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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with? This question got me thinking and I realized that Dvorak is my favorite composer of chamber and symphonic works. I had never heard any piano music by him,…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Which composer do you feel most "at home" with? Chopin and Brahms
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Questions on using una corda Great question!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Wow! That was fantastic! You packed in many techniques and tricks to this 20 minute video. I will be going through it slowly during the next few weeks to make sure I fully understand each…
- Jenny Harrison
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Gail Starr So nice to hear a fellow cello spirit! Yes, there is that lovely stroke cellists can make with the bow that rests underneath and supports the other instruments.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Thank you for the video. I am glad to hear I can essentially forget about the middle pedal.You are awesome to pay so much attention to our questions!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude I had listened to Ohlsson’s lesson a year ago when I first started working on this, but was not ready for much of what he had to say. Now I am! Indeed,…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude I also commend you for what you are doing here. I am working through each of your answers, too, and am learning so much. Merely watching your hands is helpful,…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison Thanks for sharing. I started off as a music major at the U of Alabama but switched to math because I had so many problems playing the piano as a late beginner.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Wow, I look forward to seeing it. When I was a beginner and for a long time after that, I subconsciously applied the principle “A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude I wanted to thank you for creating ToneBase from the bottom of my heart. It has opened up the world of piano for me in ways I never imagined possible.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Oops! I meant the Ballade #1. Sorry about that. See the right hand of the coda at Presto con fuoco. I have tried playing this keeping the same hand position for the first 8 bars,…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ben Laude Thank you for your informative reply. I watched your Fleisher master class and yet another range of possibilities opened up. I had been experimenting with tangential motion away from the…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! When do you use the middle pedal? I am not aware of any markings for it. Do the best players use it much?
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! One can play a note softly by gently pressing the key. Another way is to gently stroke the key. I find that the latter produces a more magical sound. Is this backed by experience of professionals?…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! There are many passages that require one to play a chord and then quickly play another chord a jump away. I am thinking of the first page of the coda in Chopin’s Ballade #3.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! I would like to join! This group gives me hope to master the coda of the Chopin Ballade #1 in g minor.
- Jenny Harrison
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- 9 mths ago
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- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? I play a 1917 Steinway B, full restored in 2000 using all Steinway parts. The bass is sonorous and the treble is sweet, but the action is lacking. I can play fast passages more easily on my…
- Jenny Harrison
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! I would like to sign up.
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- Jenny_Harrison
- 9 mths ago
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Re: What Apps you're using to structure your practice? I just discovered Imsip.org, where we can download pdfs of sheet music. It is incredibly useful, for many editions are available. This makes it possible to consider various fingerings and other…
- Jenny Harrison
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- 10 mths ago
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