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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Sindre Skarelven Thank you so much for your kind words! Il me reste encore beaucoup à faire avec ce morceau.
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Tammy Thank you so much, Tammy!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Thurmond R I’ll take a break and then work on it again in July! . Too much chamber music in June!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Thurmond R You're totally right, it definitely needs to be faster. I actually only worked on it for a total of 6 hours during the 3 weeks because of other commitments,…
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, dear Vidhya! It turned out to be trickier than I thought when I first picked it. Can't wait to see what our challenge will be for June! (Although,…
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! Here's my week 3, Chaminade - Pierrette, Op. 41.
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Thurmond R Thank you for your Chaminade! I never knew her works before this monthly challenge.
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Johnathan North3 Lovely sense of lightness in this one. So Debussy! And I love your piano! It has such beautiful sculptured legs. How old is it?
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Johnathan North3 Magical playing! Such a lovely feeling of playfulness mixed with reverie.
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you for introducing me to this lovely, little gem. You did a great job of bringing out the melody, and telling a story. (Well, maybe I made up my own story,…
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Anthony Miyake I love the way you allow the music to "breathe", and you make the phrases communicate so much. I got goosebumps. Lovely!
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week? @Roy James-Pike I had never even looked for any, so I’ll start searching! Thank you!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Susan Rogers I totally know what you mean about pedal squeaks! I don't have that problem at the moment, but when the weather changes it comes back. Soooo annoying. You sound lovely any way!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Sindre Skarelven You have inspired me to try to play in the next monthly concert!
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Re: What Apps you're using to structure your practice? Great question! I love IMSLP and ForScore on my iPad, and my basic timer on my phone. I also make practice recordings to help me figure out the millions of mistake I make! What I need to do better,…
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Re: What is your favorite recording from this past week? @Roy James-Pike I am SUCH a Sondheim fan. I wish he wrote some solo piano works. Maybe somebody has transcribed some?
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Andrea Buckland Thank you for introducing me to this lovely piece! You play it beautifully.
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Susan Rogers Can't wait to hear your Debussy!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Sindre Skarelven Great job bringing out the melody above the repeated chords. You also have created a lovely tempo that moves the piece forward while keeping it calm, mysterious and rich.
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Amy So cool! Since I have about as far away from Sonoma as possible with still being on the USA, I’m not sure I could get there too easily. But it sounds SO awesome!…
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Amy I’d love to attend some day! Is Peter the same person who does « From the Top » now?
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Jeff What amazing info. Thank you so much! Did you read a biography of Alkan that you could recommend?
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam I played it again on my phone with my earbuds and you sounded great!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam it’s sort of the opposite of my recording problem! I have a ton of echo in my house which makes things too loud.
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Amy gorgeous phrasing! Please tell us about pianoSonoma. That sounds like fun!
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Gail Starr

Gail_Starr

Retired MBA

Winter Park, FL

1945
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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.