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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
Hi @John - I'm going to make video about this later today. Stay tuned.
Ben Laude
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Niraj Suresh Good question! There's really three pieces that were the most important, all from the last 10 years – when the most meaningful breakthroughs occurred – but I'll start with some…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Oksana Reedy Practice routine! Oh boy...
I no longer have a set routine, since my work for tonebase preoccupies me during the day and I just practice freely during breaks and in the evening.…
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Re: Garrick Ohlsson and the COMPLETE works of Brahms!
Thank you all for your replies! I'm excited to pose your questions to Garrick today.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Tim Caldwell Copying this from above! You'll hear from me next week :)
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Tammy Asiya also sent me her Rach cello transcription. It looks impossible! My Rach 2 (not confirmed yet) would be upstate NY, like way upstate near Canada.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Tammy I'm supposed to play Rach 2 in fall 2023, but I also just devised the following set. Lots of his more popular pieces, but I think the order really works:…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
Dear all - happy September!! I'm enjoying reading all of your questions and I'm excited to get to work answering them next week. Keep them coming! Meanwhile,…
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Re: Group 3
@Chi Tong I'm so sorry for the delay! It has been a very crazy week for me. Here's some feedback: Pretty good work with your labels. I recommend you use the convention of lowercase roman numerals for…
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2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 3
@priscillayam Hi Priscilla. My apologies for the delay! I had a crazy week. Here's some feedback: I can't read all of your analysis, but I listened to your spoken recording.…
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Ben_Laude
2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 3
@Harriet Kaplan Sorry for the delay! It's been a crazy week. I owe you this feedback: Your analysis is a little bit blurry, but I'll do my best in responding to what you've written.…
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Ben_Laude
2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 3
@Robert Sorry for the delay! It's been a crazy week for me. Eric Wen and I broke down the first four bars of this Chopin in detail in the video below. Please watch (it's towards the end).…
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2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 3
@Chris Griffin Sorry for the delay. Crazy week for me. Here's some feedback: First, I recommend using the convention of labeling minor or diminished roman numerals lowercase,…
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Ben_Laude
2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 4
@Juan Carlos Olite Really really beautiful! I love your tone and sense of style. It's very effective for this music. I wouldn't change a thing, but - since we've been doing an analysis exercises - I…
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Re: Group 4
@Juan Carlos Olite I've owed you a response for more than a week now! My sincere apologies. I had a busy week with productions and traveling, and it became impossible for me to continue replying to…
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Re: Group 4
@Massimo maj First of all, I recommend you watch the video I just posted at the bottom of this thread. Eric Wen and I discuss K397 in depth, and go beyond just labeling harmonies.…
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Re: Group 4
@Aline Valade Maybe we can start a thread where folks continue to help each other out with their harmonic analyses after this week. You can tag me and I'll try to help,…
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Re: Group 4
@Serene sorry for the delay! Some feedback: Bars 1-8 In the first section, it looks like you labeled most of the harmonies accurately. SomeBut the next step is the most important!…
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2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 4
@Enrique Rosano sorry for the delay! Here's some feedback on your analysis: Bars 1-3: You're correct to identify the C major triad as the prolonged harmony in bars 1-3.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 4
@Harmonic Analysis Group 4 Dear all - as promised, here is the analysis session I recorded with Eric Wen, especially for this Two Week Intensive! Wen and I break down passages from Mozart's Sonata K.…
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Re: Group 3
@Harmonic Analysis Group 3 Dear all - as promised, here is the analysis session I recorded with Eric Wen, especially for this Two Week Intensive! Wen and I break down passages from Mozart's Sonata K.…
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Ben_Laude
2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 2
@Harmonic Analysis Group 2 Dear all - as promised, here is the analysis session I recorded with Eric Wen, especially for this Two Week Intensive! Wen and I break down passages from Mozart's Sonata K.…
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Ben_Laude
2 yrs ago
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 1
@Harmonic Analysis Group 1 Dear all - as promised, here is the analysis session I recorded with Eric Wen, especially for this Two Week Intensive! Wen and I break down passages from Mozart's Sonata K.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 1
@Harmonic Analysis Group 1 Dear all! Just a few words on how I'm approaching closing out this Two Week Intensive: If you haven't received direct written feedback from me, you will.…
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Dear all! Just a few words on how I'm approaching closing out this Two Week Intensive: If you haven't received direct written feedback from me, you will.…
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