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Re: Memorization tips! Featuring Liszt's Soirees de Vienne from our Community Challenge!
@Sindre Skarelven Excellent comments! You are really great at memorizing, Sindre. Is it easy for you?
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Ching Lee Goh You are so musical - great job! And I totally agree, we need to memorize this piece because there are too many bumpy parts for us to get right while we are also reading the music.
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@Roy James-Pike Wow! 80 students sounds like more than 40 hours a week. Amazing!
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@Miranda So nice to meet you! Doing ANYTHING with 2 small kids and a job is so tough. I barely played piano at all when my son was growing up. But now that we are (at least temporarily)…
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Natale Farrell I’m going to try to record sections 2-4 today after my husband’s phone meetings are over. I haven’t purchased carpet for our new home in FL yet, so the piano sounds freakishly LOUD.…
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
So cool that you are doing guitar also! Can’t wait to hear your video.
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Gail Starr I was SUPER lucky to get the piano! My sister used to live next door to the Bosendorfer HQ in Vienna and she saw a sale for thr used one in the recital hall at a VERY reduced price…
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
Hmmm...my video did not seem to want to upload. As you can tell, I'm having a rough time with the octaves, but I'm really enjoying learning the piece.
Gail Starr
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Natale Farrell I started working on it too late, and have had time to only do 4 sections so far. Maybe we can play it for Utako next month?
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
I love your playing. I wish I could do the repeated octaves as well as you do!
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@Steven Massicotte I just watched one of your YT videos! Fabulous! We are hoping to come to Montreal for a small vacation once COVID is more under control.…
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@Peter Jacobs Hi, Peter!
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@Jens Blaute Bonjour, Jens! Je viens d’arriver quasi.
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge!
I’m really enjoying your Live Streams! I just worked on Section 1 and will upload a clip today. Tonebase is providing exactly the inspiration I needed to get back into playing the piano again.…
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@Celine Woo Yes! We visited Singapore and loved it…especially the Hawker stalls like the Chinese food market one and the one near Raffles. We had so much fun on Sintosa also.…
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@mariannejhampton Yes! It works perfectly know. Great job keeping your wrist loose on the repeated octaves. This is tough to do!
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@Pauline I can't believe you can mail a pizza! LOL! Maybe it comes frozen?
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@mhobox Looking forward to hearing you play. Enjoy!
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@Sara Hej! min familj bor i Stockholm! I live in Florida and just started studying Italian on DuoLingo during Covid. Looking forward to hearing you play.
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@Jorge R. Sierra So nice to meet you! I spent 2 weeks in Barcelona in 2016 at a language school and had a wonderful time! My dad was an anesthesiologist who also played lots of music…
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Natale Farrell Fabulous start! We should both play this for Utako's next online concert. Maybe we can "share" some of the sections?
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@Steven Massicotte Wow! I can't wait to hear your amazing program. You've picked some gorgeous pieces. Will you post it on YouTube? Merci d'avance!
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@Pauline Hi Pauline! I went to Wash U, many years ago and I loved Imo's pizza. I've never had square pizza anywhere else.
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@adrichards88 We love Boston and lived there for 4 years. Wish we could live there now!
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@Malak Usama Hi Malak! I have never been to Egypt, but I did attend an amazing online, virtual tour of the pyramids last months. I would love to visit someday!
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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.
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