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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.
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- 5 days ago
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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
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- 4 wk 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
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- 1 mth 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
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- 1 mth 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
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- 3 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
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- 3 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
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- 3 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
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 3 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
- Pat_Van_Buskirk
- 3 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
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- 4 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
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- 4 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
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- 4 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
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: New Year's Resolutions 2025 Master Chopin Op 27, No 2, to be as smoothly and wonderfully as Garrick. Yeah, good luck :-)
- Pat Van Buskirk
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- 6 mths ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: “Trying out tonebase? Ask your questions here!” @Sindre Skarelven Garrick Ollson, in his course on Musicianship Skills on Pedaling, mentions that the pedal change with the bass/harmony change is the more modern style,…
- Pat Van Buskirk
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- 6 mths ago
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- Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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Re: “Trying out tonebase? Ask your questions here!” Re Chopin pedaling, e.g., Op 72, No 1, bar 2, et al - pedal is released on C in my scores (Paderewski & Cortot), but then a bit of a jump to the low E. This release, followed by a long extension,…
- Pat Van Buskirk
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: “Trying out tonebase? Ask your questions here!” Hi Dominic - I have a question about Chopin pedaling based on Garrick's videos. Should I post with you?
- Pat Van Buskirk
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- 6 mths ago
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- Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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