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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Sign-Up: The tonebase Mentorship Program with Jarred Dunn
OMG I wish I could do this but I just had carpal tunnel surgery this morning. I hope this is something you’ll do again in the future
it sounds just off-the-charts incredible!
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
@Andrea LeVan i will be sitting the rest of this challenge out I just had carpal tunnel surgery this morning
hopefully I can get cleared to play again in time to play for the June concert.…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 1
@Dominic Cheli hi Dominic! So here is my short video of both hands played individually for the scales challenge. You’ll definitely notice that my left hand lags in spots.…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
TWI: Improving your Scales!
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@Andrea LeVan OK here is a second video. My sprints are a little better but I’ve noticed that I’m having trouble with tensing up a lot. So I really need to work on relaxing. https://youtube.…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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TWI: Improving your Scales!
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@Andrea LeVan ok so here is my first video that I took about mid last week and I’ll load another progress video this evening. https://youtube.com/shorts/mll3hVt2-2g?si=54mM8ojm0DLbJS6L
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: June Recital!
@Nadja hey Nadja! Where are you located? Wondering about your time zone because trying to get my piano to be the audio input source on a zoom is something I would also love to figure out so if you…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital!
@Andrea LeVan ok I’ve decided to perform live for the June recital and play the Brahms Intermezzo in A Major Op.118 No.2 - I’ve really been working to polish this up and I believe I can have it ready…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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Re: June Recital!
@Sam Smith I love Phillip Glass and can’t wait to hear this piece!
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
Hi challenge team! So this is going to be a great challenge for me because I have had very little technical work throughout my years of playing piano. I have also had very little work with scales so…
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Jack vreeland you played this absolutely beautifully and I get it with the recording part if my playing is going to fall apart it’s usually as soon as I turn the camera on lol. Great work
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
A Fresh Start!
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Re: May Melodies Concert!
@Gail Starr I have really appreciated all of the support and encouragement of everyone here this is such an amazing community of pianists
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Fur Elise Fur every level! (with Hui Wu) + Bonus warmup routine!
This was a really great video and this is my mother’s favorite song so I have to learn it and learn it well lol. Great stylistic pointers!
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Miyoung Choi you play this piece so beautifully you inspire me
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
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A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Marc M just gorgeous!!! And I agree about the commentary that was really fun to see your thoughts as you played I’ll have to try to figure out how to do that
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10 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Paul Miller beautiful job! I hope you’ll continue to post progress on this piece I would love to see the final version
Andrea LeVan
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10 mths ago
A Fresh Start!
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Re: Andrea LeVan’s Practice Diary
For the Fresh Start Challenge I decided to work on Brahms Intermezzo in A Major Op.118 No.2. I want to keep updating on my progress so I’ve included the first 4 weeks and will post more updates soon…
Andrea LeVan
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11 mths ago
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Re: Andrea LeVan’s Practice Diary
Here is a video of my progress so far on Impromptu No.6 by Sibelius. I’m still working on polishing it up more with style enhancements
https://youtu.be/LtsO_lEFZ1c?si=FyMchIUzbR2rZPbp
Andrea LeVan
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11 mths ago
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Andrea LeVan’s Practice Diary
Here is a start to my practice diary…..just a little background - I started my piano journey at the age of 5 and played off and on through my college years (I did not major or minor in music though).…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Sindre Skarelven I am truly just in awe that you not only learned that piece in just one month but that you already have it so perfect too! Just stunning!
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@maijahildur gorgeous and it sounds so perfect to me already! Your rolling notes and hand crossovers sounded just flawless well done!
Andrea LeVan
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11 mths ago
A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Vidhya Bashyam absolutely beautiful! You really did an amazing job with this piece - capturing that tranquil soft wave-like motion in the left while bringing out the melody in the right.…
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Alexander Weymann just gorgeous! You did such a fantastic job of really articulating both melodies in each hand giving each of them a little give and take kind of feel but both still very distinct…
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
Here is week 4 progress on this Brahms Intermezzo in A Major - I had a super busy week so I feel like a took a bit of a step backwards in some regards, and still really struggle with memorizing this…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Richard Littlewood gorgeous piece it was great to hear you play it!
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Heng-Pin Chen excellent job on all of them! I thought you sounded more relaxed and played absolutely beautifully. So maybe you had that moment where you feel that shift in confidence when you’re…
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