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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Michael Yes, Gare de Lyon definitely has a nice piano (or it did before COVID). You'll get lots of happy listeners. Enjoy your trip!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Jeff I like your "everything else" comment!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Derek McConville So lovely! You really bring out the personality of the movement with your light touch. That beginning theme is SO tricky! I worked on this a bit when I was a teenager,…
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Sindre Skarelven What a wonderful discovery! I need to learn more about Alkan also.
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Susan Rogers You totally communicate every tasty morsel of Ravel-ness in your video! It does have a bit of the Sonatina flavor, doesn't it?
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Gail Starr BTW, I had only known about Bartok's "Allegro Barbaro" before. Thanks for introducing a cool piece to us.
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Jeff You sound amazing!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Thurmond R Same here! I had to go out of town and couldn't practice.
- Gail Starr
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam I love your playing, and I never knew about this lovely piece. However, your video is REALLY soft when I watch you on my Macbook. I've turned up my volume and my end,…
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Anthony Miyake Great job! You are really getting the feel for this piece.
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Re: What's the most surprising thing you have learned about the piano? The thing that I have found most unusual about studying piano and learning to sight-read chamber music (as a total amateur!) is how much more quickly I can process mental math.…
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam Wow! I didn’t know Rachmaninov had recordings!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! @Vidhya Bashyam I was amazed that they even HAD recordings way back then. Granted, it is REALLY scratchy and bumpy sounding, but you can get the gist of what she intended.…
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique! Bonjour, mes amis! Piece you worked on: Chaminade "Pierrette" One thing you found easy: The format of the piece is very straightforward because it is truly a "miniature".…
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Vidhya Bashyam He was just the sweetest young man. He wanted me to become friends with his girlfriend, because she missed him when he was traveling so much!
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Re: Welcome! @Steve Coffey That is a fabulous story!
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Re: Welcome! @Roberta Brown I just looked at them. Fabulous! I’m going to save them and bring them to my chamber music weekend in Georgia in June.
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Re: Welcome! @Steve Coffey Sometimes when I play those, we get going VERY fast. Way to fast. Then we start laughing. And ….fall off the bench!
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Angela Fogg He was such a pleasure to have, and it was sort of cute that he didn’t know how to do laundry. I actually also got him a new pair of jeans because he didn’t have time to shop while…
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Re: Welcome! @Angela Fogg Thank you so much.
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Re: Welcome! @Gail Starr I apologize for not having time to try to record along with the Berceuse. A dear family member passed away last week and we’ve been overwhelmed.
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Re: The Music of France! Piano Community Challenge @Thurmond R Thank you for the excellent info! You know so much about Chaminade. I took your advice, and listened to her on YouTube. The recordings were not too bad,…
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Re: The Music of France! Piano Community Challenge Thank you for the excellent info! I listened to her recording of “Pierrette” on YouTube (plus lots of the other), and I’m going to take a stab at that one. Can’t wait to hear your performance!
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Randi Tiffany is so sweet! I’ve been supporting her via Patreon for several years.
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! @Ted I love Manny’s playing! Every note is so beautifully thought out beforehand. The guy still practices a ton every day!
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Gail Starr

Gail_Starr

Retired MBA

Winter Park, FL

1945
2050
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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.