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Re: music score software Hi Kenneth, I recently did the same thing, and have found Forscore to be excellent. The Apple Pencil is very useful for making your own annotations. The Duo pager turner works well with it.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? @Peter Golemme You are not alone! I have a fairly large Piano (Steinway B) in a small room (15'x20') and have had the same issue. My best results so far have been with AB placement (low and high) of…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Possible help? Hi Steven my situation is very similar to yours. I have been fortunate to find an excellent piano teacher in my area. The structure of preparing for in-person lessons,…
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- 1 yr ago
- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? @Rainer Joos Thank you so much! That is very detailed and helpful. At this point I am experimenting with small diaphragm omnidirectional microphones (Neumann KM 183) in an AB setup.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? @Rainer Thank you so much! Your time and effort putting that review together are greatly appreciated. Speaking for myself, I would love to have your thoughts about stereo image and panning the…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano? Mike- your playing and recording sound great! Thanks for sharing the video with us and starting this conversation. This topic is very relevant for me: I have been having a lot of fun learning about…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? When I was in college I accompanied a flautist for her senior recital. One of the pieces was a set of Beethoven variations on a folk tune. As I recall, the pianist had a busy part,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” I wonder if Keith Jarrett misses the radar of some "classical" pianists because he is primarily a jazz pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tIzxmPCQE
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week Three: Vive la musique française! @Gail Starr Great playing Gail! Beautiful!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- The Music of France!
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! I, very recently, had the wonderful opportunity to hear Dominic Cheli play in San Diego, CA. I don't know from where Dominic gets his energy. He traveled down from LA after a full day's work,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Susan Rogers Yep. I've heard it said "It's just a repeating downward sequence of broken diminished seventh chords, what's the big deal?". Uh, for me it is a big deal.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- "Improve your Technique!" Month
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @trevor Thanks! Good advice. I'm going to have to take my time increasing the speed- when I try to progress too quickly things tense up. I'm also using Dominic's advice about fast arpeggios- moving…
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- 3 yrs ago
- "Improve your Technique!" Month
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Re: Welcome! Thank you Dominic for setting this up! For anyone who would like to play the primo part of Berceuse from the Faure Dolly Suite, here are recordings of the secundo part I made a few years ago to play…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- 4-Hand Piano Hub!
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @trevor Trevor I am right there with you! I was going to post that and you beat me to it. I, too, am challenged by Reflets dans l'eau in the quasi cadenza, particularly meas 24-31,…
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- 3 yrs ago
- "Improve your Technique!" Month
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Re: Welcome! @Dominic Cheli Wow Dominic wonderful playing of such a great piece. Thank you for sharing that.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Juan Carlos Olite Thank you Juan Carlos! Always more study and practice to do...
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- 3 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Anthony Miyake Thank you Anthony!
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- 3 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you Vidhya!
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- 3 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Hazel Thank you Hazel! I don't really have a knack for memorizing, but I do seem to have a knack for sitting and playing the same piece over and over again.…
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- 3 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Thurmond R Very nice work Thurmond. Well done!
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- 3 yrs ago
- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Hazel Very nice playing- and yes I too like your articulation. Thank you for posting this!
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Michael Great work Michael! You played right through those nerves. You even did it in front of a live audience, I think I'm more enthusiastic about your playing than your pup is,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Rudelle Gaje I like your playing and this tempo very much. You're very expressive. One thing about great pieces, I think: a wide variety of tempi can work,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @Monika Tusnady Beautiful playing. Yes you are dancing, and now I am :-)
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences @CK Oh boy I like your playing of this. One sign that I really like it is that I want to look it up and try to learn it ASAP! One question- your runs in the Prelude are so clean and even.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Bach in March
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I'm a physician anesthesiologist who will forever be a music student!