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Re: Possible help? Yes to a practice plan. But I suggest focusing the greater part of your time on things you enjoy. For me sight reading and improvising, although I’m not good at either,…
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Re: How to make piano sketches? Yes, there are many ways to approach smaller compositions. Simplest may be to start by laying out the measures and noting where you want cadences and interesting harmonic ideas. Then fill it in.…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: How to make piano sketches? Not sure what you mean by “sketches?”
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano The Casio PX-S6000 along with Yamaha’s P-525 and Montage6 are models I’m familiar with and enjoyed playing. Make sure you get 88 notes. I couldn’t play on a shorter keyboard and I’m not a good player.
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 3 mths ago
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Re: Audiation and how to improve it Alexandr , let me suggest you Chang your approach to using audiation. Audiation is the greatest musical joy you can experience. It’s where all music begins and ends and is essentially the weight…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons? I’ve tuned pianos for over 35 yrs. I have no problem with players tuning unisons and octaves on privately owned (home) pianos. My big concern is to ask permission before touching a piano you don’t…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 4 mths ago
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? As I was diddling around on a piano I just finished tuning, a man came up behind me and said that I was very musical and that I may want to consider taking up piano playing.…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Nelson Freire I’m not sure why he wasn’t more famous. Guess he didn’t travel as much as other great pianist. He passed around a year ago.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: What is your favorite Beethoven Symphony? Of course they are all beyond being beyond, yet for some reason the Pastoral symphony still takes me places after all these years of listening to it. I grew up with Szell’s LP box set, which dates me,…
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- Dave_B
- 10 mths ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? Kawai’s response is very reassuring. August is a quick turnaround considering sluggish shipping and backups.
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 10 mths ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? Alherne, usually the keys would be taken to the shop to replace the key tops. Either way, I’m sorry this is happening to you. I work in the piano business and can tell you this is a rare issue and it…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 10 mths ago
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Re: How to deal with thumb arthritis first let me say I am not a doctor. It just seems odd that both thumbs would develope at the same time. Have you considered repetitive movements using both thumbs you may be doing away from the piano?…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 11 mths ago
- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: TWI sign up for: Improvising A Simple ABA Piece With Jeremy Siskind Hi Dominic, I'm not able to participate in this intensive. Will it be made available for viewing?
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 1 yr ago
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- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp! @Dominic Cheli I'm not sure what "the public space" is. Isn't this chat thread a public space? I'm not sure how I can follow along via chat?
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp! @Dominic Cheli Is this posted for all to view?
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 1 yr ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: Public Space for Improving your sightreading with Leann Osterkamp! Hello, I’ve been randomly selected to join this public space. Can someone please explain what a public space is and how to use it? thanks, Dave B.
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- Dave_B
- 1 yr ago
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- Public Spaces!
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @Darrell I’ve never met an Estonia piano I didn’t like.
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? @Denise I very much like the older Baldwin Grands. My friend has a model R (I think) he recently restrung it and it sound amazing.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Who is your favorite pianist? @Jennifer Hi, Rachmaninoff did a lot of recordings with RCA Victor in Camden NJ. and with the Philadelphia Orchestra working with both Stokowsky and Ormandy conducting. https://www.amazon.…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Who is your favorite pianist? Speaking of great pianist, we recently lost one of the finest. RIP Neslon Freire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FkFjVIgDt4&t=281s
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Who is your favorite pianist? For me, nothing beats a live performance. So from the many recordings I’ve listened to over the years, the person I would have go out of my way hear is Rachmaninov.
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! @Sindre Skarelven Sindre, I enjoyed listing to your playing. I particularly enjoyed your tempos because they allowed the Schubert waltz melodies to come forward as the dominant characteristic of the…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Struggling to structure my piano practice Manuel, You seem to already know what you need to learn. So just divide your practice time into timed periods for you work on specific aspects. For example I find Harmony (and compositional…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Request for advice...Keyboard for Practice (when piano unavailable) Bren, I agree with Dominic that Yamaha offers offers high quality products engineered for traditional (acoustic) pianists. I have a model P-515 that I enjoy playing.…
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Dominic's suggestion on chromatic scale fingering Yes very helpful. Thanks.
- Dave B
- Dave_B
- 2 yrs ago
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