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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Maria Technically yes, but I believe your mic is a USB microphone and my understanding is using two USB microphones to record stereo can be problematic.…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen Fyi, I have a reply pending to your question -- I can only assume it was flagged because I used a word synonymous with shaking. 🙄
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen I'm not certain what to suggest as I don't know your exact setup. Are there any points along your setup that are light / flexible that could easily vibrate?…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William In order to give you a conscientious opinion on such a long-term path, I (and anyone!) would have to know much more about certain things like your learning history,…
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Re: Watch Party for "Unfinished Business" Challenge!
@Noel Nguyen Thank you! I was definitely pleased with where I got it to over the duration of the challenge. 10 years ago me feels very vindicated. @Aaron Thank you Aaron!
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen I don't know this sonata at all really, so I spent some time checking it out today. Some really great playing Noel! - you've clearly worked hard on this movement and you really connect…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K Well, this is a very manicured window into the lessons. Besides the fact that there are many different teacher personalities, any teacher's intensity will change throughout the lesson!…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K You have a number of effective strategies! Memorizing sections out of order is definitely useful in many pieces and securing the end first can be particularly good when there is a coda.…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William Practicing in logical sections doesn't really require a knowledge of harmony, sequences, modulation etc (though those can help!). You can just use your ear, observe phrase marks,…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William I am happy to advise but perhaps you can be more specific about what you did not understand. I do not see what I wrote as "higher level perspective" (as you said).…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K I would caution against the idea of using a metronome while first learning a piece. It is an important tool that should be used to solve specific tempo and rhythmic issues but it doesn't…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K @Peter William @Larry K said: Perhaps Dustin Anderson can comment. So many things have been touched on in this discussion I am not sure what to comment on precisely!…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Peter William While Tonebase is definitely geared toward the 'serious' classical pianists out there, I think it is still wonderful to have people from all levels and backgrounds in the community.…
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Re: Watch Party for "Unfinished Business" Challenge!
@Aarav Hello! I am sorry that your recording didn't quite make the deadline for the watch party but I wanted to say that I did listen to it here! I don't really know much about Justin Bieber's music…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Noel Nguyen It worked for the movie Cloverfield!
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Larry K There is an excellent book about practice / playing instruments and the brain that has actually just been recently discussed in one of the threads: Learn Faster, Perform Better:…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Fionna Zhang Wonderful work Fionna. Such a stunning and challenging piece. You really have climbed a mountain with this one and give a very convincing and polished performance. =)
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K @Mark Cooper @Andrew Smith @Juan Carlos Thank you very much for listening! @Andrew Smith Yes, just the last four weeks reviving it. I originally worked on this during my graduate studies…
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Re: Watch Party for "Unfinished Business" Challenge!
Here is my progress for this challenge =) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ffHZcze7g
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Re: Week 4: Submit Your Recording for the Chopin Watch Party!
@Scott Nguyen Just came across this after listening to someone play the same piece in a recent challenge. As an RCM teacher, I can definitely say completing all the ARCT requirements at 12 is…
- hot4euterpe
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- Chopin Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Koshka Lovely work Koshka. You have a very intoxicating lyricism here and great sensitivity to the colour changes of the harmony. You really invite the listener in and tour them through a number of…
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Final Update / Recording Here is my recording of the complete Mouvement by Debussy. A few slippery moments but overall pretty satisfied with how this challenge turned out given it was just 4 weeks.…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Maria I have been recovering from a badly strained trapezius that occured last year, thought to be caused from a period of severe bronchitis. Things have been gradually improving with physio but it…
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Maria Thank you - it's lasted awhile because it is not specifically an illness. I have good and bad periods of wellness as a result of an ongoing injury recovery.…
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Larry K My intention was to share some of my own experiences as a student and teacher to specifically be encouraging, so I apologize if anything I said made you feel the opposite!…
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