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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.…
Gail Starr
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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?
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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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!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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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!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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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.
Gail Starr
Retired MBA
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10 mths ago
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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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Natalie Peh Wow! These are such difficult intervals. Great job!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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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.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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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!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Your Practice Diary
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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.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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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,…
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Sindre Skarelven Wow! This is super difficult. Great job!
Gail Starr
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Bryan Sable The secret is out; Vidhya and I team up on everything, including cheering.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Cliff Pleatman Not connected, just enjoying the TWI.
That is a great question: in the assignment video it seems like we're encouraged to play the base note of each chord in the measure,…
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Cliff Pleatman I admit....I was also folding laundry, LOL! BUT, I did notice that you flipped the register and I am having to do that as I am TRYING to learn how to do assignment #2.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Bryan Sable Hey Bryan, you clearly have the vocal expertise to shine here. Thank you for such a lovely video!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Cliff Pleatman Great job! You picked a really tricky piece to sing.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Adriana López Hi Adriana! I clicked on your link and it says "private". Maybe you can post it again? I'd love to hear you.
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Andrea Buckland Thank you so much for showing me how to do this!
Gail Starr
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10 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Lc I know exactly what you mean when you say singing out loud is quite different than how we hear it in our head! This was a very interesting experiment with me.…
Gail Starr
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11 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Dagmar Great job!
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11 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Dagmar I totally understand. I could never part with a dear family pet!
Gail Starr
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11 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 3
@Dagmar OMG, me too!! When I tried the Stretto, I felt my entire BODY relax. Unfortunately, Stretto was forced to raise prices significantly due to inflation of their production costs,…
Gail Starr
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11 mths ago
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Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 4
@Jarred Dunn Thanks!
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11 mths ago
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: WEEK 4: Post your Final Videos!
@Bryan Sable next week, maybe?
Gail Starr
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11 mths ago
Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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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.
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