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Re: The Meteoric Talent and Human Tragedy of Jacqueline du Pré
Especially this one eally inspired me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB3mKWgQNhI SC
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- 1 yr ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Group 2
Dear Jarred, here are my takeaways from this TWI. I have learned a lot about Chopin and about my own playing. 1) Singing helps legato playing. 2) I need to learn to sing in tune,…
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- 1 yr ago
- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 2
@Dagmar Thanks for the eip Dagmar. Will do that.
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Suggestion Device (i.e. iPad) for having piano sheet music?
I have a Huawei MatebookE hybrid, i.e. a PC that can become a tablet. I use the Mobilesheets app which is easy to use (can import any pdf or jpeg sheet music, file it,, allow notations on it,…
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- 1 yr ago
- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Group 2
@Jarred Dunn Thanks for the help Jarred. I am afraid it is not going anywhere yet. I have difficulty singing without the right hand as I have always had a difficulty producing the sound I hear in my…
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- 1 yr ago
- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 2
Dear Jarred, thanks very much indeed for proposing this exercise. I am trying to learn harmonic analysis by reading on the subject so please bear with me.…
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Re: Week 1: Choose your waltz and start Dancing!
Thanks for this great idea Dominic. I was hesitating but listening to the performances here hooked me in. I will try my hand at 2 valses sentimentales, the 5 an 7.
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- Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
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Re: How to choose an instrument
@Barbara Blakeslee Great decision Barbara. Carpe diem and what a lovely choice for colour.
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- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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Re: How to choose an instrument
@David That's it. It is a bit deeper than a standard upright because of the horizontal action but has a neat design and a good finish. I hesitated between Kawai N5S and this one but the keyboard was…
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Re: How to choose an instrument
Hi David, I had to give up my acoustic piano years ago as I live in a condo and could only practice in the evenings and weekends. I then bought a Roland digital but it was not a great experience.…
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Re: Group 1
@Bernice vonSaleski Juliana Hun has a great course on this under the title "chiral hands". The common beginner challenges series she has done is interesting as she talks about neuroscience and the…
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3
@Dominic Cheli Many thanks Dominic. This is so helpful.
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- 1 yr ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3
@Letizia Indeed. Group practice forever! 🙂 A query: for the chromatic scale do you use the standard 12,12,123? I saw a youtube short in which a teacher was saying 1234 is faster.
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3
Hi Everyone, here is my d minor scale exercise and at the end I applied it to measure 34 of Mozart's Fantasia in D minor K 397 where you ahev a descending scale and then an arpeggio runup.…
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3
@Douglas McCarthy Hi Douglas, you upload to your own Youtube studio (as public file) and give us the link here so we can all see. Cheers. SC
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- 1 yr ago
- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: Group 3
Hi Everyone, I am so glad we are doing this TWI. My number one difficulty when playing scales is not to be able to start form any point when playing two hands together.…
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- TWI: Improving your Scales!
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Re: What is your daily practice routine?
@Ken Radford Thx a lot for this. I am in awe!
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- 1 yr ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Chamber Music Secrets!
Thanks very much for organising this live session. I have a few questions based on my experience in a quartet and from several workshops I attended: How should one approach the first sightreading…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Juan Carlos Olite Vow. True to the spirit of Rachmaninoff.
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- 1 yr ago
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- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Priya Viseskul Bravo Priya, you played with such verve.
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- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Alexander Weymann A tranquil meditation. I loved how you introduced the theme and then went on weaving the melodies.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Miyoung Choi Great piece and such polished playing. I love the pace and the dynamics. Thanks Miyoung. And you saw Yunchan! Green with ejalousy.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Heng-Pin Chen Beautiful. I really liked your soft crescendos and the way you leave breathing space between phrases without rushing.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Aaron I like your steady rhythm. An idea: when the left hand goes over, it might be interesting to have the right hand play more piano (still staccato) so that the accent made by the left hand is…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Jack vreeland Lovely piece and you bring out a 'round' sound as we cellists would call it - sounding legato without necessarily being played legato. This piano brand is new to me.
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- A Fresh Start!
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