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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Marian Miller That's fantastic
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@rebecca LAM Rebecca. that great and I'm happy to be your cheerleader as well. Unfortunately, my days of doing cartwheels are behind me.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
Hi All, my challenge will be the first movement of the Pathetique. I hope to get through the Grave introduction and the first Allegro con brio section. What happens after that remains to be seen.…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Stephanie Reuer Hi Stephanie, so glad you're joining the challenge. I'm sure whichever piece you decide to perform will be wonderful.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Roy James-Pike Hi Roy, I think a few of us are tackling the Pathetique. I do plan to start with the Grave section and make it through at least the first Allegro section.…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Ken Locke Looking forward to hearing this, Ken. It's a beautiful piece and I know you will do it justice.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@rebecca LAM Hi Rebecca, that is my challenge as well. I would love to complete the whole movement, but I may just do the intro and first allegro section. We shall see!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Rui Hi, I'm planning on submitting the 1st movement - at least a part of it. Now if we can find someone to do the 2nd movement!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress - get feedback!
I have to say that in watching your video, I thought I completely understood the technique of dropping your hands and thumbs onto the chords. This was my goal for the second video.…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1: Chord Technique Check-In
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you so much for the feedback. I sense the way I'm moving from chord to chord is creating the choppiness. Sadly, I'm not able to visualize your suggestion.…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1: Chord Technique Check-In
This is the chordal section (marked "piu lento) from the Brahms Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2. I feel pretty comfortable with the notes, but would like to make this section more musical.…
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- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
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- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
Does anyone know how to access the watch party? I haven't seen anything from Dominic.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Conrad Winn You're off to a good start. You may want to look at dividing the piece into sections and getting comfortable with one before moving on to the next.…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Kerstin Wow that was just lovely. Your fingers are flying like butterflies. You achieve a balance of fancy with measuredness. Brava!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@chuck levin I'm still alive and that was incredible!!! What a natural sense of the music you have. You played with both intelligence and passion. Nice piano too!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Aleksandra Bogomaz This is so amazingly beautiful. Your playing is so fluid and I can really sense how you're opening up to Chopin. The changes in dynamics,…
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Josee Asselin Thank you so much!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Mark Cooper Thank you!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Andrew Smith I share your red button nerves, but have to say you seem to play that damn confidently. I would be overjoyed with such a performance. My favorite etude.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
Beautifully played and I envy your trills. Great dynamics and that left hand repetitive section was spot on.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Priya Viseskul You call that sloppy? My jaw is on the floor. I dont think I saw the previous video, but your hands and arms looked very relaxed and the rhythm was very even. Kudos!
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Mark CooperWhat a fascinating piece. You do a tremendous job of capturing the sense of each section and differentiating them. Especially that stormy section! I worked on the other c# minor Nocturne.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Cynthia Crawford There is a wide range of tempi in the recordings of this piece. I tend toward the slower ones that let me savor those chord changes.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Grace You're off to a great start and with a beautiful piano. If too retired and toook up the piano, and find the Tonebase resources and supportive community so helpful.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Cynthia Crawford I wrote it down for Friday. I do hope you can post.
- Victoria_Macdonald
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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