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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Khaled Kudos! For those of us in the “older” age bracket, winning is difficult if not impossible. Competitions tend to focus on weeding out the most promising young musicians for a possible future…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Khaled It’s a livestream entitled “Prepare for a performance … away from the piano”.
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? The following routine worked wonders for me in preparation for a Bach competition, on advice of my teacher at the time. For two weeks, I played everything very-very slowly, at least three times,…
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Re: What is your favorite album/recording? Murray Perahia Plays All Bach Concertos. Exquisite music and playing.
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Re: How do you memorize music? Very helpful document and summary of your session on the topic. Thank you. I’m happy to share the specific steps I follow to memorize. Like many here, I was a professional pianist,…
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Re: What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans? Very helpful, Dominic. Love all of your sessions, btw. I found the questionnaire insightful and helpful to think about my deficiencies honestly. I’m finding the recommendations excellent,…
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Alexx Thank you. Arkadi Volodos’ Plays Brahms album is the best interpretation of Brahms piano pieces I’ve heard. He’s an amazing pianist.
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” @Susan I’d like to second that. Vikingur Olafsson is capable of producing the clearest pianissimos I’ve ever heard. It’s other worldly.
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Re: changing piano technique Alice, a very Merry Christmas to you too! Using your arm weight to produce a more beautiful and sonorous sound is a mark of the Russian School of music and a technique used by most great pianists.…
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Re: What is the last tonebase lesson you watched? Live Q&A with James Ehnes on Practicing Effectively.
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Re: Do you have a technical routine? Please share! I typically start with 3-5 Hanon exercises in Book 2 to help get my fingers moving. Then I play scales and arpeggios. For the latter, I especially like the Diminished 7 and Dominant 7 arpeggios,…
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Re: Schubert op90 or 142? I adore Opus 90. I’ve played all four impromptus, and I couldn’t tell you which one is my favorite. One consideration is where you plan to perform. If it’s for a general audience,…
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Re: What is your favorite part about being a pianist? I’d have to echo Steve’s and Charmaine’s reasons above. And also add a quote from Seymour Bernstein’s book “With Your Own Two Hands”: “… the practice and performance of music can promote…
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? Eduardo, here’s the list of composer books I would recommend highly. They are all scholarly and well-written books: J.S. Bach, The Learned Musician, by Christoff Wolff Beethoven, Anguish and Trial,…
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? Eduardo, you can catch up on harmony and solfège by doing harmonic analysis of your pieces. A book might help, of course. But actually applying it to what you’re playing is most helpful.…
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Re: I'm too timid when I play :o Sometimes timidity is a sign of not feeling totally secure with the notes and what you’re trying to convey. Suggest practicing more until you feel over-prepared with this piece,…
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended! Seattle Chamber Music Society’s summer festival in July. James Ehnes is the music director of SCMC. Many programs were memorable and wonderful. Boris Giltberg’s playing was a particular treat for me,…
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? Dominic, great advice, as always. I too start with goals for the day’s practice session. Then work on pieces that I will be performing first. Recently, I found that playing “cold” what I’m soon to…
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Re: Sheet Music App Dominic Cheli has had sessions on all this which may be of use. He also recommended Airturn Duo/BT500 pedal for turning pages, which is available on Amazon.…
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? @HENRIQUE ALMEIDA That’s wonderful! You had changed Sophie’s life and perhaps her life’s trajectory for the better. Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Live Q&A - JAMES EHNES - Practicing Effectively When performing with a score and not memorizing a piece, how do you gage whether or not you’re ready to perform?
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? Three comments come to mind. One teacher recently said to me after I finished playing a piece: “I really enjoy listening to you play”. And a comment from a music professor during a master class a few…
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Re: Piano education I agree with Rada. Starting music training at the same time as school in general or a year earlier works well. Music training helps to develop good lifelong study habits.…
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Re: Review? Renew? or Start New? I would suggest doing both to start. When I restarted after decades, I focused on a few old pieces, Hanon and etudes to get myself into some shape to audition for a great teacher.…
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you. @Keiko Honjo Thanks. Good to hear. Perhaps, I should.
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