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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
@Roger Ward Happy Thanksgiving, Roger! Hope you're doing well.
- Jane_Fleming
- 5 mths ago
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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
Black Friday for app credits "up to 25% off" Nov 26 - Dec 2. (pic) Confusing app interface comments mentioned above will no doubt apply this time also. Buy credits now for when the itch to get a new…
- Jane_Fleming
- 5 mths ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages with Dominic
Hi, Dominic, My question has to do with playing soft notes, particularly with the left hand fifth finger after leaps. For example - Liszt Consolation No. 3 or the first page of Rach Prelude Op. 23 No.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 6 mths ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages with Jarred Dunn!
Is it possible that the time is really 12PM PDT (not midnight)?
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
@Roger Ward Roger I started it maybe 15 years ago to post a few things for friends, Roger. I make no pretensions to competence!
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
@Ken Locke Greetings, Ken! I'm doing well and hope you are also. I work as a contractor and decided I couldn't afford to take three weeks off without pay this year to go to Adamant,…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Digital Piano for Serious Headphone Practice – Kawai CA vs Roland LX?
@João Dias da Silva Thank you, João. The Rachmaninoff is a beautiful piece, and I enjoy it. I posted a couple of videos of a young man who does very well with the VPC1 and has for years.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Digital Piano for Serious Headphone Practice – Kawai CA vs Roland LX?
@João Dias da Silva said: I believe that the VPC1 is probably a great keyboard, but I would need to test it and compare it to the more modern Gand Feel III actions before any decision;…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
Note that the discount doesn't appear when you open the app to buy credits. You select the number of credits you want, and then on the screen to confirm payment it shows the discounted price.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Henle sale July 24-28
@Roger Ward Roger! Hope you're doing well! Here's Henle's directions on exporting: https://henle-library.com/en/features/#number_09 When you create a PDF,…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Henle sale July 24-28

I don't know whether commercial announcements are welcome here (I have no affiliation with Henle, of course). That said, July 24-28, Henle is (or are, depending on your linguistic preferences) having…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Digital Piano for Serious Headphone Practice – Kawai CA vs Roland LX?
@Christopher Macy said: better than ANY discrete digital piano I’ve played Pianoteq is, I've noticed, rather polarizing. People either REALLY like it or REALLY find its sound nasal and annoying.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: Digital Piano for Serious Headphone Practice – Kawai CA vs Roland LX?
With a digital piano there are two considerations - sound and touch. If the feel of the keyboard is most important to you, check the Yamaha Avant Grand series or the Kawai Novus.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 9 mths ago
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Re: "Small" notes in Chopin Barcarolle
@NANCY M How lucky you are to have a brilliant teacher, Nancy! And a beautiful piano. Other than a handful of lessons at the two Tonebase events I've attended, I haven't had a teacher since 1963.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: "Small" notes in Chopin Barcarolle
@Mark Alexander Your experience with the end of Lilacs, Mark, is why for the past 20 years I've made it a practice to begin any new piece (including the Barcarolle) at the end of the last page,…
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: "Small" notes in Chopin Barcarolle
@Mark Alexander I feel your pain, old man. I'll turn 78 in September. And brain fades and memory slips notwithstanding, I hacked through the Barcarolle in the recital at the Tonebase L.A.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: Shaping counterpoint
Not sure if I'm reading all the things you've tried, but I think it helps to HEAR what you're trying to produce. And one way to help that would be Play the right hand part alone (slowly or up to…
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: "Small" notes in Chopin Barcarolle
@Mark Alexander "Never" is a long time ;)
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: "Small" notes in Chopin Barcarolle
As you say, different performers do things differently. What one would give for even a scratchy recording of Chopin playing it (or anything!) himself! The following excerpt from Josef Hofmann's book…
- Jane_Fleming
- 11 mths ago
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Re: Pogorelich and Chopin Op. 55 #2
If you're not familiar with Friedman's, I can highly recommend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTWY0Xe-CpU
- Jane_Fleming
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Chopin Etudes
Paul Barton has a youtube channel with a lot of good tutorials. Some years back he posted the following (and the "11" is not a typo ;) ) A viewer has asked me to grade from 1-10 the Chopin's 24…
- Jane_Fleming
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Suggestion Device (i.e. iPad) for having piano sheet music?
When I bought an iPad 6 years ago it was strictly for piano scores and was the first Apple I'd owned since the 1980s. I chose it over the less expensive Windows or Android tablets because the…
- Jane_Fleming
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
@Andrew Smith This guy sold his Yamaha hybrid and bought a Casio GP310: https://forum.pianoworld.com//ubbthreads.php/topics/3497141/re-is-the-casio-gp-510-actually-good.…
- Jane_Fleming
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
Dwelling in an apartment that has cardboard for walls, I'm limited to a digital piano (Yamaha N3) with headphones. I'm grateful it's as good as it is. If external links are permitted,…
- Jane_Fleming
- 1 yr ago
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Re: 2024 Tonebase Piano Camp Questions
@Noah Hardaway Thanks for clarifying, Noah. Your page for the camp https://www.tonebase.co/piano/camp says "once we receive your $500 deposit, you are confirmed!…
- Jane_Fleming
- 2 yrs ago
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