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Re: Back in the saddle again! Please, advise!
@Beth Lester , thanks for the Idas. Well, since I'm really not a goddess, I doubt I can ever play for anything other than fun! lol Regarding improvisation,…
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Re: Back in the saddle again! Please, advise!
@Dominic Cheli , my program for the Diploma of Artist final exam, which I never took because of the injury, included Emperor, Chopin's Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Chopin's op.…
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Re: Back in the saddle again! Please, advise!
@Dominic Cheli so I took the quiz and it says I'm level 7 which I can't believe, but anyway. I tried to answer as best as I could and made sure I did not include what I could do in the past and.…
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@Dominic Cheli , thanks so much for your detailed answer! I'm not sure which quiz you mean. I had taken a quiz initially, where I basically said I had an advanced degree,…
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Re: Back in the saddle again! Please, advise!
Thanks for the answers and the encouragement. What I like to play: Beethoven, Beethoven, and Beethoven! (kidding) I usually played some Baroque (Bach), as well as music from the Classical and…
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Back in the saddle again! Please, advise!
Hello everyone. I need advice. I played the piano when I was growing up in Greece from the age of 7 to 22. During that time, I passed my prelims, got what would amount to a B.A.…
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Re: Ohlsson on Chopin Op. 10, No. 1
You're absolutely right! And his insights were so amazing. My first introduction to Chopin's 1st was actually by listening Mr. Ohlsson play it on a recording. I was a kid at the time.
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o
@Randi , also think Joplin will not come out of his grave to chase you with a stick if you're not perfect. And the audience won't beat you up if you're not perfect either. It's illegal.…
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o
Don't worry at all. I'm like that too, but the problem with me is this: I attended music school in my native Greece, where, at the time, we learned music from Bach to maybe Schumann,…
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