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Sindre Skarelven
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Sindre_Skarelven
Pianist, composer and piano teacher
Oslo, Norway
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Sort of an “all-round pianist”. I specialized in popular music and jazz in my education, but have focused mostly on classical in later years. I do some occasional arranging and composing.
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Gail Starr So Gail, do you know every language!!??? :D
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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Re: Piano Community Liszt Soirees Watch Party!
@Pauline Thank you so much! This is a wonderful and supportive community, and I'm so glad for what everyone shared. Very enjoyable seeing everyone's progress and journey threw the piece :)
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Matt Yes, hahaha!
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Matt Well done, Matt! Great recording :) It was so awesome that you did the Horowitz ending, that was very cool! I also had a YT copyright claim for the first two videos I made.…
Sindre Skarelven
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Pianist, composer and piano teacher
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Gail Starr Well done Gail! You have a very good technic! As Juan Carlos said, a very suitable spirited performance. I enjoyed listening :)
Sindre Skarelven
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Pianist, composer and piano teacher
Sindre_Skarelven
4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@mariannejhampton Great to hear you are enjoying the memorization! Nice to have some of Dominic's techniques up your sleeve :) I agree with Brett, feel free to post a video,…
Sindre Skarelven
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Pianist, composer and piano teacher
Sindre_Skarelven
4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Juan Carlos Olite Thank you so much! Yes, I like a little bravery ;)
Sindre Skarelven
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Pianist, composer and piano teacher
Sindre_Skarelven
4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Juan Carlos Olite Bravo, Juan Carlos! Your playing is absolutely beautiful. It's been such a pleasure doing this challenge together. Glad you are ready for the next one too! :D
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Memorization tips! Featuring Liszt's Soirees de Vienne from our Community Challenge!
@Gail Starr Thank you, Gail! I look at memorization like muscle - It get's stronger the more one practice it, and one need to find the right "weight" for most effectiveness.…
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4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
Here is my final video! I'm so happy to have participated in this challenge, it's been a GREAT experience! I almost felt like a student again, witch is something I have missed.…
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Ching Lee Goh Well done! I enjoy listening to your playing. I agree, those triplets are a challenge :)
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Brett Gilbert Well done, Brett! I agree, both to having a deadline, and getting some nerves while recording. It's been a fun ride these 3 weeks :)
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Memorization tips! Featuring Liszt's Soirees de Vienne from our Community Challenge!
@Gail Starr Thank you, Gail! Yes, the Liszt piece was pretty easy to memorize for me. It is a skill I'm working on, and I want to be able to memorize large pieces of music fast.…
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4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Ching Lee Goh Nice playing! Looking forward to the rest :)
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Gail Starr That's so awesome! Sounds great!
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: The final dance of the Soirees!
@Gail Starr Very nice!
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Memorization tips! Featuring Liszt's Soirees de Vienne from our Community Challenge!
Hi @Dominic ! Couldn't join this one live, but have watched threw it now. You shared a lot of great information in this one. I liked how you talked so much about memorizing in context with…
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4 yrs ago
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Re: The Neapolitan Chord - what is it?
This will be fun! I love topics related to composition!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@mariannejhampton Thank you so much! 😄
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Bruno de Lorenzo Awesome! I absolutely love your playing! So musical and free, keep it up! 👏🏻
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Dominic Cheli Thank you so much for the compliments!! I think I have found a really nice way to do the fingerings for my fingers now :) And thank you for the sheet music,…
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Dominic Cheli Yes, the intermediary timing is a great format, so glad you are making that a standard! I've learned a lot from using your fingerings for this part,…
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4 yrs ago
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Dominic I was wondering if the sheet music for the version you are playing is available? Would be fun to add in a little extra sparkle ;)
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Juan Carlos Olite Thank you so much for these comments and compliments! Thank you for listening! :)
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Brett Gilbert Thank you so much! I think of memorization like a muscle that one trains with finding the right "weight" and strengthen it over time. There are of course some useful tips one should…
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