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Re: Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps! I’m going to use this challenge to improve my Chopin Op. 10 No. 4. It has scales, arpeggios, leaps, etc, so every item in the practice plan series ought to help me with something!…
- Marc M
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- 8 mths ago
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- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Michelle R I'm late to comment on this, but lovely piece, and nice terraced dynamics!
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- Marc_M
- 8 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage Somehow I didn't see this thread till now, but I'm excited to join in! Here's Bach's F major 2-part invention. I got a little tense at the end, due to trying to balance a dragon mask on my head (and…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 8 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Where is Piazzolla? @Letizia ooo I forgot about that one, thanks. Libertango would be cool, as well as something on his fugues, which I think are some of the coolest music written.
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 8 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Where is Piazzolla? @Superblonde DotOrg Cool. Can you recommend any pianists who play Piazzolla solo? I’d love to look into their work. Always on the lookout for good stuff that I haven’t heard before…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 8 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1 @Gail Starr Ha, I just learned what xml files are. Here is the score, slightly touched up! It's a rough score with no phrasing or dynamics. It's also not exactly what I played because there was a…
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Where is Piazzolla? I’m not an authority on this question, but as someone who loves Piazzolla…piano for him usually takes back stage to bandoneon and strings. Piano solo arrangements of his works tend to be very…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Thank you, they were great fun to write and play! Now I need to re-work the sheet music based on some last minute edits I made while practicing the piece...…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party! @Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre!
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party! @Thurmond R Great work! So good to see you’re contributing to good sacred music and that your parish is using it. I especially liked the mortem tuam resurrectionem.
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Group 1 I'm not sure where the best place to put this for the watch party is, so I'll put it on the livestream thread and here also. Here's a go at Riko's Variations! https://www.youtube.…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party! Here's what I've got. I added some random text commentary here and there in the video, for fun's sake (like Nahre Sol, except not as good haha). Also, my 1.…
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: Group 1 @Gail Starr great playing. It’s a fun piece so far! I look forward to hearing the latest and greatest version when it’s ready.
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Juan Carlos Olite Lovely! I thought the quieter variation at the end was particularly poignant.
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Thank you, and thank you for leading this course. It was a great inspiration and motivator!
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio OK, I reworked it a bit, and here's what I've got! It's pretty silly but I'm hoping people will find it fun. The Lord of the Rings variation at the end sounds a lot better on a…
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- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? @Rainer Joos Soooooo I ended up trading in the worker bee mics because (1) one broke due to bad mount construction, and (2) they were too heavy and unwieldy to use with my clamp setup.…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Good points...I didn't realize that, in the original piece of music, the harmonies changed a lot as soon as the main melody came in.…
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 Thank you, @Antonella Di Giulio! I'm familiar with the Bach-Busoni Chaconne, but haven't heard it in a long time, so I'll give it another listen and see if I can smooth out that transition.…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- 2
- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Thank you for your feedback! Here's where I am with the piece at the moment. I moved around some variations, changed some harmonies,…
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- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? @Rainer Joos Interesting...I totally would have thought there would be clipping with the iphone, especially with the stock video app, and with that location. Thanks for sharing!
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Alright, here's what I threw together. It is rather silly, but I'm finding it quite fun. It needs more variations (therefore I ended on a diminished chord), but it's a start!…
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- 9 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 Life's been busy and I'm behind! Haven't quite gotten something presentable together for the week 1 assignment yet. I'm starting to get comfortable writing in Sibelius on my iPhone, though!…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 9 mths ago
- 2
- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Gail Starr How is that even possible?? Haha.
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 10 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio I was inspired by how you spoke about using different elements of composition as ingredients in a dish, so I’ve decided to do a theme and variations based on the theme from…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 10 mths ago
- 2
- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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