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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Astrida Can't wait to hear your fabulous music making... and see your revolutionary fingerings.
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Doug @Peter Golemme Just to be clear, I do like to play fast(ish), but as a listener I prefer things on the slow side of normal. So, knock yourself out with the middle pedal and record those 24…
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Tammy Thanks! That Baldwin is really something else. Bells galore! I didn't do it justice in that video. Will do, one day!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Thurmond R Your high-ish wrists and flat-ish fingers remind me of a great pianist from the golden age, but I forgot which one. In any case, I love your playing.
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Koshka It's my favorite of the Op.28. My co-favorite is the Prelude Op.45.
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Vanessa Ellermann Ah, Dante you! God Dante you (all) to hell!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
Did somebody say something about horror shows? I'm in! Here, a very short excerpt from a practice session, just enough to ruin your appetite. As a bonus you can sort of see the sequelae of a…
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann I suggest "abandon all hope, ye who enter here".
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Peter Golemme off-the-charts clarity! The trade-off is that it is rather difficult to play it any faster, but here the tempo sounds good to me! I personally would play it faster,…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
Friends, in case you haven't seen the livestream from yesterday, @Dominic Cheli has officially offered to participate in the challenge! The specifics of said participation are to be determined,…
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Maria Looking forward to hearing your ... anything, really!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Kerstin Can you tell us a bit about your composition? What was your inspiration, musically and extra-musically? Or perhaps you prefer not to tell yet?
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Maria 🤣
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Michelle R Thanks, yes it's very personal, in this case just Lugansky and I, it seems. Strange pair, I know, and severely lopsided in talent (he king, me pawn).
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann So that means, you're a student of Jarred Dunn?
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: The digital piano thread
@Peter William Make sure you have a good teacher, it makes all the difference. And remember that "piano teacher/instructor" are not protected terms, so beware those who don't help you achieve the…
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- 1 mth ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: The digital piano thread
@Peter William Thank you so much! Frankly I'd say it took me too long! Started at 5, and now reaching my 5th decade of life😕 (don't trust the photo). It's only a matter of time before I start losing…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Barbara Sunseri @Noel Nguyen said: What can I say, maybe I've been playing too much Liszt lately, or more probably I'm just a heretic. Hmm, now I'm a bit puzzled.…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Barbara Sunseri My suggestions are also aimed at efficiency, and also speed, easy accuracy, and reliability in actual performance situation 😜. And while we're at it,…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Barbara Sunseri I agree with Dustin's excellent fingerings except for two minor differences: - In the first LH group of bar 30 I'd play (52)132 instead of (52)131 because there is less of a position…
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann Well you did say that Adamant is heaven, which means Chetham is ... the 9th circle of scrumptious pianistic superabundances I guess😅.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander WeymannDamn, you got me thinking. You could be the Virgil to my Dante, I suppose 😅. I do like the Adamant setting (visually) more for sure, but there are more aspects to consider indeed.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Sindre Skarelven Oops I just realized it's in the UK! I guess I'll skip this one then, but thanks!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Sindre Skarelven @Alexander Weymann Is it similar to the Adamant camp?
- Noel_Nguyen
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen said: I apologize for not having done proper distancing nor worn a mask 😞. Joke fail😅. Back to the piano then. Oh no, back to work. That lifey work.…
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- 1 mth ago
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