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Re: What is your favorite piano brand? @Amy Lamborn The L has a wonderful scale design. They respond really well to the right hammers and a good regulation. If I had had more knowledge at the time,…
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand? @Kakie Roberts Definitely worth it… The R is a wonderful piano and Baldwin was at its peak in the 1960s. I had the action on my L completely rebuilt with all Renner parts and used Renner Blue Point…
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand? I'm a Baldwin artist. :-) I've had my Baldwin L for 20+ years now and it has never let me down. I bought it because at the time it was all I could afford, but I genuinely love the way it sounds.…
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @Jenny Harrison you should be able to correct your action problems with a really good regulation. I would try that first before rebuilding. Touch weight ratio (down weight vs.…
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Re: Why Mental Practice is Important! (Tips/Advice With Asiya Korepanova) To expand on Roy’s question, I would be happy just to be able to keep relative pitch in my head when reading a score. I can do it with a single voice but it tends to break down with altered notes.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: How to properly use a metronome in your practice! Can’t wait for this one. I use the metronome nearly every day, mostly for continuity (my signature weakness). Also to expose problem sequences. In the two-week intensive on scales I’ve been using it…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? I have a Baldwin L, c1989. Very warm, colorful, and expressive, and I absolutely adore it. The bass is so round and rich, not tubby like other grands of its size. It rivals most 7-foot pianos.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! @Dominic Cheli
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! I’d love to sign up, but it looks like I’m pretty far down on the list. Unfortunately I was driving all day.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What are the Two Week Intensives? Great idea. I think I would like to learn to play this in all 24 keys, twelve keys per week: https://youtu.be/w4IOs1ehNdw (joking) But I am interested in joining and working on something… My…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Charmaine Buskas Thanks for the tip!
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Pauline It is indeed... endless sonority and color just poured out of that instrument, from ppp to fff.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Dominic Cheli finally, something I can contribute to: I recently listened to Benjamin Grosvenor play the Liszt b minor sonata, Iberia, Book 1, (Albeniz), Ravel Jeux d'eau.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Hilda Huang Well, to be honest, it just showed up on my YouTube feed. I'm an artist and the first thing that caught my eye was the album art, which appears to be Michelangelo.…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Hilda Huang I have endless admiration that you can play Bach under that kind of pressure... just pressing the "record" button on my keyboard at 6:00 a.m.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Vidhya Bashyam
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @GerryM Thanks! Loved your prelude/fugue in E-flat.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Susan Rogers Thanks, Susan, you always have something kind to say… I know what you mean about repeating these… all three of them have technical problems that I find tough to completely solve.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @GerryM Very nicely played. It’s interesting how Bach seems to reserve certain keys for certain emotions. I always hear warmth, empathy, and reassurance in his pieces in E-flat.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Michael wow, you really whipped this into shape... I vote a definite yea. Congratulations! And your piano sounds nice. A nice clear, even tone.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Rudelle Gaje thanks! I do enjoy working on them. They're very much worth studying.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Vidhya Bashyam thanks... I wish I could say it was effortless, but I had to run through them repeatedly for two weeks before I could get a couple of halfway decent takes.…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates @Michael not that bad at all! You're too hard on yourself. I'm certainly familiar with that little character trait... :-)
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @CK Very nicely played. You give me something to aspire to... and thanks for showing the overhead view, I learn from watching how carefully and exactly you touch the keys. That's the medicine I need.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences Hi, again... I would like to start learning a French Suite soon, and while listening to performances online to help me decide which one, I came across this young man,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Charlie

charlie_g

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I'm an enthusiastic hobbyist, mostly self-taught. I started the piano late (~40), when I bought a junky little upright and a book on how to read notes. Despite many long gaps in my practice, I have never totally abandoned it. It's been a loyal friend.