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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
Variation Nº 18. It looks simple, but that's a typical misunderstanding. Glenn Gould described it as "a gem of balance and understatement". It's a canon at the sixth with perfect distribution of the…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 19 hrs ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 2: Build Your Foundation!
In the development section of Beethoven's Tempest Sonata (Allegretto, 3rd movement), there is one of the most dramatic moments of the piece, especially in measures 110-150.…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 11 days ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@João Dias da Silva It's a beautiful and inspiring description, Joao! Thank you for sharing it. Just in case you don't know them I find very interesting these both lectures about the Sonata and,…
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 2 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Liz Souza Great, we can share impressions during the learning process 😊.
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- Juan_Carlos
- 2 wk ago
- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
@Alexander Weymann I totally agree with you, Alexander. It's an addictive piece, the kind of music that you want to play again and again. I get the same feeling with Couperin's "Les barricades…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 2 wk ago
- 4
- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Natalie Peh Thank you so much for your kind words, Natalie☺️!
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- Juan_Carlos
- 3 wk ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: 🎼 Week 1: Pick Your Piece
Hello, everyone! I'm very excited about this new Tonebase Challenge. Since in last year's Beethoven Challenge I played the first movement of the "Tempest" Sonata (op.…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 3 wk ago
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- Beethoven Challenge
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Thurmond R My most enthusiastic congratulations, Thurmond!! It was truly an extraordinary performance in the video, and I guess it was even better at the Bach Festival 👏👏.
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- Juan_Carlos
- 3 wk ago
- 2
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress - get feedback!
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you very much for the feedback and advice. I'll keep it in mind.
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- Juan_Carlos
- 4 wk ago
- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress - get feedback!
Hello Dr. Osterkamp and everyone. Here is my video, a bit late, but yesterday it was impossible to upload it because it seems that the Tonebase page wasn't working properly.…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
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- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 2: Share your progress - get feedback!
Hi Dr. Osterkamp and everyone! I'm going to work on the first bars (1-18) of Schubert's Sonata in B-flat major D960. My goal is to focus on voicing, the main top melody in the right hand and,…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
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- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1: Chord Technique Check-In
@Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you so much for your extraordinary feedback! Now I know exactly what to work on, there are quite a few chord sequences in this sonata!
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
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- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Week 1: Chord Technique Check-In
Hi Dr. Osterkamp and everyone! Thank you for starting this intensive on chords. I'm working on Schubert's Sonata D850, which is full of big chord passages,…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
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- Improving your Chords with Dr. Leann Osterkamp!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Thurmond R Wonderful playing, Thurmond! Your playing has really matured over the past few years. It's amazing how you handle the difficulty and the sober expressivity required by this Bach piece.…
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Michelle R Beautiful playing of a beautiful piece, Michelle! As always you play with such a delicacy. Thank you for sharing it!
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Judy Kuan Brilliant and virtuosic playing, Judy! Such a powerful and expressive performance. Big bravo!
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Victoria Macdonald Such expressive playing, Victoria, with a beautiful variety of tone colors, Bravo!
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Derek McConville Delicate playing of a beautiful piece. I didn't know it, thansk for sharing it!
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- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Scott Nguyen Amazing, absolutely great! A very young artist playing a gorgoeus Chopin. Congratulations Scott! A huge bravo!
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Marc M Very good job, Marc! This étude is... devilishly difficult.
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Andrew Smith Great playing, Andrew! I like your warm and expressive voicing. As for the camera nerves... I guess they're getting better after a few Tonebase challenges, but you know,…
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Andrew Smith Thanks so much, Andrew! I'm doing my best to keep both hemispheres entertained, on superior tasks of course, hahaha. By the way, you know Arthur Schopenhauer had an insightful and…
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Aleksandra Bogomaz Thank you so much, Aleksandra! You're very kind, I'll try to play it a bit faster and with a lighter texture.
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Priya Viseskul @Kerstin @Mark Cooper @Marc M Thank you so much for your kind words!
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- Chopin Challenge
- Reported - view
Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Aleksandra Bogomaz Expressive cantabile, Aleksandra! I like your flexibility with tempo and dynamics, beautiful.
- Philosophy teacher and piano lover
- Juan_Carlos
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Chopin Challenge
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