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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) There are so many pieces of beautiful music that have influenced my understanding and changed how I perceive music. However, as this is a 3 weeks challenge I shall be realistic and pick something…
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- 1 yr ago
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- "Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Group 2 @Juan Carlos Olite such lovely playing. Really enjoyable listening to your waltz.
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- 2 yrs ago
- Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Group 2 @Andrea Buckland Thank you for pointing that out! I hadn't realised the relationship between the 16th note in the base to the disturbance in the chorale.…
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- 2 yrs ago
- Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Group 2 @Jarrer Dunn Thank you for the advice, I will try to incorporate all the various aspects mentioned into my practice.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Group 2 Hi Jared, Thank you for the intro lesson on the ornaments. I find the lifting on the hand very helpful in producing a much clearer sound in playing the ornaments.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Chopin Ornaments in Two Weeks with Jarred Dunn! Please sign me up!
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- 2 yrs ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! Please sign me up too!
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- 2 yrs ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: What are the Two Week Intensives? How do we sign up please?
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- 2 yrs ago
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- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Stroke survivor possible to play piano again? What a terrible thing to happen to anyone! Sorry so to hear what are have been through. I think the main thing after stroke is to mobilize the affect side to regain your motorneural control of the…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! Hi all, it’s been a hectic week with lots going on so not have had much practice time at the piano. I was hoping to learn the piece to an acceptable standard by the end of the 3 weeks but looks like…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam beautifully played :)
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Gail Starr Hi Gail, Ronald Smith, who was the president of the Alkan Society wrote a book on Alkan: The Man/The Music, he was also the first pianist who championed the revival of Alkan's music and…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Gail Starr So Alkan published this piece 6 years before Bartok and gave Bartok the inspiration to write his own version of Allegro Bárbaro. I also found out that Alkan lived next to Chopin while he…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! Hi all, I made a practice video of the first 2 pages of the etude today. Piece you worked on: Alkan Op 35. no 5 One thing you found easy: The main theme is very catch after hearing it a few times…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Sindre Skarelven Hi Sindre, thanks for the heads-up... I just changed the setting in Youtube, had no idea it was set as private lol.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! Hi All, I took a mini-break from practising the Etude today and started going through some of the other works by Alkan. I found this piece at the end of Esquisses Op.…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Derek McConville Beautiful piece and what lovely playing! Thanks for sharing.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! Hi All, Hope your practices are going well. Week Two of the practice: I am slowly playing both hands together. It turns out the non-unison figurations are much harder to play than the octave…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour! @Angela Fogg thank you for the encouraging words :) I hope to have covered a good portion of the piece by week 3. I'm realising one of the most challenging thing about being a pianist is having to…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour! @Thurmond R thank you! I'm hoping to learn a little of it rest day so I have something by the end of the 3 weeks :)
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour! Hi All, Today is day 2 of my practice of Alkan's Allegro Barbaro. I found page 5 particularly difficult, and have spent a long time doing just the right hand figurations alone.…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour! Hi everyone, This is my first community challenge, and hopefully I will be able to follow through with the practice and updates. I have chosen a small piece by Alkan, Allegro Barbaro Op 35, no 5.…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: The Music of France: Kickoff challenge! Favourite French Music: Charles-Valentin Alkan- Le Festin d'Esope; Ravel - Alborada del gracioso; Would love to learn about your view/ideas on the difference in use the of the pedals when playing…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Hilda Huang https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89510460475?pwd=Z0d3QVZhbjNwYW53aW5Bd2xIeVJRUT09 Keep being told by zoom the meeting Id no longer valid
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Expressive Melodies @Hilda i just watched the Recorded Livestream, thank you for an insightful and concise introduction to shaping melody in music. You gave us a lot to think about.…
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- Jeff
- 2 yrs ago
- Live Calendar
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