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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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- 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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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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- 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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Re: Summer in Mondsee by Alma Deutscher Lovely!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 4: Submit your recording! @Peter Golemme Thank you! I'm glad you liked the bagatelle. Although the piece is marked Presto, I think the clever harmonic changes and counterpoint gets missed at that speed.…
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- 2 mths ago
- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit your recording! @Peter Golemme I'm listening to this now--great fun. Sound is nice and balanced and playing is clear. Also, I like your piano. Bravo!
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- 2 mths ago
- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit your recording! @Priya Viseskul Thanks! And YES, I'm so glad editors deciphered everything for us. The moments of sudden silence make me think of listening to an old LP player...…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit your recording! Here's what I've got! Hope it's not too late, haha. Beethoven's Bagatelle in b minor Op. 126 No. 4. I added his manuscript because it's interesting (and amusing).…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Beethoven in Focus “Mastering a Passage” Here’s what I’ve got at the end of week 3. Starting to come together—still need to tidy up a few areas (there are some tricky leaps here and there that need to sound easy) and think about contrasts…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Beethoven in Focus “Mastering a Passage” @Julia This is sounding great so far! I imagine it’s one of those pieces that you could keep refining for months and months at least.
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- 2 mths ago
- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Beethoven in Focus “Mastering a Passage” @Ursina Boehm I’m guessing Dominic has been busy and he forgot!
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- 2 mths ago
- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Beethoven in Focus “Mastering a Passage” Here’s some metronome practice, starting from the middle. For fun (and added challenge) I set my loop pedal to a samba beat. https://youtu.be/TCQFGPD9xgY I goofed the transition at the end of the…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Beethoven Birthday Challenge
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Re: Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge – Choose Your Piece! I’ve been working on Beethoven’s bagatelle in b minor, op 126 no 4 for a week or two…here I am trying to play as much as I can without the score. I like getting to the point where it’s memorized…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Beethoven's Birthday Challenge! @Gail Starr Haha, I'll try to do that! :D
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- 3 mths ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Beethoven's Birthday Challenge! I just saw this…I think I’ll try bagatelle op 126 no 4 in b minor. The question will be whether to play it presto, as written, or to take Gould’s marvelously slow tempo.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Group 2 Today I decided to start working on Chopin's 2nd ballade...I'm looking forward to submitting something for it! :D
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- 3 mths ago
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- "Phrasing like a Singer" at the Piano
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Re: More Scriabin preludes! @Mark Cooper I know, it's super hard to make a good recording. To do three whole preludes in one sitting without a major flub is impressive! Circumstances...hmm...…
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- 3 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: More Scriabin preludes! I'm just seeing this now...great work! Some comments: I personally wouldn't change much in the first one. Good Halloween feel, haha. Op. 10 no. 2 and 5 were enjoyable!…
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- 3 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Juan Carlos Olite Great work...I'd struggle to get that rising scale motif to be so consistently even!
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- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Is Suzuki Method better than traditional method? Most of Suzuki's thinking and forte is about training children, so I'd recommend reading his book, "Nurtured by Love", and seeing what you think about his thought processes and how they might apply…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary I’ve finished recording my 10 favorite easier Scriabin preludes! Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjBHFA1asvFRJ2Cx7ttAXVWxXY0aeOZU&si=GRt1FVnW2yxNa9Nd I added annotations and a few…
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- 5 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Final week of the Challenge! @Gail Starr Thanks Gail! If/when you get around to them, I think they’d sound amazing on your Bosendorfer. The pieces are easier than I thought they’d be—Karen Tanaka’s writing is very economical…
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- 5 mths ago
- The Adventures of Anya Challenge!
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Re: Final week of the Challenge! I've been silent on these threads but have been practicing! Here's what I've got for my 6 favorites. I admit, it could use more practice, some metronome work,…
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- 5 mths ago
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- The Adventures of Anya Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece! @Dennis Douberteen I'm still hesitating because of the price tag (haha), but here's how I'd purchase it, up to the point where I'd register. My browser is Firefox on Windows 10--seems to do the trick.
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- 6 mths ago
- The Adventures of Anya Challenge!
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