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I made recordings of my 10 favorite easier Scriabin preludes...playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjBHFA1asvFRJ2Cx7ttAXVWxXY0aeOZU&si=GRt1FVnW2yxNa9Nd While practicing,…
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Judy Kuan I remember looking at it years ago, and then I got scared away by the left hand pattern. Something about those 10ths, which I presume are rolled, spooked me!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Judy Kuan ooooooo very cool…That one is incredibly dramatic!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Gail Starr Another one you may enjoy, in case you don't already have enough pieces on your list, is his Passepied from the Suite Bergamasque: https://m.youtube.…
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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase?
It would be cool if 2-week intensives could start on Fridays or Saturdays. That way, we could have the weekend to do the assignment and then submit it early/mid-week so we can get feedback.…
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
Neat! I'm on a Scriabin kick these days, so I'll do a prelude I haven't touched before: Op. 16 No. 1. I look forward to seeing everyone's work. And, it's cool to see Dominic making a submission too!
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Re: Group 1
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Good speaking with you yesterday, and thank you for your thoughts! Here's what I've got for week 2: https://youtu.be/qhiQn756G2E 11 Russian arpeggios,…
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- 1 yr ago
- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Dominic Cheli Thanks! I didn’t know the policy, but now that you explain, it makes a lot of sense to not record it. So, no pressure there. There are a lot of submitted recordings we can see,…
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Dominic Cheli Thanks for all the hosting today! I was sad to miss a bunch of the recital today. Will there be a link to see everyone’s performance?
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Re: Group 1
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you so much for the feedback! I have a lot to work on now, haha. When we drop on each note, do we drop with the whole arm,…
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Re: Group 1
Here's a late week 1 submission: https://youtu.be/9A-WMlGx71k I'm working on Chopin's Op. 10 No. 4 and find that my left hand is struggling in various places.…
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!
OK, super last minute...here's my submission (chopin 10 4): https://youtu.be/wOciCHLlS00 Still a work in progress, so nevermind the errors throughout! 😂
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- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Group 1
@Gail Starr Hmm, I just got an email about this reply you made 2 days ago, haha. Interesting thinking of it as an "under" arc...hmm. In fact, I found out yesterday that Clair Huangci teaches the…
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Re: Group 1
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you, this is helpful clarification. I'll try to apply this to the Chopin 10 4 (maaaaybe beyond my skill level, haha) and little Scriabin prelude I'm working on!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Gail Starr I just checked out Paul Barton's channel, and wow, Emilie is really good! Haha. Eventually the kiddos may join in also--we'll see.
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Re: Group 1
I listened through the video and plan to revisit it soon--there's a lot there! I also have a question about the recommendation against "rainbow"-type arcing and for sliding across the keys.…
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite I love it! Thanks for posting.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Gail Starr @Juan Carlos Olite @Natalie Peh @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you, you are all very kind! I was wondering what images might accompany the music well, and somehow a dinosaur chase came to mind.…
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Alexander Weymann Thank you for the kind words! :) Maybe a ToneBase Scriabin challenge will pop up one of these months, and you'll have a good excuse to work on that gnarly White Mass sonata, haha.…
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
@Alexander Weymann Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind, and try to think of it more as a march. I haven’t played this etude in front of a teacher or anyone experienced, so I appreciate the feedback!
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- 1 yr ago
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- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps!
@Alexander Weymann I love it! The rhythms all sounded natural. I’d totally stress out about the mathematics of the 5:3…haha. I’m going through a little Scriabin phase myself—recently recorded 4…
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
@Alexander Weymann Thank you for the encouragement! It's looking like upping the speed will eventually become the main challenge...I definitely can't play 180 bpm, even with the left hand alone.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Letizia I enjoyed it--very assertive!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
Here's the 3rd movement of Bach's transcription of Marcello's oboe concerto in D minor (BWV 974). I still need to iron out some unevenness here and there. For fun, I added some dinosaurs...…
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage
@Thurmond R Sounds great! Nice handling of the middle voices.
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