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Re: Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge – Choose Your Piece!
So many wonderful pieces of Beethoven to choose from! This year, my New Year’s resolution was to learn a BeethovenSonata every month. Well you can imagine how that went as life stepped in and…
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Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison even more amazing! It was obviously meant to be!
Angela Fogg
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2 mths ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison very interesting Jenny. Quite a brave thing to do so I’m glad it turned out so well!
Angela Fogg
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2 mths ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
@Jenny Harrison I played some upright Steingraeber pianos recently when I was helping a student choose a new piano and was very impressed with them and thought they were really good value for money.
Angela Fogg
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2 mths ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
Like so many of you I’ve played a lot of different pianos. I love a Steinway, I’ve always felt that Bösendorfer a bit on the heavy side. I played a Fazioli for a diploma and I really felt I was…
Angela Fogg
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2 mths ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Halloween Recital!
Hi everyone, I’ve been playing some piano music from Venezuela this summer. I would like to play two short pieces by Teresa Carreño, one is the Mazurka Op. 30 and the other Venise Op.33 No.1.…
Angela Fogg
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3 mths ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
This is such a great idea, I don’t know this composer at all so I’m looking forward to this. I like the look of Magic Wand, it looks dramatic so I think I’ll start with that!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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The Adventures of Anya Challenge!
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended!
What an amazing venue!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Group 3
@Jarred Dunn Thank you for replying, I will try to bear these things in mind. I have found all your comments interesting, not just for me but for everybody else as well.…
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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@Juan Carlos Olite that is really lovely Juan Carlos!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Gail Starr that is such a tricky line and you make a pretty good job of it! All those leaps - well done!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Andrea Buckland your voice blends so beautifully!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Here I am at the 11th hour - but at least not a week late as usual. So, here is singing the melody https://youtube.com/shorts/hBeKdJwm24E?si=vkkhtsZGnbTtcg-E and singing bass line https://youtube.…
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Vidhya Bashyam Congratulations! I think singing the bass is always harder for those of us who usually sing upper parts, we just never sing there!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Hazel That’s very lovely- thank you for posting!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Natalie Peh Well done! Worth the wait!
Angela Fogg
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5 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Harriet Kaplan Sounding good - lovely warm sound.
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Gail Starr it’s sounds great! I love the way you use different sounds for different articulation.
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Vidhya Bashyam Such a beautiful piece! Listening to the singing really shapes it doesn’t it?
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Tammy Sounding good Tammy!
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Andrea Buckland That is really lovely Andrea, so moving…
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Gail Starr I have small hands too! The thing that I thought really made a difference for me, was yoga and doing lots of downward dog. Really feeling my palm open out flat so that I have the maximum…
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Aaron Thank you for posting this Aaron, I enjoyed it very much indeed. Beautiful sound!
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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@Gail Starr an unnecessary complication. You’re absolutely right when you say it’s just like learning lyrics - nonsensical ones at that. As I say they are a tool for other things and not an end in…
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
Hi everyone, Very impressed that people have got videos up already, congratulations! I’m always seem to be running a week behind on these things! However I’m going to work on Chopin Mazurka Opus 6 No…
Angela Fogg
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6 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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