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Re: How do you memorize music? @Gail Starr Louis Braille was a blind organist who developed the Braille Code that blind people use to read. He was inspired by the raised black notes on the keyboard.…
- Linda Gould
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Re: How do you memorize music? @Kaja We are all on our own musical journey. Yes, I have been doing it for decades! I teach a lot of adults who have come late to the piano and by sharing my journey they are often inspired to try…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Harriet Kaplan The human brain has an average attention span of about 10 seconds (apparently it was 12 seconds in 2000 before iPhones). Which means it's impossible for anyone to focus throughout a…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? I've done a lot of competitions and now only performances but the preparation is the same. By now you have built your endurance for the pieces you are about to perform.…
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Re: How do you memorize music? When I was a child learning piano, music just naturally memorized itself. By the time I did everything my piano teacher asked, it was memorized. Now that I am all grown up ( in my 60s!…
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o @Linda Gould Oops wrong scat. Ba Da Ba Da Ba, Ba Da Ba De Doo! (repeat). :-)
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o One of my favorite pieces to play (especially on airport pianos!). Find a YouTube performance that inspires you and Sing/Scat along with it. Ba Ba Do Dah Do Dah Do Dah....…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: What role does improvisation or composition play in your musical journey? Care to share with us? When I started to learn to improvise as a classical musician it was foreign and hard. I persevered and it changed everything about playing the piano. More confidence,…
- Linda Gould
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: If you could collaborate with any musician, alive or dead, who would it be and why? Without hesitation, Yo Yo Ma. I love the cello/piano repertoire, having explored most of it as a collaborative pianist at University (decades ago). The Debussy Cello Sonata is my favorite to play.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: What's the most beautiful place where you've ever played your instrument? My sister and I play in-home concerts occasionally and we took a couple of grand piano shells down to a point of land off the Haro Strait in British Colombia Canada.…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr Enjoy! (I'm envious :-)
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr Hi Gail. My partner Kathy Strauch and I are the people making the NK 5.5 narrow digital keyboard. I am doing one of the online Stretto Festival concerts and I play on the NK 5.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? I can squeeze out a 9th at the edge of the keys with both hands on my regular sized piano but I can reach a comfortable 10th on my narrow key pianos :-)
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? @Pauline I bought it two days ago and can't put it down. Thanks!
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? @Chris Deiturriaga Romance on Three Legs was an amazing book!
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: What's your favorite music-related book or movie? @Erica Clark Loved this book!
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Tell us about your favorite memory performing for an audience (of 1 or more people!) A number of years ago I got an opportunity to play Rhapsody in Blue with the local orchestra. I was thrilled and purchased a blue sparkly gown. There were to be two performances.…
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Re: Which Musician would you love to have dinner with? @Michelle R Very cool!
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Which Musician would you love to have dinner with? @Pauline I didn't realize Herbie Hancock was the founder. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Which Musician would you love to have dinner with? Brahms for classical (where did his inspiration for those chords come from?). Chick Corea for jazz (I heard him LIVE improvising on Scriabin. It was fabulous!). Living musician? John Kimora Parker.…
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Re: Angela Hewitt on memory Thanks for sharing. Great article! I had never heard perfect pitch being linked to memory. Angela says her perfect pitch, like her memory is waning. I am a year older than her and have noticed my…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: What would be your DREAM Recital Program? Love the question and LOVE the responses. Open with beautiful classical piano * Beethoven Op 109 * Continue the beauty * Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor * Give the fingers a rest and then tackle *…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What kind of Piano do you play? I have a Yamaha G2 grand piano. Because my hand is small and I want to be able to reach a 10th, I had it retrofitted with a narrow key action almost 30 years ago.…
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Re: DO's and DON'Ts of Home Recording! Great topic. Sometimes my recordings sound great and other times not so much. I would love to learn why so I can have more control over it. I primarily record with iPhone and microphone and get…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Linda Gould

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I'm a performer, educator, mom and grandma who got a B Mus in performance (with distinction) decades ago. I discovered narrow key pianos and improvising with lead sheets in the late 90s and it changed my piano life. Love playing 10ths! (my little hand could only reach an octave on the BIG keys).