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Re: Group 2 @Jessica McYorker You will LOVE these speedy TWI’s!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3 @Conrad Winn Yes! It felt kind of funny to put my thumb on scale degree 4 so quickly (F in C major). But I think that’s what we are probably aiming to do quickly.
- Gail Starr
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- 11 mths ago
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 4 @Grace Salut, Grace! I know exactly the tricky part in the Gershwin you’re talking about. I need to improve enough to play that part, also.
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Tim since I work with spreadsheets all the time, I’m a huge fan! I decided it is now time to track my workflow and your system saved me the effort of trying to come up with something that would…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Tim Thank you SO much! I already modified your template to add in my own repertoire, collaborative work (chamber music & opera for a charity concert next weekend) and educational videos I need to…
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- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Vidhya Bashyam Difficult choice: Sindre or Yvgeny! They are BOTH amazing!
- Gail Starr
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- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: Progressive exercises for building up speed and strength? As someone who has really small hands, I sometimes feel like I’m actually 9 years old! I was his age when I switched from violin to piano, and octaves caused pain.…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Tim I love your tracking sheet! Would you mind sharing it so I can make my own?
- Gail Starr
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- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Andrea LeVan We are definitely the kindest bunch of human on the planet these days!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Letizia You sound wonderful!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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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!)
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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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)
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Andrea Buckland You can play that for me every single day, Andrea!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Andrea LeVan We don't count as an actual audience because we are ALL your FRIENDS!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Steve Your workflow is simply AMAZING!!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Tanya I adore anything that Jan Swafford writes!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Elena_Ms Great job!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Sindre Skarelven You pick the BEST pieces, Sindre!
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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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,…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 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.
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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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
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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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…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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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.…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 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
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- A Fresh Start!
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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
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 11 mths ago
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- A Fresh Start!
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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.