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Re: Challenge: Let's Play "The Adventures of Anya" @Dagmar That’s true, . I only heard the end result and it looked like you completed everything very quickly.
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Re: Challenge: Let's Play "The Adventures of Anya" @Dagmar I’m sure you can play anything you put your mind to. You are such a fast learner!
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Re: Group 3 @Dagmar Great job and thoughtful comments, Dagmar. I hear a real improvement and feel a sense of more solid playing!
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3 @Tammy Such a rich tone and lovely phrasing. I especially liked the teeny, tiny pause before the very last note…a kind of final sigh of farewell.
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Re: Group 3 @Dagmar
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Re: Group 3 @Angela Fogg Yiu are too kind, dear Angela!
- Gail Starr
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Unlock your Full Pianist Potential with Edna Golandsky Any tips on how to avoid fatigue and tension with the Chopin Etude in thirds (#25/6)?
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Re: Unlock your Full Pianist Potential with Edna Golandsky @Janice Same here!
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Re: Group 3 @Vidhya Bashyam We will ace that Grade 8 exam by this time next year, I bet!
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3 @Jarred Dunn Thank you so much for your detailed and super helpful comments on my analysis! This TWI has been incredibly useful to me. I’m going to apply these techniques going forward.
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Re: Group 3 Running a bit late: I'm getting stuck trying to sing the bass AND play the RH. So, I'm just trying to sing the LH line, but can't seem to manage the octave jumps with my voice.…
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Warming Up & Cooling Down: Stretching for Musicians Great question! I wonder if Noa Kagayama at The Bulletproof Musician has info on that!
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Best Pianist from Every State in the USA @Blair Boone-Migura That sounds simply magnificent. Best of both worlds!
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Best Pianist from Every State in the USA @Blair Boone-Migura I just found his lovely Alliance Francaise YouTube. So cool that you have an Alliance Francaise in Hawaii!
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Re: Best Pianist from Every State in the USA @Blair Boone-Migura I wish we could get a video about all the amazing collaborative pianists out there, too. I will hunt for some of his work with Jessye Norman.…
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Re: Best Pianist from Every State in the USA @Blair Boone-Migura Thank you so much for sharing this. Mark is SUCH a lyrical talent! Where does he live now?
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Re: Best Pianist from Every State in the USA Thank you for adding in so many pianists who work in amazing genres outside of the classical realm!
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you. @Jarkko Janhunen Sindre is mastering ALL 4 right now! He's amazing!
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Re: Group 3 @Hazel Lovely phrasing and dynamics! I’m working on this one also (not for the TWI, though) and you’ve inspired me to add singing to my practice.
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3 @Vidhya Bashyam Your “trick” worked! I’m finding these bass intervals so tricky!
- Gail Starr
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Group 3 @Natalie Peh Wow! These are such difficult intervals. Great job!
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Marc M @Marc M Super! I’ve only used CapCut on my phone and everything is so tiny that I get frustrated and never finish anything I start.
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Marc M So wonderful that you can work remotely! I could never do that in my old job. May I ask what editing software you’re using? Your videos are SO much fun!
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage Love this one so much! So glad you're posting again. We've missed you and hope you had a wonderful trip.
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Re: Group 1 @Ken Locke Now you have passed the most difficult part: just getting yourself to actually make a video and post it. It's all downhill from here. And you can join our new,…
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Gail Starr

Gail_Starr

Retired MBA

Winter Park, FL

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My favorite activity is chamber music, but I love learning solo repertoire now here at Tonebase.

I'm so excited to meet other pianists from all around the globe.