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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Dominic Cheli Thank you!
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 9 days ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
@Sedef CANKOCAK @Sedef CANKOCAK It is available on Amazon in the Ekier Preludia Book for $20.95.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 9 days ago
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Re: Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
This will be fun! I hope you're using the Ekier edition.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 9 days ago
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Re: Piano Sound in Showroom vs Home
@Timothy Yes - Colorado.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 11 days ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Piano Sound in Showroom vs Home
@Ji A Thank you - I've been researching buying used pianos and that seems to be stressed a lot. It's so hard to find the right one. I'm looking at Steinways,…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 11 days ago
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Re: Piano Sound in Showroom vs Home
@Timothy Thank you so much - really appreciate your sharing your experience!
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 13 days ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Piano Sound in Showroom vs Home

How do we judge how a piano will sound in our home vs the showroom floor. We have wood floors, about an 8 foot ceiling and an open floor space. The gigantic showroom is crammed full of pianos,…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 2 wk ago
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Re: Playing "Perfectly"
I recently had this discussion with Noa Kagayama at Bullet Proof Musician, and have decided that perfection is not possible. This is a journey and making mistakes is just a part of the learning…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 3 wk ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages with Jarred Dunn!
With respect to Chopin Nocturne Op 27, No 2, et al, how does one settle the left hand down to play subordinate to the right? My left hand is way too loud,…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He My pdf includes the LH in m. 11; rechecked on this site. Please check your pdf viewer. Thank you for your comments.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 2 mths ago
- Improve your Trills with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
Wow! What a nice way to work on trills - thank you. This is Chopin Nocturne in c# minor. Not sure about the trill intros in bar 5, 11 and 13, especially 11.…
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- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 2 mths ago
- Improve your Trills with Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: What is your favorite piano brand?
Agree with Christian - Steinway is the only piano.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 2 mths ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Just an idea (but you have a lot)
Second that, plus one on Op 27, No. 2 - or perhaps a whole course on Chopin. With Jarred Dunn, of course.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 2 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Week 1 Assignment
Re Chopin's pedal marks - attached is a snippet from Op 27, No. 2 - the mark at the end of the bars seems to indicate lifting, then replacing on the first note of the next bar.…
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- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 3 mths ago
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- TWI: Art of Pedal Technique in Piano Playing
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Re: Week 1 Assignment!
@Piotr Kozłowski Yes, and leaving his homeland and family. Plus illness always exacerbates everything. Good suggestion on other Paris events - back to Walker's book :…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 4 mths ago
- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1 Assignment!
Chopin Nocturne, Op 27, No. 2, bars 1 through 25 - A/B/A with a coda. Section A returns twice, with different dynamics and a surprise change in the 2nd repetition.…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 4 mths ago
- TWI: Shaping Individual Interpretation with Piotr!
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
I didn't hear back on my last inquiry. I was wondering about references for learning how to identify chords. Thank you.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 5 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
@Jarred Dunn Thank you so much for your input. Do you agree with the voices I've chosen? Also, I have difficulty in labeling chords and wondered if you have a good reference for learning this - books,…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 5 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
@Dominic Cheli @Jarred Dunn My meager attempt at Forscore, first two bars of Romanze, Op 28, No. 2, with extraneous notes whited out in each staff. For Soprano/Alto and Tenor/Bass,…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 6 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
@Dominic Cheli @Jarred Dunn Thank you for presenting this. Had an accident this weekend resulting in mild concussion, so not sure how much I can participate, but I'll be following along.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 6 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
Is there a video to accompany week one? Thank you!
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 6 mths ago
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- Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
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Re: Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim!
Very nice! And quite a challenge. Thank you for using Chopin Op 9, No. 1.
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 7 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Piotr Kozłowski Thank you!
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 7 mths ago
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- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
Would this also be useful for the left hand? Also, my piano is down for hammer replacements and I have a keyboard loaner. Any changes necessary for a keyboard? I've never played one before :…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 7 mths ago
- Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and Answering Your Questions: Live with Dominic Cheli
Thanks to Jarred Dunn's wonderful dynamics course, I have discovered that I am collapsing the rh dip joints on fingers 4 and 5. Perhaps this is due to previous instruction on using flat fingers for a…
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 7 mths ago
- Live Calendar
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