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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Kimy You should think of the primary tune as the tune that exists if the ornament is taken away... so here it would be G-G-(f# g)- D-E I think your idea for starting on the A is also fine but does…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Francois Brunet Nice work! On the Mozart, I would revisit m. 25.... you don't want to have repeated pitches next to each other in a trill, we want to oscillate.…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Dora Burak I think your musical ideas are very nice! There are a couple things that don't quite work notationally. It is not really common to have a long note at the beginning of a trill.…
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@Victoria Macdonald nice work so far!
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@Kerstin Great question! I think a lot of things will actually be addressed in our Week #2 video which discusses more mechanics. The speed issues you are having are technique related.…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Barbara Blakeslee Let me know how I can help your journey. We all have to start from the beginning at some point. Additionally, asking for some basics can be very helpful to EVERYONE because…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Adena nice work! I think you had sound judgement in choosing to emphasize both the harmony and the primary melodic notes.
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Astrida nice work! I am not sure if the "start on the note above" is actually a hard and fast "principle." I know in some countries/schools of study it is taught as a principle....…
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@Sedef CANKOCAK Great example! At the moment, your written out trill is quite fancy... changing durations also doing rearticulations of the E's.... I would avoid rearticulations of the same note in a…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Myron Gochnauer haha, yes, most of the time it is just that we try to skip some steps along the way because things "seem" easy... but, when we slow down,…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Pat Van Buskirk Hi- Apologies, I think my comment was unclear. I can physically see all of m. 11.... however, you only currently have 3 quarter beats written out in the LH (6 eighth notes)....…
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@Kerstin I think this week's assignment is useful for this! If you can write out what you would like to achieve, you can better determine appropriate practice methods.…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Pat Van Buskirk nice work! 1. Typically, with simple trills, we keep things simple. At the beginning it is safe to just start with the note itself or just the note above.…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Kerstin 1. With bar 47 try taking out one of the "C-B" and doing just two notes per left hand note. 2. Bar 48 looks possible and ok! 3. Which trill do you want help with on this cadenza page?
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@Michele ok, a few things here. 1. Embrace the point I made that there is no ONE definitive way. There are some wrong ways, but there is no one and only way to do ornaments.…
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Barbara Blakeslee no problem. Let me know if I can help modify the assignment for you in any way. :)
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@Peter Golemme no need to sign up, apparently (see above). I will monitor this forum here, so you can post anytime :)
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@Michelle R how cool! Yes, I'm sorry our paths did not cross. Nice to have you in this intensive!
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Looking forward to working with everyone-
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Hi friends- Feel free to just post here on the forum. I will respond here. :)
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Hi all! For some reason I'm stuck in the waiting room of our TWI checkin. I am creating a new meeting for those who would like to chat. Topic: TWI Check-in Time: Nov 9, 2024 08:…
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Hi all! For some reason I'm stuck in the waiting room of our TWI checkin. I am creating a new meeting for those who would like to chat. Topic: TWI Check-in Time: Nov 9, 2024 08:…
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Hi all! For some reason, I'm stuck in the waiting room of our Zoom Check-in.... I will create a Zoom meeting on my account for anyone that is also waiting for the check-in.…
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@Juan Carlos Olite beautiful playing! Very well done. I think you are totally right about the challenges of this piece. I could very clearly hear all of your shorter and longer phrases.…
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@Jennifer Mehta beautifully played! Your breathing was very organic! brava!
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