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Re: Shopping for a digital piano @David Ah, that’ll be a bit difficult then!
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano I have a Roland V-Piano that has served me very well over the years. It has great action and sounds, and it _only_ does piano, rather than loads of other stuff.…
- Ken Radford
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Roger Ward If you raise your BPM you might be able to get it down to 149 minutes even :)
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 4 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Gail Starr Here you go. I hope it helps.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Christopher Macy I like what he says about sight reading. I have had an intuition that it is bad for me for many years, and I don’t do it at all now.
- Ken Radford
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? My teacher is fond of saying "play it more slowly" :)
- Ken Radford
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? Hi All I like to not have to think too much about my practice routine so I follow what is on my schedule (shown below). My repertoire consists of original pieces and jazz arrangements expertly…
- Ken Radford
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What role does improvisation or composition play in your musical journey? Care to share with us? Improvisation is very important to me too, and I concur with other views that finding a specialised teacher is critical. I am very lucky to have found such a teacher.…
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 5 mths ago
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? The most memorable and gratifying feedback I have received was last week when my teacher said “you are improvising freely…” I know I have a long way to go with playing the changes,…
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 6 mths ago
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Hi I have been practicing a contemporary arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de Lune that introduces the main theme of this classic piece and is intended for grade 2 - 3 pianists.…
- Ken Radford
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @GerryM Keith Jarrett is not only an excellent pianist, he can improvise in a beautiful, musical way and certainly gets my vote. I particularly love part 1 of the Koln Concert.
- Ken Radford
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self? Do not try to teach yourself. As others have said, find a good teacher and: 1. Show up 2. Work hard 3. Listen to what your teacher says and act on their advice
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 8 mths ago
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Re: How many pieces do you work on at a time? My piano teacher is adamant that one of the cornerstones of being a good musician is developing discipline. What this means for me is that I work on one new piece at a time, for 30 minutes every day.…
- Ken Radford
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Group 4 Feeling mellow today so changed the chords a bit and improvised a melody. Rather than spending hours trying to get it "right", I went with the first take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQYi6NzJ69M
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Richard Caley Well done Richard. Very well put together.
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Peter Golemme Nice LH melody Peter. And that's not easy to achieve (as you mentioned in your caption - the LH wants to go back to accompaniment).
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Peter Golemme Thanks for your comments Peter. My next attempt is going to be less logical and more Jazz :)
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Jeremy Siskind Here is my second take. All feedback is much appreciated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q5rgPhqhGY
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Jeremy Siskind Thanks again Jeremy. I have a feeling that there is a point somewhere between totally logical and totally chaotic/unexpected that I might be aiming for next.
- Ken Radford
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- 11 mths ago
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- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Jeremy Siskind Thanks for the encouragement Jeremy. I am humming the dotted LH patterns already :)
- Ken Radford
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- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 Here is my second take. I have a thing about left-hand root, 5, 10s and I use them here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40VQKG3XjoM
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
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- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Richard Caley Well done Richard. It sounds great! And, by the way, I know that feeling - it makes me smile (swear more like) every time :)
- Ken Radford
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- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @NANCY M Well done Nancy - good use of the chords and a pleasing melody. Great that you figured out how to create your YouTube channel. I created mine so long ago I don't remember how I did it.
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Peter Golemme Very soothing Peter. I too am finding it difficult to stick to just the chord tones. I am sure there'll be plenty of time for b9, #9, #11 and b13 before the challenge is over ;)
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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Re: Group 4 @Peter Golemme Sounds great Peter. I will get on to stride one day...
- Ken Radford
- Ken_Radford
- 11 mths ago
- Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
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