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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
It will be a big stretch, but maybe I'll try the Eroica, No. 7.
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Re: 🌸 March Challenge: M is for Mozart
I think I'll try the first movement of the clarinet quintet, k581. My wife plays clarinet. We'll see how far we can get!
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- 3 wk ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
Thank you, @Michelle R and @Aaron ! You got it, Michelle…it is a paper dragon!
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- 1 mth ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Noel Nguyen Haha, yeah...as you have seen, I'm somewhat that way with Scriabin. For some reason I can't go very long without learning another piece by him!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
Thank you for the kind words, @Juan Carlos Olite @Vicki and @Noel Nguyen!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Juan Carlos Olite I'm at 1:30 in the video right now, and it's giving me great joy. Lovely work!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Noel Nguyen Lovely work! 👏👏👏 This is a touching transcription and performance. Kudos for pushing through and making this video!!
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
Wow, 270 responses so far...amazing thread, haha. Here's my entry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sqsK3wEO6o Scriabin Op 11 No. 11, 2nd half! I included some notes in the video, too.
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 2: Getting into the Practice!
I'm learning Scriabin's Op. 11 No. 11. It's a passionate prelude that starts with big minor vibes (obsessively returning C# in the base) and ending in B major, after an extended B pedal section.…
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: 🎹 The Romantic Music Challenge
@Noel Nguyen "That's one of the major reasons I joined Tonebase, starting with this challenge!" -These ToneBase challenges are great for motivating me to focus my efforts as well.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: 🎹 The Romantic Music Challenge
@Noel Nguyen I thought I'd give you piano advice, and then I saw your Rachmaninoff second sonata performance (wow). Man, your level is way higher than mine! 😅 So I won't give piano advice.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: 🎹 The Romantic Music Challenge
I think I might learn Scriabin's Op. 11 No. 11 for this one. :D I was sad to miss out on the Beethoven challenge. December was a bear of a month; I barely had time to practice.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Bring Out the Character
I'm late to post in this challenge, but I've started re-learning the first movement to Op. 10 No. 3! I learned it some 10 years ago and haven't touched it since then,…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: Chopin Challenge Watchparty!
I was sorry to miss the watch party today! I ended up on a work call, and the event just flew by. 😭😭😭 I've been enjoying watching everyone's videos anyway--awesome work here.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Juan Carlos Olite @Andrew Smith @Mark Cooper @Victoria Macdonald Thank you! I'll keep working on it and re-record in a month...we'll see how it sounds then!
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- 4 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Juan Carlos Olite Lovely work so far. You make me want to learn the piece also!
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- 5 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Marc M OK here's the link! https://youtu.be/qUsGZxCVMzI
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
I have a video of Chopin's Etude Op. 10 No 4 etude...currently adding my score notes. Will be up in a few mins. :) This week I did a fair bit of slow-to-fast metronome practice on specific sections,…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Improving your interpretation and performance!
@Eloise Kim Thank you! I see what you mean now. You're right, I do this with my right hand decently but my left, not so much. Will work on it. Thanks again for all your help,…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Improving your interpretation and performance!
@Eloise Kim Thank you, Eloise. I will print out these comments of yours and keep them by the piano as a reminder of what I need to be working on! Question—I’m not sure what the “scooping” method is.…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Improving your interpretation and performance!
@Eloise Kim, for your feedback on the other thread! I've been practicing Chopin's etude op. 10 no. 4 slowly with metronome each day, and it's been helpful.…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 2: Applying Harmony and Form to Performance Interpretation on Chopin Preludes (Part 1)
Hello @Eloise Kim, life has been crazy and I'm woefully late to finishing the harmonic analysis, but here's my first pass! Chopin Etude 10 4 Marc Notes I've been practicing the piece for some time…
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- 5 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
@Gail Ravin Starr I'll see what I can do! :D
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- 5 mths ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Alexander Weymann Lovely performance! Thanks for keeping this thread alive! @Michelle R Will send up prayers also. 🙏
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- 5 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 1 Goal “Pick Your Piece!”
@Priya Viseskul Yes, I look forward to working on it with you! :D
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- 6 mths ago
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- Chopin Challenge
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