up from time to time.…
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? Amateur here. Chopin Ballade 4 was challenging. Both the coda, and even harder is the beginning few measures that appears to be so simple. The beginning section as one long musical line and yet…
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Re: What is your favorite Beethoven Symphony? #3 by Mariss Jansons. I love the journey of this symphony - a simple and sublime melody on 1st movement to the most deeply moving funeral march on second movement. And journey kept going.…
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Re: Piano Extravaganza: An Exploration of Beethoven's Orchestral Style (feat. a performance of the "Pastorale Symphony" What a fun topic!! Thank you! I play 8 hands with 3 others amateurs. Besides the interesting interpretation challenges of emulating different instruments,…
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? @Alexander Weymann Love Neuhaus' book too. Glad you mentioned it. It's surprisingly funny writing too - I burst out laughing so many times.
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? 1) Movie. Coda, Patrick Stewart played the pianist. Some beautiful music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coda_(2019_film) 2) As someone mentioned, Jeremy Denk's book on Every Good Boy Does Fine is a…
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Re: Quick Tips: Improve your Octaves! Looking forward to join. I could always used octaves exercise for my small hands.
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community! After lurking for a few months, it's time for me add an self-intro. I grew up in Southeast Asia. My fav food is Laksa, and Chili Crab, and as Cantonese,…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community! @Howie Lim Welcome to Tonebase, Howie! Thanks for sharing your journey! Indeed Malaysia has one of the best food in the world. :) I do so miss Laksa! So happy you found your way back to the piano…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community! @Julie A. Z. Hi Julie, Thank you for sharing your story. I totally relate to you when you mentioned not knowing how to practice. Isn't that key to everything? Never too late.…
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Re: Group 1 @Ben Laude Thank you Ben for all the work you put in. Alright, here's my attempt. I analyzed the middle section, and realized how clean & simple the chord progressions are.…
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Re: Group 1 @Nicole Thank you Nicole! Now that you pointed out the potential tritone, that makes sense why it is that way.
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Re: Group 1 @Ben Laude Thank you. That makes sense. Indeed I had a tough time memorizing this section when I was learning it. That's why I'm eager to analyze this to really find out what's going on with what…
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Re: Group 1 @Ben Laude Thank you Ben. That makes sense. I updated the pdf to a different copy. Hopefully more legible. I'm stuck on the D-maj section. Is it really a ninth-chord (Db-F-?-C-Eb )?…
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Re: Group 1 I'm working on BeethovenOp110 2nd mvt. I just started on some of it. Some interesting mode-mixture. On the 2nd line, there's an augmented-chord that I'm a bit stump on (red highlighted).…
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude interested. I had some college theory classes but never really put it to much practical use. :) Please sign me up.
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! What a wonderful idea! I'd love to participate if there's still room. Thank you!
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Re: Welcome! @Gail Starr time really flies, doesn't it! I'll reach out again in July. :)
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Re: Welcome! @Gail Starr I'd love to do it with you! July or later is perfect for me too. Which part do you like to play? (I played primo last time. But happy to switch it up).
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