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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
I've played No. 1 from Scriabin's 3 Morceaux Op. 2 years ago, and always thinking about finishing the other two. This is a hint to start working on them. 🙂
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1 yr ago
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A Fresh Start!
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Re: Group 2
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you so much for providing these amazing ideas. I personally like the concept of "write in %" very much. It gives a lot more solid way than what I did before to describe…
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1 yr ago
Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 1
Hello everyone! I've never had any experience writing any music. This isnew to me.
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1 yr ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Michael Bruce thank you 😊
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1 yr ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Vidhya Bashyam I was surprised, it's Czerny. I am attaching the cover page here. This edition has a lot of printing errors though.
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1 yr ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Gail Starr it's quite an exciting piece.
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1 yr ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Alexander Weymann I like the piece a lot. It took me some time to find the sheet.
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1 yr ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
This is the piece I am working on lately. Finally I could connect all smaller sections together. It's just a rough recording during a 15-min break between my two students.…
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1 yr ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: HP's Practice Diary
Hello, I haven't updated my log for a long time. Today, I started Bach Toccata BWV 911 and immediately had a question. The first note, lower mordent, should be played C-Bb-C by definition,…
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2 yrs ago
Your Practice Diary
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Re: Which musician (non-pianist!) inspires you most?
@Daniel Wow, that must a wonderful experience and a precious memory. A CD of Starker playing Dvorak concerto is on my shelf, and it has been one of my favorite.…
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2 yrs ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: Which musician (non-pianist!) inspires you most?
I don't know how to just mention one musician out of so many I like -- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Janos Starker (cello), Andres Segovia (guitar), and, lately, Lucie Horsch (recorder), etc.…
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2 yrs ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Group 2
@Sindre Skarelven it's a beautiful piece. Nice playing!
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2 yrs ago
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Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Vidhya Bashyam thank you! It's the 3rd movement though ;)
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Sindre Skarelven thank you!
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Natalie Peh Thank you! I like this Sonata, whole Sonata.
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
I got time to make another recording, in a more comfortable tempo. However, I couldn't make much progress in two days. The fingering problems need more time to get everything under my hands.…
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2 yrs ago
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Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Richard George Littlewood Hi Richard, thanks for sharing your recording. You are getting it. One of my ways of practicing classical pieces was to use metronome to check whether my tempo was even and…
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2 yrs ago
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Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Richard George Littlewood Yes, I agree. I need to be able to relax my hands/arms more in order to play softer, evener and more delicate. This piece still needs a lot of work.…
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
This could be my last recording before the weekend. I'll post another one if I can make another recording on Saturday. Sorry for the bad camera angle, I didn't notice that till I finished.…
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2 yrs ago
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Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Angela Fogg I am working on it 🙂
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Ben Laude Yes, hopefully I can finish it and polish it too. Thanks!
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
Practice the hardest part (in my opinion) of the piece, measure 127-139, slow to fast(er).
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2 yrs ago
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Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Ben Laude Hi Ben, I cannot join the Zoom meeting on 11/15 either, for a scheduled meeting. I also wonder if it'll be archived? Thanks!
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
@Angela Fogg Thank you! I actually started and stopped the piece before, and thought of coming back to finish it just one week before knowing this lesson. It's a perfect timing for me. 🙂
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2 yrs ago
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
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Re: Group 2
Up to measure 128, please excuse my playing wrong notes.
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2 yrs ago
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