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Re: What is your daily practice routine? I am retired, an early riser, and approaching 70 in a couple of months. All of which factors into my practice routine! I do 2 practice sessions every day,…
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Re: What's the most beautiful place where you've ever played your instrument? Spivey Hall near Atlanta, Georgia. One of the music groups I belong to has an annual members concert there, and I have played in it the last two years. A beautiful recital hall with two Hamburg…
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? When I had been taking lessons for a few years (I was about 60 at the time), I was playing something loud and dramatic - at least I thought it was - and my teacher says "How loud would you say you…
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Re: Share a personal tradition or ritual you have related to your music practice! If I didn't have my little habits and quirks, I might not get any practicing done! I keep track of my hours using an app designed for tracking billable hours.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How would an acoustic grand piano sound under zero gravity? If there is air, the same as in gravity. But if there is no gravity the action will not work. Piano actions depend on gravity to function. The grand hammers fall back under gravity after striking the…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Group 2 Hi everybody! Looks like a lot of fun ahead!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: How to mark up your score for secure memorization and faster “re-learning!” @Harriet Kaplan You can move the annotate toolbar - on my ipad there is a symbol with three horizontal lines. Grab that and move the toolbar up and down.
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- 1 yr ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: "Back to school" Recital! Hi Dominic! I would like play the 3 preludes by George Gershwin. Yes, all 3. About 7 minutes...
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- 1 yr ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Interesting Photos of Famous Musicians- Which is your Favorite? Lots of fun! I have an old book that I'm guessing is out of print, since I can only find it listed at used bookstores: "Great Composers in Historic Photographs".…
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- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 3: Telling your Tale! Here is my final take on Grieg's "Gade" opus 57-2. Slightly faster, but I doubt I could ever get it to Allegro. I like it at this tempo, but maybe that is because I am used to hearing it this way!…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 3: Telling your Tale! @CK Lau Loved it - and the title fits the music, and your playing, very well.
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 3: Telling your Tale! @Marc M Sounds great Marc! Nice style!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 3: Telling your Tale! Here is the current state of my "Gade". I haven't quite got the ending yet - lots of mistakes there. And I have stopped worrying about the tempo - it is what it is!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 2: Fully immersed in Grieg's musical landscape @Sindre Skarelven Wonderful!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 2: Fully immersed in Grieg's musical landscape @Gail Starr Hi Gail, that might be too much pressure for me! But my wife will be there - look for Laurie playing clarinet - her entire woodwind quintet will be there!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 2: Fully immersed in Grieg's musical landscape @Gail Starr Wow Gail, that is great after only 9 days!
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- Sam_Smith
- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 1: Taking your first steps! @Sindre Skarelven Fantastic! And from memory too!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 1: Taking your first steps! @Jennifer Mehta Hi Jennifer - your tempo is better than mine! Loved it!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 2: Fully immersed in Grieg's musical landscape OK, here is 2/3rds of Grieg "Gade", opus 57-2. Main challenge is bringing out the two voices while keeping everything else in the background. And tempo, of course - it is marked allegro, not andante!…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 1: Taking your first steps! @Gail Starr That's great Gail! I was never able to get the 5 note figure smooth, no matter the speed - unsafe at any speed! The middle section reminds me of my days in marching band.…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Week 1: Taking your first steps! I will try to get op 57-2, "Gade", back up to an acceptable level. Unlike most of the others, "Gade" is not a descriptive title, but the name of Niels Gade, a Danish composer and teacher.…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: Read Me and FAQ I've played several of the Lyric Pieces - Notturno, Gade, and the Arietta. Maybe I can bring Gade back - not enough time!
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- 1 yr ago
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- Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
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Re: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! I am old and retired, so my first resolution is to make it through another year! 1- I belong to two in-person piano groups and one online group (in addition to tonebase),…
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- 1 yr ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Which tablet is recommended for musicians? @Gillian I use the Airturn BT200 S-2. Sturdy design with big mechanical buttons. Its several years old - there are probably newer versions now. I use the app to set it to only go forward - never…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 Here are the first two assignments. Just the first 4 measures of the Allemande from French Suite #5. I had a lot of trouble trying to sing and play at the same time.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Bach's Polyphony Intensive with Magdalena
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