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I'm an amateur pianist who did a lot into my early 20s, then began a professional (non-musical) career and a family that had my full focus... with the passing of my father, who was my pianistic inspiration, I realized what my own children could lose - hearing me play, which they rarely did. Now on the comeback trail...

Joined Fri May 12 20:56:03 UTC 2023

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Re: Group 1
Hi all, My schedule has not allowed for much recording, and I don't want to end up making a parody of the singing assignments, inadvertently. I have found them quite valuable.…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Suggestion Device (i.e. iPad) for having piano sheet music?
@Dan I have the onyx tablet too. I believe it is the largest e-ink device available. It's pretty amazing at conserving battery! I went 3 weeks before recharging it, while using it 1 or 2 hours a day.…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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Re: Group 1
@Ken Locke Here is my run through, sort of, for this famous Nocturne. I'm already behind and didn't have a lot of time to practice this. So it's slow, and I was more or less sightsinging it.…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
@Jarred Dunn Yes! Sorry, I have a busy couple of weeks going on at work. I am starting with the Nocturne Op 9 No 2, which has a nice repetitive basic chord progression,…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: Group 1
Hi everyone, I'm a little (fashionably) late arriving. I will likely choose a Nocturne once I have a look at them. I will reply to myself here once I have decided.
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
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Re: TWI: Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
@Dominic Cheli Thanks Dominic. Now, for my next question - how do I know which group I'm in? Sorry for being dense. This is my first TWI (thought I would give it a twy) -_o
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: TWI: Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
Hi everyone, Has this TWI started? It was rescheduled, I think, to start today. However this landing page still says to stay tuned. I get the feeling there is another page somewhere for it but I…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: “Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”
@Vicky Brandt I came across this post a few weeks too late - I would have mentioned Janina Fialkowska too! So, instead of being first, I will back you up on her, for a few reasons:…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you.
Out of a long bucket list of pieces to master and genres to explore for the first time, I would choose my "top of list" item to be to play a piano concerto in front of a live audience, somewhere,…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you.
@cdales What a worthy goal! I did the Performer's ARCT more than 30 yrs ago (I only did the math just now... wow that was a long time ago) but was heading into a non-musical field and I knew I would…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Marc M Now that I know about him, I'm going to look into his music. What piece would you suggest as a 'starter model'?
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Marc M Thanks for your comments. No, I had not seen that video, will check it out. I can never get enough of how different people interpret that piece.
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Michael Brilliant. Your playing is inspiring. That was beautiful.
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- 1 yr ago
- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Miyoung Choi Wonderful. I really liked the delicacy of the descending RH passage near the end, gradually building in strength. I admire your tonal control.
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- 1 yr ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Thurmond R Very nice... I particularly liked your rubato approach. I played this many years ago and I think I played it very stiffly - this recording is so free. Well done.
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Damien Hedderwick Technically spot on. Very energetic. Loved it.
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Michelle R Very musical, great phrasing!
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- 1 yr ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Sindre Skarelven Bravo! I really enjoyed that performance. The melodies are so graceful1 I'm so glad you posted it. I can't help but notice you said you started learning this before Christmas?…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Ken Locke Sorry for the formatting, not sure how all those spaces ended up in there.
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
Hey all. I know it's past the deadline... Can I say the dog ate my microphone? Actually, not too familiar with the YouTube uploading process, and bungled a few things.…
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- Ken_Locke
- 1 yr ago
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- End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Video recording advice

Hi all, Season's greetings. I'm looking for advice on how to record myself best for posting my playing here and elsewhere. I find 2 issues. First, it seems like most native recording apps on PC or…
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- Ken_Locke
- 2 yrs ago
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- Recommendations
Re: Bach WTC fingerings
Hi all, Long time lurker and first time poster here. A general comment. I too have struggled with awkwardness in many fingerings of Bach, but I recently have found the following perspective helpful…
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- Ken_Locke
- 2 yrs ago
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- General Discussion
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