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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Cynthia Crawford The livestreams are always archived. Just go back to the first post in this thread and click on the link - it should start playing. I don't think Dominic shared his marked up score,…
- Sam_Smith
- 5 days ago
- Study Groups
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Re: Week 1 - Scales, arpeggios, chords and trills!
@Piotr Kozłowski Piotr, managed to learn this two-handed! Using your LH fingering, and a slightly modified RH. Thanks!
- Sam_Smith
- 4 wk ago
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- Technique Bootcamp: TWI with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1 - Scales, arpeggios, chords and trills!
@Piotr Kozłowski Thanks for the fingering Peter - that is going to help a lot. I played it for friends a couple of months ago, and when I got to that scale, I just played the RH.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 mth ago
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- Technique Bootcamp: TWI with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1 - Scales, arpeggios, chords and trills!
@Peter Golemme That's an interesting take on it Peter. What I think he has done is make up a scale with the leading tones for all the keys he visited through the piece. e minor, G, b minor, c minor.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 mth ago
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- Technique Bootcamp: TWI with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1 - Scales, arpeggios, chords and trills!
I am currently working on Bach's Italian Concerto 1st movement - lots of scales, which I think is not usual for Bach? And of course trills and ornaments.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 mth ago
- Technique Bootcamp: TWI with Piotr!
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
Dominic - my question is about fingering in Bach's Italian Concerto mvt 1. The RH in the first few measures. Of course, this pattern repeats many times: Specifically m3 to m4 in the RH.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 mth ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Choose your Schubert Piece!
I have a poor history of completing challenges... So I am going to keep it simple. Waltz op 50 #13 - I'll start with this, a one pager, and hope to learn it.…
- Sam_Smith
- 2 mths ago
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- Schubert Challenge
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Re: End-of-Summer Showcase
I would like to play Grieg's "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen". Thanks Dominic! Looks like my eye problems are interfering again - I won't be able to play after all, but I hope to listen.…
- Sam_Smith
- 3 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: The 2025 American Piano Awards: Concerto Finals (Night 2, Rachmaninoff and Chopin)
Just happened to be in the Indianapolis area today and managed to attend in person. Performers were all great! Managed to sneak a couple of photos!
- Sam_Smith
- 5 mths ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: New tonebase YouTube on
Loved the video Robert! A quality production with lots of great details.
- Sam_Smith
- 5 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Holiday Recital "Winter Melodies of 2024"
@Dominic Cheli Hi Dominic - I managed to make a recording of my Holiday Music. Can you play this for the recital? I'll be listening! https://youtu.be/wtwnBGzuhA8
- Sam_Smith
- 9 mths ago
- 1
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Holiday Recital "Winter Melodies of 2024"
I would love to play "Let it Snow!" by Jule Styne arranged by Lee Evans - since it rarely snows here in Georgia USA!
- Sam_Smith
- 9 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Exploring the Art of Chamber Music with Brandon Patrick George
I play in an amateur woodwind quintet + piano. We meet once or twice a month. But we never really rehearse, instead just playing through the music. Part of the problem is that no one wants to take on…
- Sam_Smith
- 10 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: INTRODUCING: The tonebase Fall Fast-Track Program!
What if the piece I would like to study does not have a Tonebase lesson? Would that be OK?
- Sam_Smith
- 11 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: General Live Stream Suggestions! (Megathread)
How about a livestream with Dr. Molly Gebrian? She just published a new book: Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician’s Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing. Pretty awesome stuff.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- Community Suggestions
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Re: Navigating Hearing Loss for Musicians
@Eder Giaretta You were able to open the livestream? The link does not work for me...
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Navigating Hearing Loss for Musicians
The link to the livestream is not working? At least not for me - it takes me to a tonebase enrollment page...
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Melodies of Midsummer: July Concert!
Put me down for Mendelssohn Song Without Words op30-1. About 5 minutes. I will play live. I played it back in February, then let it rest. I am playing it in a live recital the very next day after…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 10
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Preparing for a Master Class
@Gail Starr They are both playing in a streaming concert tonight - 7:30 Texas time - set an alarm. I would go to PianoTexas, except I am pretty sure you have to audition.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Preparing for a Master Class
The PianoTexas masterclasses are bing streamed live this week: You can get your fill of watching teachers and amateurs struggle through masterclasses. Here is the current one: https://www.youtube.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1
The problem I always have with these Two week intensives is that I try to perfect the exercise before posting my progress - and since I never get it perfect, I never post!…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Bernice vonSaleski On even calendar days, I play arpeggios! I end up playing the scales 2 days in a row at the end of 31 day months, but it is all good!
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
Hi everyone! I learned all the major/minor scales some time ago, and play them on odd calendar days - because I am determined not to forget them! But I never really learned the chromatic scale - it…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 6
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: June Recital!
I would like to play Philip Glass Etude #6. I play the "Yuja Wang" version, which skips a lot of the repeats - much easier for me to play. It will be about 4 minutes and a lot of notes!
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Melodies Concert!
@Sam Smith Here is our video - Enjoy! https://youtu.be/n4fPkkzk4Bw A little background - Pierne was a french composer, late 19th, early 20th centuries. The Canzonetta was composed in 1888.…
- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- Community Concerts!
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