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Re: General Live Stream Suggestions! (Megathread) @Wei Have you tried writing to [email protected]?
- Roy James-Pike
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- 4 wk ago
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Re: How has playing the piano enriched your life, and what are you thankful for in your musical journey? I like, so many others, returned to the piano around the time of the COVID-19 lock-downs, albeit my situation was rather different, I had a cancer diagnosis just as the first lock-down happened.…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 1 mth ago
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Re: Demystifying Jazz Theory with Jeremy Siskind I have had several weeks of not being able to engage with Tonebase, or anything else for that matter, the reason being that we are in the process of moving house and it's a significant move.…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 2 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Aline Valade Bonjour Aline. I hope you are well. It’s late now in the UK and we’re getting up at 6:30am to travel to the Isle of Wight tomorrow. We’ll be there all day so I shall upload on Friday a…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Agnes I am intrigued by the Taubman approach and intend to study it in depth in the very near future. We’re moving house and it’s taking all of our time and energy.
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 3 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS Vicky Brandt has given a very good response. It's pretty much horses for courses, which any top-flight skilled jockey will ride differently depending on the horse and the course.…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 3 mths ago
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Agnes Hello Agnes, I suggest you look on Youtube at Khatia playing the Liszt transcription of Schubert's Standchen. It's breathtakingly beautiful.
- Roy James-Pike
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- 3 mths ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: POSTPONED! Jazz Voicings in Under an Hour (with Jeremy Siskind) Jeremy's teaching is so clear, and thoroughly excellent, for those that may not have come across him.
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! @Gail Starr Thanks Gail. I didn't perceive my comments as a review, but quite happy to accept your view!
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 5 mths ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! @Gail Starr Slight amendment to my previous thoughts, after seeing Tristan and Isolde at Glyndebourne yesterday. It is accepted generally that the "Tristan Chord" did change the direction of…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! @Gail Starr Even better...tomorrow is our second trip to this year's Glyndebourne Festival. We saw/heard the "The Magic Flute a few weeks ago. The orchestra was the Age of the Enlightenment Orchestra,…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 5 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Is there any sheet music for the new jazz courses? Jeremy has several tuition books that include links to workbooks, etc. Perhaps the TB course is drawn from chapters in his books?
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 6 mths ago
- Tonebase Lesson Discussions
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! @Sindre Skarelven Hello Sindre, hope you're well. We heard Vikingur last November playing the Goldberg Variations with all 30 Variations. There was a collective sense of release when we reached the…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 6 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! Sorry can't go. We're at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall for the Schumann. The pianist is Víkingur Ólafsson.
- Roy James-Pike
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Watch Party for Schubert Waltzes Challenge! Sorry, can't attend this Watch Party, as we're seeing Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen' tonight (7pm in the UK), which is a Thaxted Festival concert. I haven't done as much as intended on this challenge,…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 6 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! @Paul Miller Look out for where you can use 1 and 4 instead of 1 and 5. This gives you a finger pedal action if you want more of a legato feel in the octaves.
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 7 mths ago
- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing! Lovely playing Dominic. Every time I see your and others' wrist action(s) it reminds me to ask whether my understanding of the 'Taubman Approach' is correct,…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 7 mths ago
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: Digital piano vs acoustic grand piano (Knabi 6' 11”) @Myron Gochnauer Dave B has made the same point as me, when he writes, "Only down side is takes a strong arm to carry it." It is worth remembering that we are each of us giving our opinions in…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 7 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Digital piano vs acoustic grand piano (Knabi 6' 11”) I have two Yamaha digital pianos (P515 and P125a) as well as a Schimmel upright, mainly so that we have a piano in each room to facilitate practising, when, say,…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 7 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Group 2 @Dominic Cheli Thanks for reaching out! They say be careful what you wish for, although I would not say that personally, as this adage ends with a preposition, which is such bad grammar!…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 7 mths ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 2 Looking forward to this so much, as it has arrived at a perfect time for me. I have been so disabled by the wretched respiratory virus, which has plagued the world seemingly (another one!).…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 7 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? I am on two platforms: flute and piano. My aim is to prioritise each instrument on alternate days, based on thirds because of the musical significance of thirds.…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 8 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Sight-Reading Strategies This time clashes with the travelling time for a dance class on Rhumba. However, I might plan to drive earlier to the dance class and then log into this session from the venue.…
- Roy James-Pike
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- 8 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: How do you memorize music? @Kaja Wow! Hello Karla! My understanding is that you're in a marching band playing Sax and have to carry the music in front of you, presumably on your shoulders,…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 9 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: How do you memorize music? @Kevin Tang Thank your for your explanation, which gives me a greater understanding of this issue.
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 9 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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