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Biographies, autobiographies, memoir recommendations

I recently had the pleasure of listening to Jeremy Denk's book on Audible, Every Good Boy Does Fine, and have since gone on a biography/autobiography/memoir kick.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
I've been recording using a Shure MV88+ microphone. Here's an example, where I put it 2-3 ft. above the hammers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfNqgv8lxIs&t=64s I ended up convincing myself that…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: What we've learned
@Sam Gralla Whenever I hear a pair of NT5s I'm pretty well satisfied. I just got a budget stereo mic setup--some Worker Bee IIs (I hear they're great, but nobody records piano with these so hopefully…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 1: What we've learned
I'm a little late to join, but I'm going to try to record the 3rd movement of Bach's transcription of Marcello's d minor oboe concerto (BWV 974). We'll see how it goes!
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: What we've learned
@Sam Gralla Wow, congrats on getting a Fazioli. A bit better than what I'd consider to be a "nice piano", haha. Welcome to ToneBase. Lovely work on the prelude, and great sound quality, also.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: changing piano technique
I’d take the “only play with arm weight” idea with a grain of salt. The Taubman approach doesn’t exclude the fingers—from what I’ve seen by Durso and Dunn,…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 1
@Gail Starr Thanks! I think it will eventually fall into place as you say. It's easy for me to do a rising scale, but to make it start p and go to f in a short period ends up tiring out certain…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
@Juan Carlos Olite Awesome work!!
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
Alright, here's a go at the first page or so of the Eb Impromptu. I'm still getting comfortable with it, and I slow down a lot right at the point where things start getting more interesting (need…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
Thank you for this, @Ben Laude! I've only used your analysis to correct my first few bars, and I feel like I'm already a better musician because of it...haha.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
@Bryan Coryell Actually, I had it down as a ii chord initially, but then I second guessed myself. “No b-flat! Can’t possibly be ii,” I said. But you’re right, it’s a ii,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
Here's a stab at the written assignment...my first time doing anything like this, so I wasn't quite sure how to notate everything. I started learning the Eb major impromptu yesterday,…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
I look forward to doing some Schubert with Ben and y'all! This will be my first time doing a harmonic analysis, so I'm sure this will be a good learning experience.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Eduardo Hiramoto A ha, yes, I see what you mean. It’s true…doing some touch ups the last few days, I’ve found that I do need to hit the notes a bit more often when I’m tuning to get better feedback.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o
Everyone's advice is great! One small thing to add: I'd suggest picking specific parts of the piece where you'll intentionally smile a little, even when practicing.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Eduardo Hiramoto Thank you for the notes! I’ll try to remember to lift that damper pedal before messing with mutes. That’s only necessary for the lower-to-mid register dampers that have ridges,…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Timothy Good to know, thanks! I played with PanoTuner some--seeing the visual representation of what I'm hearing is definitely helpful when I start second-guessing my own ear.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Dave B I'll have to keep this in mind this summer...we rented an Airbnb for the month of July and it's got an upright. I don't yet know if it's in playable condition,…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons?
@Timothy As Beth said, thank you for your thoughtful response! You said, “there is no such thing as a perfectly in sync/in tune unison. With notes that have three strings tuned to the same pitch,…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Tuning your own piano unisons?

Do you tune your own unisons at the piano? Is it a terrible idea or a good one? A tuner showed me how to do it a few months ago, so I got a tuning lever and mutes, and have been doing it since then.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 4
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you for your feedback and recommendations! Pushing the bench back some and sitting more on the edge does feel more relaxed.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4
I thought to use the soft pedal in Grieg’s Puck in two main places. First, the sudden pp in measure 18 and similar, to emphasize the difference in color.…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you! Some tips on the technical aspects of playing quietly would be helpful. Some months ago I remember recording Tchaikovsky's October...…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4
OK, here's my video for week 1. I figured out how to add text titles in my phone's iMovie app, so, hooray. In the brief discussion before playing with the soft pedal, I kept saying "quieter",…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 4
Hey everyone. I look forward to learning with you all! P.S. Public service announcement: If anyone's using the Cortot/Henle editions on IMSLP, it looks like the C#m nocturne passage numbering is…
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- Marc_M
- 2 yrs ago
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- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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