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Re: 24 Major and Minor Scales + Arpeggios + Broken Chords + Octaves . You are doing a great job! What kind of exams do you have and when are they? (Disclaimer: I'm not a piano teacher). I am wondering if you could somehow use your wrists more to "carry" your hand up…
- Gail Starr
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Re: Group 1 @Barbara Blakeslee What an excellent recco, Barbara. Thanks!
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- Improve your Scales!
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks! Exactly what I need! I’m in for sure!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Michael Wow! Sounds like you had a phenomenal vacation. I actually lived in France as a teenager, and went to some of university there AND worked there up until our son was born.…
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Angela Fogg Lovely playing with such nice, lilting phrasing!
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Michael Simply wonderful, Michael. You really hit the nail on the head with your light, "French" touch. I think we ALL want to go on vacation with you next time! Which places did you visit?
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @GerryM Thank you so much, Gerry! it still needs to get up to tempo, but I'll circle back and address that later this summer...
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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Re: French Music Watch Party! @Roy James-Pike I am so sorry to hear about your lower back issues. I have similar problems, and I'll miss many practice sessions when that flares up. AND,…
- Gail Starr
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- Gail_Starr
- 2 yrs ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you so much, dear Juan Carlos!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Angela Fogg Thank you for your kind remarks! It still needs a lot of work…when I listened to Chaminade in her recording from a century ago she plays it more quickly.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Tammy Thank you so much, Tammy!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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,…
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! Here's my week 3, Chaminade - Pierrette, Op. 41.
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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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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- Gail_Starr
- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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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- 2 yrs ago
- The Music of France!
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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!
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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!
- Gail Starr
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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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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- The Music of France!
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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,…
- Gail Starr
- Retired MBA
- Gail_Starr
- 2 yrs ago
- Discussion of the Week
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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.