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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Natalie Peh Thank you so much, Natalie. I still have a lot of work to do on it, but it is fun.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you so much, dear friend!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya! Getting the hang of it. Now I just need to purchase a real microphone...
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Andrea Buckland Yes, no pain at all!
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" Just starting to learn this charming little Valse (thanks to Vidhya's recommendation).
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Juan Carlos Olite Your playing is so polished and professional. Each voice has its own personality and your phrasing is exactly what I would want to do (if I could play this piece).…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Vidhya Bashyam Same here! This valse seems like it could easily be a ballet piece "en pointe"...I'm getting sort of a Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" vibe.
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" @Vidhya Bashyam I've read through the lovely Valse that you recommended for me, and I'm totally pain-free. Great discovery! Thank you so much. I'll make a little video of the first few pages tomorrow…
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Re: Week Two: Rachmaninoff's "Strawberry on the Keyboard" Wow! I love how you are sculpting the gentle, playful personality of this pieces. I never knew it until you mentioned it to our group, and now I think I need to add it to my list of future things to…
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Re: Read Me and FAQ @Juan Carlos Olite Muchas gracias!
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Re: Read Me and FAQ @Juan Carlos Olite Would you mind if I try to play Op. 3, #2? I think it is too difficult for me, but I really like Claire Huangci's excellent lesson on the piece and SHE has small hands!
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Re: Read Me and FAQ Hi Guys! I've never, ever played any Rachmaninoff because I can barely reach an octave. But Dominic's live stream and your enthusiasm have convinced me to give it a go.…
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Re: TWI Sign Up for "Time-Intensive”: Beyond the Metronome with Johnandrew Slominski I'd love to join: [email protected]
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Natalie Peh Thank you, Natalie. Going REALLY slowly this time. it will take more than 3 weeks, but I hope to memorize as I learn.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Andrea Buckland Thank you so much Andrea! I have to go out of town for a few days, so I'll practice more on Monday.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Kerstin Lovely!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you, Juan Carlos. I'm following YOUR excellent advice, and totally changing how I learn. Instead of rushing through because I have other things to do,…
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Michelle R It’s going to take me more than 3 weeks to learn so listen to it on YouTube. Margaret Fingerhut has a lovely interpretation.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Alice Lin Thanks! I’m going to learn it quite slowly since it is hard for me. Check out Margaret Fingerhut’s fun recording on YouTube!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Michael I bet ChatGPT would love to play some Beethoven for you eventually. (Now THAT’s scary thought!) But, you could ask it to tell you all the cool trivia about your piece right now.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Vidhya Bashyam I’m finding it tough to even read the score! Every other note is a double sharp with a c flat or some other weird combo. So I’m going REALLY slow.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) Here are some tiny videos of my Balakirev so far: 1 video after 30 minutes of sight-reading, 1 video of LH only since the LH jumps are challenging for me and 1 video after 2 more slow practice…
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Michael I actually tried this on my kid when he was little and it was a huge flop because it turned out he hated marshmallows, LOL!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Andrea Buckland Me too! g minor and c minor are the BEST!!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Gillian YES! I am feeling the same using Juan Carlos' new approach. It's kind of scary, but I'm starting to get the hang of it.
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Gail Starr

Gail_Starr

Retired MBA

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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.