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Re: Which RCM level to Aim for @Ambs that is great to hear! Hopefully you come update us in the future when you complete your goal =)
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Re: Which RCM level to Aim for Hello Ambs, I am an RCM teacher myself and I would start by saying that this would be an excellent conversation to have with your teacher as they know you and can help you set realistic goals based…
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- hot4euterpe
- 3 wk ago
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Re: I feel so frustrated every time I practice a new piece by Bach @rebecca LAM Hi Rebecca, I'm not sure that there is ever a best edition for fingering Bach's music as fingering choices are going to also depend on articulation choices (what will work with one…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 3 mths ago
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Re: I feel so frustrated every time I practice a new piece by Bach Hi Taylor, I totally understand the frustration / confusion behind this post. Baroque performance practices are big questions with a lot of variation in opinion that ranges from general stylistic…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 3 mths ago
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Re: Chopin Etudes There is always some debate when it comes to deciding on the difficulty of pieces but Henle does a good job giving a general sense of the difficulty of pieces in their books,…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Analyzing Prelude in C# Major BWV 848 @Jessica Pizano I certainly agree with the important point that contrapuntal music such as Bach's preludes and fugues was conceived of more 'horizontally' than we tend to think today,…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Analyzing Prelude in C# Major BWV 848 In the passage right before your clip you are coming from A# minor. It then moves to tonicizing E# minor (the dominant of A#) which is why you see the C and D double sharp (melodic minor) at the…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Help with Trills and Alberti bass Hello, In addition to the courses JC1 mentioned, Dominic has a Trills: Beginner to Virtuoso course in which he discusses using rotation and specific finger combinations for longer trills that you may…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Harmonic analysis book? @Superblonde DotOrg The tone of your writing is very confrontational. You have a number of pointed opinions but they are not supported by facts so I feel compelled to counter a few of your statements…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Harmonic analysis book? @Superblonde DotOrg I'm not sure what you mean by 'false' method but harmonic analysis does not strictly mean functional analysis (what you are calling 'roman numeral').…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Harmonic analysis book? If you have access to them, the harmony series used by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto is quite thorough. There are 4 books: Harmony 9, Harmony 10 and ARCT Harmony and ARCT Analysis (they…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Here is a third variation I completed awhile ago. It is in the parallel major key. I quite like what I did with the harmonies and the sequence.…
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- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Be Watchful of Promises @Frank Steinway has a "Top Teacher" program in which they award teachers in different communities, "...who have demonstrated a passion for inspiring young people in their musical expression,…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 @Juan Carlos Olite Hello Juan. I really enjoy your sense of melody and texture and how you give space to enjoy the harmonic colours. I also really enjoyed the shift to the the parallel major in your…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio Your week 3 video touches on a number of concepts that resonate with me. Some of Umberto Eco's ideas were introduced to me during my grad work in an "intertextuality in music"…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 @Antonella Di Giulio I am not sure yet; more than 2 but less than the Diabelli variations. lol. I really love the variations that switch to the parallel major key in Mendelssohn's Variations…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1 Hello, @Antonella Di Giulio I considered your suggestion of possibly simplifying the theme to two voices so I could use the current theme as a variation that employs layers.…
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- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Group 1 Hello, I am late to joining in but wanted to add my week 1 work to the group. I decided to try the Theme and Variations approach as a longer form was a bit daunting to me right now.…
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- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Balance in: Writing on a score vs just reading. @Michael Bruce Okay, I think I have a better understanding of what you are asking. I found some notes on this piece from when I taught it to a student years ago and their copy indeed had some chord /…
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- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Balance in: Writing on a score vs just reading. If you are wanting concise analysis annotations in the music that you are using to learn and play, you may prefer "root / quality chord symbols" (ie. G, Cm, D7/A etc.).…
- Dustin Anderson
- hot4euterpe
- 1 yr ago
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