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Re: Group 1 @Natalie Peh Great! In your voice separation are you noticing the parity between the second finger of each hand?
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Re: Group 1 @Ko This looks great! Love the sound quality and your hands look just right. Now you might try a more leggiero touch!
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Re: Group 1 @Andrea Buckland Hi Andrea :) sorry I'm just getting to this! I would try to completely move the thumb toward your second finger. It seems to stay in place on the key.…
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Re: Group 2 @Harriet Kaplan Great work! For the first video it seems like you could test that you're really balanced on the 2nd finger before leaping to the 5th. Maybe try bringing your thumb to the second…
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Re: Group 4 @Grace Do you notice your right shoulder rising as you descend? Try instead allowing the hand to travel further into the key toward the fallboard. This allows the weight to transfer fully into the…
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Re: Group 1 @Ko Hello - these exercises are really just to study how the hand must be on the keyboard. Therefore, do not try to play fast. It's a way to learn how to truly "stand" on your fingers 2-5.…
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Re: Group 4 @Vidhya Bashyam Hi - you should be bringing the thumb all the way to the first joint in your second finger. You are not quite transferring your weight entirely to the second finger.…
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Re: Group 4 Hi Everyone...just an update - I think they may be having some technical difficulties because I also can't get into the meeting. I'm trying to reach them. Standby!
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Re: Group 2 @Gail Starr YES ABSOLUTELY!
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Re: Group 2 @Harriet Kaplan Great! Try when you go to two thinking of going further into the keyboard with your arm behind the finger tip. almost as though you are pointing to the ground behind the pedals.…
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Re: Group 2 @Gail Starr always stop immediately if it hurts! If you can't reach a big 3 note stretch, leave out the thumb! Remember, these Cortot exercises are just ways of thinking about it,…
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Re: Group 4 @Kerstin bar 30: 5321, bar 31: 2313 etc, bar 32: 5321
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Re: Public Space: Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer! @Maggie Yun zhang Hello - you sound great! I feel that on the more uncomfortable harmonies, it looks like you are pulling toward your second finger or the third note in the descending group of 16th…
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Re: Group 2 Hello! Which exercises and arpeggios specifically? Perhaps you could post a video and we can go from there. Thanks!
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