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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@David Wilson That sounds smart! I have seen social media clips where a teacher will toss a stuffed animal at a child student who's playing from memory, and the student is supposed to catch it,…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Khaled Hmm I'm having trouble finding the pdf on Tonebase, but this was @Dominic Cheli 's presentation:…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Gail Starr I agree with practicing live for folks, online and ideally in person! And make all the mistakes you can in those safe settings so you'll be more comfortable / trust yourself with…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Gail Starr I guess it's concert season! No, I haven't studied with Jarred... I take lessons from Assaff Weisman here in NYC. I agree with @Priya Viseskul - having practice buddies would be fun and…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Alexander Weymann I hope you do! Based on my readthru today, I think you and @Marc M would play it very well. Maybe we should group request it as a "live" on Tonebase :)
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Marc M I felt the same way! But it's pretty short and I now have more Chopin etudes under my belt, so we'll see... Yes, there are some 11ths too, definitely a lot of rolling involved.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase?
@Blair Boone-Migura +1 absolutely would love the ability to access videos off-line. Maybe this could even be a perk for the lifetime members, since Tonebase wouldn't have to worry about our accessing…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase?
@Timothy I agree with this, and also would add that it's sometimes tough to search in the "live" events - specific pieces may be discussed in an hour+ video,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Marc M Have you worked on this one before? I've been watching YouTube videos (nothing on it on Tonebase yet!) to "strategerize" how to approach it.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Gail Starr Thanks Gail! My teacher is on tour this month, so we'll see how it goes 😅 Looking forward to hearing and learning from your Debussy(s)!
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- 1 yr ago
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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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- 1 yr ago
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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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- 1 yr ago
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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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Re: Springtime Recital
@Priya Viseskul Thank you! I loved your Rameau performance, am inspired to learn more about his music!
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- 1 yr ago
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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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Re: Springtime Recital
I would like to play Chopin Op 52 (if ~12min is not too long). Thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
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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
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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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- Judy_Kuan.1
- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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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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- 2 yrs ago
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