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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Vidhya Bashyam @Judy Kuan @Heng-Pin Chen @Andrea LeVan @Andrea Buckland Thanks so much, everyone! It's a true joy to finally learn this piece.
Sindre Skarelven
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
Here's the first section of the Chopin Ballad 3 op 47, for week 1. My goal for week 2 to will be to get up to the Coda :)
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Judy Kuan What a great start to the challenge! It sounds both beautiful and dramatic. There's so much tension in this music(in a good way), and this gorgeous melodic line goes straight to the heart.…
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Randi A great start! This piece is so beautiful
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Grace Love these preludes! (No. 1 is my favorite) Good luck with them!
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
Wow, that’s awesome!
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Priya Viseskul I love that piece! So much fun
Overall also a great suite!
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11 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Michelle R Beautiful chords! And you bring out that bass-line quite nicely.
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11 mths ago
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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase?
First off, I love Tonebase and it’s more than I could ever dreamed of. So with that in mind, I would love to offer some feedback. I believe there are several threads here on the Community site that…
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Michelle R Thanks, Michelle! Yes, the storyline will be very important.
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Alexander Weymann Incredible! Thanks for sharing this precious memory. I can only imagine what the emotions in that room must have been like. Looking forward to hear the Scarlatti!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Alexander Weymann Sounds great! Best of luck with your preparations for the masterclass!
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
@Alexander Thanks for your confidence in my abilities to learn this
Have you picked a piece for the challenge?
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece!
There are few things I like better then a fresh start, a new challenge, and a new piece! I will use this opportunity to learn Chopin Ballade nr 3 in Ab-flat op. 47.…
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Gail Starr Thanks, Gail! Yes, nice to play some Beethoven together! We had a great time with snowboard and skiing today :) Back is a little better then a month ago, but still far from good…
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Gail Starr Absolutely loved it, Gail! So sparkling and joyful, and also tender and beautiful. Bravo!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Judy Kuan Fantastic performance of this great masterpiece, Judy! Bravo!
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Re: Springtime Recital
I can't play live today, so just did a video for the concert. It's the 3rd movement from Beethoven Pathetique sonata. Happy Easter everyone!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Michelle R So beautiful, Michelle! I notice how well you use your arm in shaping the melody. Well done!
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Re: Springtime Recital
I’d like to play something for the concert! (TBA)
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1 yr ago
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Mary Mathews So interesting chord changes! Very beautifully and intriguing music. Well done!
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1 yr ago
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Michelle R Thank you so much, Michelle!
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Nataliia Konkina What a beautiful piece of music! Great work!
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1 yr ago
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Sid Bravo, Sid! I love these dissonant chords and rhythmic motives, with also some beautiful chord changes, put together in a very stylish form. Very well done! Great playing by the pianist too.
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1 yr ago
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Marc M Great work and great video of this theme and variations! Very enjoyable all of it.
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1 yr ago
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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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