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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Roy James-Pike Absolutely - I forgot to mention different pieces of music and interpretations as additional sources of variability! Thank you for making this crucial point and reminding us to 'try…
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS I suspect the reason every great pianist's hands (and arms, and posture) look so different is because, in part, their bodies differ. Their training differs as well,…
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Re: Maria João Pires and Memorization @Linda Gould Now _that_ is an even more inspiring story!
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Re: Maria João Pires and Memorization @John Goodman she was called in at the last minute to replace another pianist, and both concertos were already well known to be in her repertoire (and were undoubtedly in the orchestra's rep as well),…
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Re: Maria João Pires and Memorization @John Goodman At least he caught the disjunction at the rehearsal -- if he'd been on stage when he heard the opening notes...!
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Re: Maria João Pires and Memorization This was an excellent video, Robert -- both inspiring and educational. And I had never seen the part where the conductor is encouraging her to go on with the Mozart D minor -- I can't decide whether…
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Re: Piano teacher I'm so glad to hear that you spoke with your son, and that he still loves the piano after all the terrible teaching! I wish you the best of luck in finding a good teacher.…
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Re: Piano teacher Most important: is your son interested in learning the piano? Were lessons originally his idea or yours? Does he "play around" on the piano aside from his pieces -- i.e.…
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Re: Is this email a phishing email? I wonder No. Ben Laude has left ToneBase to join the faculty of Utah State University, and he is continuing to create video content.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Ken Locke Thank you so much for expanding on Fialkowska's gifts and extraordinary history. I had no idea about her illness--how strong her love and understanding of music must be,…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Nigel Rogers I think Denk is better known in the US for being an engaging writer and for having won a MacArthur 'genius' grant. He seems to be like Moravec and Sebok in caring more about music…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Gail Thiele A tip: it's Pletnev with an e in the second syllable, rather than an o. (Nev, rather than nov.)
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Nigel Rogers Such freedom of tempo and dynamics, but always meticulously shaped with the longer line in view. Reminds me of Maria Joao Pires in that regard (her imaginative freedom).
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Nigel Rogers Jeremy Denk talks about Friedman in his book, Every Good Boy Does Fine--which is a terrific book, by the way. Denk's exuberant love for music is completely infectious.…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Gail Thiele Agree. Mikhail Pletnev is a musician who brings wonderfully unexpected ideas -- the opening to Beethoven's fourth concerto, for example, is completely unlike anyone else's I've ever…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Susan I second your nomination of Maria Joao Pires! there's a lovely video (actually, in two parts) of her teaching a masterclass at her home: pt 1: https://www.youtube.…
- Vicky Brandt
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” I forgot two pianists who are exquisite musicians but never attained the heights of popularity many others did: Ivan Moravec (to whom I was introduced by a Czech scientist) and Janina Fialkowska,…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Dr Julian Money-Kyrle What an experience it must have been to hear Richter and Horszowski live! They were both very well known during their lifetimes, less so now,…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Piotr Anderszewski (won the Gilmore award in 2002) is a musician's musician and though he has an established concert career doesn't seem terribly well known here (possibly he's more famous in Europe).…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Alexander Weymann I was going to say Wilhelm Kempff, too -- I grew up listening to his Beethoven (my Dad had purchased Deutsche Grammaphon's bicentennial multi-volume set of all Beethoven's works).…
- Vicky Brandt
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: A Review of Ben Laude's Music Theory Basics @priscillayam all Ben's videos are terrific, but if you're looking for more of a deep dive theory-wise, check out the lessons on Schenkerian analysis.
- Vicky Brandt
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: A Review of Ben Laude's Music Theory Basics I couldn't agree more. I, too, was surprised to enjoy the music theory "basics" so much. All of Ben's videos on Tonebase are so well-conceived and well executed, and have such enormous depth, that,…
- Vicky Brandt
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: The issue of cut time and tempo @Don Allen It appears we are actually in agreement.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: The issue of cut time and tempo Cut time does not mean faster; it's a difference in how the beats feel. Although "breve" reminds us of brief (from the Latin brevis), it refers to a double whole note (a regular whole note is a…
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Vicky Brandt

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Trying to return to piano after a long hiatus; biggest challenge is generating the courage to practice despite not being able to do much of what I used to do. (Have no idea how "emerald feather" got associated with my profile...don't know what that is and didn't notice it until today!)