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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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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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,…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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,…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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,…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 11 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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.…
- Marc M
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- Marc_M
- 11 mths 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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- 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.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr 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...…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- 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",…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- 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…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 2
- Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Re: Group 2 @Lindsay Garritson Thank you, I look forward to your feedback whenever you can get to it! :)
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 @Gail Starr @Michelle R @Vidhya Bashyam @Natalie Peh Thank you for your kind words! It was a pleasure doing this TWI y'all and listening to everyone's hard work. Kudos, Group 2!
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 @Lindsay Garritson Thank you for your helpful feedback! I'll pay more attention to that left hand. Really, my left hand is super awkward and clumsy compared to my right.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 1
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 Here's my Chopin! That third exercise of no pedal RH sure was tough. For the last part, sorry for fudging some of the hands together chords...I really ought to put more work into the piece.…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 7
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 @Lindsay Garritson Thank you for your comments, Lindsay (and Natalie, Michelle and Gail)! I will give those exercises a shot. Maybe it will help with the end of Tchaikovsky’s October…pppp cantabile…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 Here's my C major scale exercise. :)
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 8
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Group 2 Hello everyone, I’m looking forward to learning some new music and techniques with you all!
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 4
- Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Juan Carlos Olite @Derek McConville Thank you! To get a better feel for how to shape the tempo, I practiced playing along with the Fou Ts'ong recording Jarred had recommended,…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Jennifer Mehta Sounding great--very nice crescendo in the middle. And, I see you got the Rode mic. Awesome! Have you downloaded the Rode Capture app to record video? If yes,…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Jennifer Mehta @Natalie Peh @Vidhya Bashyam @Michelle R @Alexander Weymann Thanks everyone! I'm grateful that I can share it here. Scriabin wrote some mazurkas also (see Feinberg's on YouTube).…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 3
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alexander Weymann My first time hearing your playing, and I'm impressed! What a bear of a piece. Good momentum, dynamics, and handling of inner voices.
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! I'm abysmally late to the challenge...sorry all! I was afraid to commit so I didn't post--due to travel I wasn't able to practice till two weeks ago, and I wasn't sure I'd have time to make any…
- Marc M
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
- 1 yr ago
- 8
- Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Marc_M

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