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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Elena_Ms Don't think of us as an actual audience. We're just your friends who are drinking coffee and. playing with our cats while enjoying you play. (i.e., we are NOT a serious bunch!)
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Alexander Weymann We worked on a Burgmuller etude with Dominic when I had just joined Tonebase (which seems like years and years ago, LOL)
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Andrea Buckland You can play that for me every single day, Andrea!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Andrea LeVan We don't count as an actual audience because we are ALL your FRIENDS!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Steve Your workflow is simply AMAZING!!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Tanya I adore anything that Jan Swafford writes!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Elena_Ms Great job!
- Gail Starr
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- Gail_Starr
- 6 mths ago
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Sindre Skarelven You pick the BEST pieces, Sindre!
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Jarkko’s practice diary @Jarkko Janhunen Bra Jobbat! I love your lyrical phrasing and your judicious use of rubato while also moving the piece along. It sounds like you have working on this, and lived with it,…
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- Retired MBA
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- 6 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist @Michelle R You are making such speedy progress! And I can tell you are learning strong technique already.
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Chamber Music Secrets! @Fides Cutiongco I love that idea! Now I just need to find a coach who isn’t a string player. (Maybe THAT’s our problem? The coach we had was an amazing viola player! )
- Gail Starr
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Chamber Music Secrets! I’d love pointers about how to keep the group together when everyone is sight reading a piece for the first time? Also, how do you gently inform your group’s members that the pianist really needs to…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Jack vreeland Wow! The progress is so tangible. You have brought this piece from being a bit amorphous to both fresh-sounding but with targeted rubato.…
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- 6 mths ago
- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Michelle R We all love hearing your excellent musicality and the care with which you are building a very solid technique, Michelle! 1
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Sedef CANKOCAK What a great idea for a recital! Your friends will be so happy.
- Gail Starr
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions! @Dominic Cheli Thank you for allowing us to come along for the ride as you mastered this timeless classic. I especially love your tempo and the delicious rubato you use after the lyrical D maj…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Miyoung Choi @Miyoung Choi ah ha!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
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- 7 mths ago
- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Marc M I'm doing hands separately for my new Debussy that I started last night. I normally haven't done that before, but it is SUPER useful!
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Michelle R What DOESN'T your amazing kid do? (Maybe kickboxing or fencing?)
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann OMG! You totally WIN! (And I bet today after work, you'll just sit on the sofa and watch TV, right? I would.)
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann I’m amazed that you even had the energy to make the new recording! I would have just grabbed a coffee and read a book for the rest of the day!
- Gail Starr
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- Gail_Starr
- 7 mths ago
- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Alexander Weymann You have accomplished an enormous amount in a very short time. This is the kind of piece that your fingers have to live with for a while before you can do the legato without…
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- Gail_Starr
- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Judy Kuan Your teacher had really great suggestions. Now that I’ve given it some thought, maybe it DOES make sense to throw caution to the wind in this piece, and just FLY.…
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- Gail_Starr
- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Michelle R We ALL need more laughter in our lives!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 7 mths ago
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check! @Andrea LeVan Excellent slow, careful practice!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 7 mths ago
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Gail Starr

Gail_Starr

Retired MBA

Winter Park, FL

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Joined: Thu Aug 26 19:51:06 UTC 2021

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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.