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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
I'm inspired by @Marc M to try learning a work by Scriabin! His Op. 8 No. 12 etude is probably overly ambitious for the duration of this challenge and as an initial foray into his works,…
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A Fresh Start!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Dominic Cheli I will be honest in that the non-recording factor was the main reason I was "comfortable" performing live instead of submitting a recording beforehand...…
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Peter Golemme Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words! I appreciate your taking the time to listen to my recording. I have a tendency to be a nervous wreck when performing - especially from…
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1 yr ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Priya Viseskul Thank you! I loved your Rameau performance, am inspired to learn more about his music!
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
Thanks again for the encouragement and help with getting more performance experience! I didn't post a video beforehand so I could keep myself accountable re:…
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1 yr ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
I would like to play Chopin Op 52 (if ~12min is not too long). Thank you!
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Community Concerts!
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Re: What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans?
Hi Dominic! I was curious about how the practice plans are generated... I had 1 repertoire-based suggestion, and the other 7 were skill-specific. 1) Is that a frequently-observed balance of rep vs…
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1 yr ago
Discussion of the Week
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress!
@Juan Carlos Olite Thank you!! I am just watching your video now of my dream piece and noticed we use a similar easel on top of our (closed) pianos to hold our music
Am enjoying your performance…
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1 yr ago
Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress!
@Michelle R @Alexander Weymann Thank you so for listening and your kind words
It's easy to hone in on mistakes when I'm listening to my own recordings,…
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1 yr ago
Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress!
I wasn't sure I'd have time to record/post another video before this challenge fully wrapped up, but was inspired by @Alexander Weymann and @Marc M postings to sneak in a late submission.…
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Priya Viseskul Lovely, dramatic and cohesive! You're inspiring me to finally attempt this piece...and I think I will also be using 1-5s for the octaves
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
Thank you, I really appreciate everyone who listened and shared your encouragement! It's been such a long (ongoing), somewhat lonely journey with this piece.…
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
@Ursina Boehm You sound gorgeous!! I'm just in awe. You've inspired me to learn more about this piece just to be able to appreciate and understand it more. Thank you for sharing
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture
I squeezed in a playthru/recording yesterday after hiking & before dinner
Confession that the Grand Polonaise hasn't been somewhat missing on my repertoire practice list this week,…
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann When performing, definitely yes! I just have to memorize everything even if I'm planning to perform with the score... Overpreparing helps with my performance anxiety :)
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Kerstin Oh wow, that is difficult for me to read... I'm glad you found your way back to the piece! 48/1 is so profound - a few years ago my teacher said I wasn't ready for it,…
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Michelle R Absolutely makes sense, Michelle! I'm sorry to hear about your prior injury, and you are wise with your patience
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Kerstin
Just trying to have fun with it
Thank you! Have a great weekend!
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Kerstin This is delightful! I don't know this Nocturne at all and am happy to be learning it vicariously through you
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Michelle R I can't tell for certain because of your sleeves in the first video, but it looks like in the ornaments version, your right wrist is dropping quite a bit - maybe even forcefully - during…
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Gail Starr That's a good idea, without the RH acting as makeup to cover it up
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann This is really helpful perspective, thank you! No, I didn't take the Mazurka intensive, but I noticed @Gail Starr had posted a LH practice video on her Youtube channel and I was…
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1 yr ago
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Michelle R I've read David Kish's "Practicing with Purpose" after a friend recommended it, but I haven't heard of Kaplan's book - will have to check it out!
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann @Michelle R @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you for taking the time to listen so closely and for your encouraging feedback! This is my first time participating on anything, really,…
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Unfinished Business Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Status Update and one NEW improvement!
@Alexander Weymann I admire your discipline to practice hands separately so much! Do you also memorize hands separately too? And is this your typical process for learning/relearning pieces?…
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