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Re: Group 3 @Letizia it's all the same mechanics, whether we are going from p to f or p to ppp. What does change is just the degree of weight that you use. Depending on the piece/composer, etc,…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
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- 8 mths ago
- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 2 @Astrida yes, read Jenny's note.... do NOT practice separately. It may feel helpful at the time but when you go to put hands together.... POOF it falls apart.…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 2 @Jenny great question! Did you learn the piece hands separate? It is SO important to incorporate ALL of these difficult things right from the start. You should only play hands separate for a few…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 1 @Marc M great question! I actually discussed this in a lecture I gave for MTNA last year. What we SEE is not what we FEEL on the instrument. If we all tried to emulate LangLang's arm flailing and…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 1 @Jeremiah great question! Yes, softer sounds are more difficult for this very reason... it is a difficult physical concept to absorb. Think about the hammer analogy...…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 4 Hi everyone! I am looking forward to working with you all. Please feel free to reach out to me here with any questions, thoughts, and recordings.
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 3 Hi everyone! I am looking forward to working with you all. Please feel free to reach out to me here with any questions, thoughts, and recordings.
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 2 Hi everyone! I am looking forward to working with you all. Please feel free to reach out to me here with any questions, thoughts, and recordings.
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 1 Hi everyone! I am looking forward to working with you all. Please feel free to reach out to me here with any questions, thoughts, and recordings.
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 8 mths ago
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 4 @Marc M thank you so much! thank you for sharing your talent with us!
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE it looks like it is directly above in this session :)
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Marc M Nice performance! No worries about the "family life" elements of the recording... I, personally, think it is wonderful that the girls get to see you working hard and achieving cool things on…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 2 @Priya Viseskul very cool concept! I think that is a great example of one of the characters that can be achieved with left pedal! Only because "dynamic/tone" control has been such a discussed topic…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 2 @Juan Carlos Olite thank you for such a passionate and beautiful performance of this piece. It is one of my favorites! Wonderful job on your interpretation/usage of left pedal.…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Gail Starr I am a technologically savvy person and after over an hour of failed flashdrive/harddrive transfer attempts, it came down to that LOL
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 2 @Rosamond nice work! Sometimes when we add new things, like a new pedal, it can throw off our abilities temporarily on other techniques (like the right pedal).…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @ALICE I can try to address this a bit in the Zoom class tomorrow. You are also welcome to reach out for lessons from me at https://riopiano.com/start-playing.…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 2 @Richard Littlewood nice work! Sometimes if we are "overplaying" a section, meaning that we have too much sound accumulation with too many voices being too equal,…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 1 @Bradley Marcotte it's more of a playing mannerism/style, not a technique. Usually, one typically sees it in some performances of more large-scale virtuosic Romantic/Modern repertoire.…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Gail Starr let's see what @Dominic Cheli and I can do to make that a reality :)
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Grace nice work! Hope your travels are safe and go well. I like the idea of using imagined characters as inspiration for the musical character. After all,…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Dominic Cheli Of course, I'd love to! It is a topic I talk about all the time with my students and have found it makes a HUGE difference in student confidence and technical proficiency.
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 1 @Gail Starr nice job! One can definitely hear the change in character and tone that you are bringing out! On your initial play through (without pedal) I noticed that you did the "breaking" technique,…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 1 @Natalie Peh yes, I agree it creates a rounder tone, in your interpretation! Interestingly, the change in character also inspired you to slightly modify your voicing...…
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4 @Marc M PS, it is hard to diagnose piano issues over YouTube... but it sounds like you might just need to have your pedals recalibrated a tad... easy fix for your technician :)
- Dr. Leann Osterkamp He
- TWI
- 1 yr ago
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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