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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Gail Starr I'm not used to recording myself this way, but I hope it shows up good enough. I do have a higher angle of my lower arm because I was recording,…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Ji An Felt a bit unatural at first, but as I practiced it this feels way smoother, so probably on the right track! Thanks!
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Peter William all ideas and perspectives are welcome! This is piece is pretty easy to play sloppy at half speed, but it's my goal to master it, so even though I'm struggling I find it rewarding.…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Gail Starr Vill inte Doxxa mig själv, men bor inte långt från Stockholm själv! Intressant, då bor du typ granne med Wells! ;)
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@Gail Starr Ja, det gör jag! Bor du också här?
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@Peter William I can play it slowly comfortably, it's at speed that I mess up. I hesitated to publish this question just because it should be pretty stratightforward,…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Gail Starr No problem! There are 9 of them to honor Beethoven. He's the most famous pianist of sweden, although he was more active a decade ago. He was my idol when I was a young pianist so it's a…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Timothy Thank you for your detailed descriptions! The pianist whose work this is would be proud that you mentioned Chopin, He's all about the proper technique of piano playing,…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
Thank you so much! All of you. You all helped so much! I will take all your insights and work with them!
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Re: Struggling with small hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksItgx8HZGw This is the full piece for reference
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Re: Struggling with small hands
@Gail Starr I have tried but without luck. The interval feels too big I so I end up twisting and turning my wrist to compensate(Which Is the reason for asking for advice).…
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Re: Struggling with small hands
Same piece. I have a fingering for this run. but it involves my pinky on the g(bar 1) and 4th on the a-flat. Any suggestions on a better fingering? It feels clunky
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11 days ago
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Struggling with small hands
Hi! I can just about reach a nineth, so I'm really struggling in the following passage. I realise I should use some kind of rotation for the arpeggios, but they feel too extreme?…
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Re: About healthy boogie woogie
@Letizia Yeah! That's the paradox I'm trying to resolve.
Relaxation vs tension in the right spots! But thank you so much for your thoughts!
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Re: About healthy boogie woogie
For reference this is the kind of boogie I'm talking about https://youtu.be/nRFwI5PSAwY?t=276 He's a classically trained pianist, that's extremely famous in Sweden.…
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About healthy boogie woogie
Hi! I know this is mostly a classical forum, but that's great for my questions. My question is how to adapt classical technique so that we can play a challenging boogie base in the left hand without…
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Re: Take your first steps into "The School of Virtuosity" with Sara Davis Buechner
I'm new to this kind of fingering notation. How do I interpret the fingering above the line vs under the line?
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2 mths ago
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Re: Take your first steps into "The School of Virtuosity" with Sara Davis Buechner
@Michelle Kalisz The frontpage of the book has all their names and portraits!
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Re: Help for hand soreness
@Timothy Hi Timothy! I'm sitting down and depending on the venue I'm playing either upright accoustic or cheaper digital pianos. Your second theory seems to describe it very well.…
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Help for hand soreness
Hello! I'm new to this forum, so I might post in the wrong section. Pardon me if that's the case. I'm not sure what level of pianoplaying I am since I've had a break for almost 2years after a very…
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