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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Anthony Miyake Hi Anthony, Great work learning 142 #2. It's hard stuff but I found it rewarding. I see that you live in NJ. So do I! I'm in Piscataway near New Brunswick.…
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Re: Discovering Schubert Watch Party! will have to watch from hospital. The sounds of Schubert will heal the sick
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Gail Starr Thanks Gail. I loved your zoomed duet of the Marche Militaire. Now you have to do Schubert Fantasie in f minor long distance! PS Does it ever snow in Winter Park, Florida??
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Aline Valade Thanks for listening Aline! PS saw your comments on Hilda's tutorial - so we have something in common- small hands!! I've learned to cheat when I can't reach all the notes.…
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Aline Valade Aline thanks for sharing that You Tube with Philippe Sly. So hauntingly beautiful. Look forward to your Valses Sentimentales! Gerry W
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Charlie Gesualdo Thanks Charlie. Really enjoyed your Impromptu N0. 3 in G flat. Very lovely singing melodic line. Makes me want to try it. Gerry W
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month @Hilda Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions. Rolling the trio chords helped me to memorize. I tried doing it with my eyes closed and was pretty much able to do it with just an occasional…
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Re: Week 3: Discovering Schubert Month Hi. I’ve been occupied working in ICU for Covid team and practice has suffered. I think I‘ve memorized 142 # 2 but my playing leaves a lot to be improved on.…
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Re: Read Me First and FAQ: Schubert Discovery Month I have tried to memorize this trio section and thought perhaps naively that if I learned the section as chords rather than arpeggios It would work. So here it is with chords first and then arpeggios.…
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month @gerald Thanks. Too bad nice pianos don’t have a better pianist to play them!
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month @Aline Valade
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month @Sindre Skarelven Thank you for listening! Have a lot of work to do!
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you for kind words. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to play it the way you do which I enjoyed immensely! Have to really work on the trio section
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Re: Read Me First and FAQ: Schubert Discovery Month @Adena Franz Thank you for listening and critique. Now that I I listened to that recording I can say you are totally right. I will try to incorporate your suggestions in my next try. Thank You!
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month @Sindre Skarelven
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Re: WEEK 1: Discovering Schubert Month Hi Hilda , I’m not sure I’m responding correctly. At any rate trying to learn 142 # 2 My last piano lesson was when I was 10 and that was in 1954! I fool around but this challenge pushes me to…
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Re: Read Me First and FAQ: Schubert Discovery Month Hi. I took lessons until age 10 which was in 1954. I only fool around without a teacher but I try to listen to good pianists. So here is my Allegretto section of 142 # 2.…
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Re: SUGGESTED Selections by Difficulty for Brahms 16 Waltzes op.39 @Sindre Skarelven
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Re: SUGGESTED Selections by Difficulty for Brahms 16 Waltzes op.39 Hi. I am not a pianist but want to learn some pieces to play by heart. I have always loved no 15 so I looked it up and there are 2 versions A major and A flat major.…
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I’m old. I still actively work fixing hearts. I love piano but am not a pianist. I don’t have a teacher - just listen to good pianists. Hope to be able to learn and memorize some pieces even though I have no technical skills.