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Marc M
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Amateur piano enthusiast
Maryland, USA
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
@Andrea Buckland Thanks! :D
Marc M
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1 yr ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
@Vidhya Bashyam ooo nice, I'd love to hear you play it! I think I went a little faster than Lento. I had a hard time making it hold together at a pace slower than the one I took.…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
Here's another little Scriabin prelude, Op. 11 No. 15. Getting the left hand "right" on this one was tricky, so it took a number of takes, lol. If the two notes don't hit simultaneously it makes an…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
@Dagmar Thanks! I've heard some pieces for "prepared piano", but haven't really loved any of them. 😂 Do you have any favorites?
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Vidhya Bashyam Thank you! 😊
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
Thank you, @Sindre Skarelven !
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Gail Starr Yeah, the CapCut phone app is pretty useless to me also. Desktop is the way to go!
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Gail Starr Haha, glad you find them fun. I'm trying to strike the right balance between providing helpful (or funny) commentary/visuals and distracting too much from the music itself.…
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Gail Starr Thanks! Actually, I’m still on the trip…will be here a week or two longer. It’s a monthlong trip to Asheville, NC, hiking in morning and remote working afternoons.…
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
Here's Scriabin's Op. 11 No. 21 in Bb Major. It was a bit of a puzzle the first few times I listened to it, but after spending time with it I decided it was really beautiful.…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
@Michael Cheng Sorry, I just saw your post! Lol. If you were to tune while playing, maybe your parents would be OK with it if you offered to pay to replace any strings you snap.…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite Sounds great--I love how clean your playing of Bach is. It's hard to play Bach in a way that's not "lumpy".
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1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
Thank you, @Giovanni V.. I appreciate the kind words!
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1 yr ago
The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
Thank you, @Marianne! :D
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1 yr ago
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
@Michelle R Delightful playing of the Beethoven Sonatina. It's coming along!
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Gail Starr @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you! For the D major prelude, here's a more proper recording, below. It's unlisted because I plan to include it in a "Top 10" kind of video for slower Scriabin…
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1 yr ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
Here's Scriabin's Op. 11 No. 5, with kids being quite noisy at the beginning. 😅 I plan to make a better recording of this one soon--constructive criticism is welcome!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite I love that piece and enjoyed the recording...thanks for sharing. Hopefully someday I'll be able to learn that partita.
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1 yr ago
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Re: Group 2
@Dominic Cheli Thank you for your feedback, both here and for my first video featuring the scale only. It's funny, I didn't realize my left wrist was weirdly high until making that first video.…
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1 yr ago
TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
Thank you for the kind words, @Michelle R ! I’ll see what I can do with the rest of the set!
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Re: Marc's Piano Diary
Here is 1-14 of Sunny Day, by Christian Schäfer (actual name, Arnoldo Sartorio). They're short, sweet, easy salon pieces that even piano beginners might find playable, with some work.…
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Re: Group 2
@Dominic Cheli Thank you for the week 2 video! Sadly, I missed the live discussion...work called. Here's my week 2 assignment. I worked on the c major scale (LH descending only),…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Group 2
Here's my week 1 video. C# minor. I stop and repeat sections here and there where I mix up fingerings or miss notes. My left hand has always felt significantly more clunky and less accurate,…
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Re: Group 2
@Gail Starr Neat. Which biography? I love reading good composer biographies.
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1 yr ago
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Re: Group 2
@Dominic Cheli Cool--I'll focus on the speed of those two middle notes, then. Video speaking about the thumb would be helpful. Thank you! @Gail Starr Thanks!…
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