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Re: Week 1 Assignment Thank you for leading this TWI, @Eloise Kim! I'm working on Schubert's little minuet, D 334. Here's my best effort so far at finger pedaling the start of the trio (score for section attached).…
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- 4 days ago
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- TWI: Art of Pedal Technique in Piano Playing
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage Thank you, @Vidhya Bashyam!
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- 5 days ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Gail Starr Shortly after he departed from ToneBase, Ben Laude did a TWI on Schubert, and he had us do a big harmonic analysis of a Schubert work. That’s when I learned about chromatic mediants.…
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- 5 days ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage Thank you, @Michelle R and @Gail Starr! It could still use a bit more polish, but this is about as far I can take the piece for now...have to draw the line somewhere and move on, haha.…
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- 6 days ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage I was a bit apprehensive about recording this one due to its difficulty, but I gave it a go anyway! Scriabin's etude Op. 8 No. 5 in E major. Constructive feedback is welcome! :)
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- 6 days ago
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Re: Shaping counterpoint My favorite exercise for learning to shape counterpoint is to take a voice and sing it instead. For example, if you are practicing a two part invention, play the lower voice while singing the upper.…
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- 9 days ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Week 2 Assignment @Michelle R Thanks Michelle!
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- 3 wk ago
- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: Week 2 Assignment @Piotr Kozłowski I will work on it with those tips in mind. Thanks again!
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- 3 wk ago
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- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: Week 2 Assignment @Piotr Kozłowski thank you for your feedback! And for the course. It is a great help… these things encourage me to push myself a bit more. Would you have any tips on making that fast scale run less…
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 2 Assignment I did some playing/listening/experimenting and came up with this video (commentary added). I think it holds together better at this speed. Any feedback would be welcome!…
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 1 Assignment! @Piotr Kozłowski Thank you! Yes, listening to my video I thought the tempo was too slow, so now I'm working on getting the speed up. It's marked andante,…
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- 4 wk ago
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- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1 Assignment! @Marc M @Piotr Kozłowski Here is my week 1 performance. For some reason, it was difficult to avoid turning the left hand accompaniment into a tango rhythm.…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1 Assignment! Here's a pdf with my notes on the piece. It's a dance, so I think I should preserve the rhythmic drive of the left hand (though it's andante, so nothing crazy),…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1 Assignment! I had to dig a bit to find a piece that (1) I wanted to learn and (2) I haven't heard before...so, I'm starting a miniature by Fikret Amirov. Will post score, notes and maybe a starter video soon!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 2: Phrasing and Timing @Jarred Dunn Thank you! Here's where I currently am with the piece. I'm honestly not totally sure what to do with the dynamics towards the end (m. 29 and 34 included)--I need to think about it more,…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 2: Phrasing and Timing @Jarred Dunn A ha, thank you! Here's video of me playing the harmonic voices for Waldszenen no. 2. It's not as good as I want it to be, but it may be the best I can do given the time constraints.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Phrasing and Timing I'm looking forward to working on this. Will a video be posted or are we text only this week? (Just confirming!)
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- 2 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music @Jarred Dunn For Op. 82 no. 2, here's my SATB open score for the first 12 measures. I was unsure about how to split the voices up, but I tried! The piece sure has lots of transitions from thick…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music Hi Jarred! I'm excited to delve into Schumann for this TWI. The assignment looks slightly scary to me--I've never split up anything into SATB. I will give it a go nonetheless!…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thank you for the feedback and for the compliments, and I appreciate your help with this piece! Thanks again for leading this part of the intensive.
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- 3 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Here's round 2, a run through of the piece after some shadowing practice throughout. I'll need to work on it a lot more, especially to get it up to speed,…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! @Eloise Kim Thank you for the note! I'll work on the 'quick prep' and leading with the thumb in that section especially...I'm sure it will be a big help.…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim! Hello @Eloise Kim! Thank you for the video and for leading this part of the session. The "shadow" practice technique is super helpful...it's funny how much the left hand tone suffers when first…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski Thank you for the video, Piotr! I love the Jonas books--they're the first technical exercises I actually like and find really helpful. I'm late to the game and gave these my first try Wednesday...…
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- 4 mths ago
- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Tech Question - Note Taking On Audio GarageBand shouldn't do the normalization thing typical on voice apps. The Mac version may allow for bookmarks within the same track...I couldn't find a way to make bookmarks on the iphone version,…
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- 4 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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