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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
So many, but one that since childhood I always go back to is Andras Schiff playing Bach's piano concerto in Dm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQ2yscJ4Mk
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Re: Group 2
@Juan Carlos Olite Firstly, really enjoyed your playing, thank you, and I must agree with you that with the pedal it was darker, maybe the whole dynamic range,…
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1 yr ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Juan Carlos Olite Beautiful indeed, thanks for sharing :)
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1 yr ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Natalie Peh beautiful :) sad but calming... I'd be really happy if this thread is revived. I was on a long break from playing and returning just now (and saw the new level system on tonebase).
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Re: Penelope Roskell - Ask me anything about “The Pillars of Piano Technique”
Hello Penelope, Working on the chromatic scale, I've hit a maximum speed at which I'm having difficulties with my left hand, especially going down, where there are two consecutive white keys, e.g.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
@Ben Laude thank you so much for this! I summarized and written everything you wrote with many action items based on your insights. I'm not sure how to translate the idea of having a dream piece in…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
Hi Ben, Thank you for putting this feature up. I'm struggling with building my technique in a progressive manner (difficulty/importance-wise). There are so many great tips and insight on how to…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Juan Carlos Olite beautiful :)
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
Lovely :) really enjoyed this. I looked into your other videos as well and really like the idea of the 40 pieces challenge, it's really inspiring. I think I might adopt an easier and shorter…
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Kerstin beautiful playing
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Jackie "Notyness", "Bachground"
but seriously, I really enjoyed this, and she's done a great job explaining how to isolate the melodic information in the piece. I will try it with the No. 4 inv.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 4
I'm afraid this intensive turned out to be a little (/a lot) above my paygrade. I love these exercises and I learnt a lot just going through them to understand the skills my future self will need.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Juan Carlos Olite @Sindre Skarelven thank you! I can actually play it through already, if only for those two endless trills... I'll get it eventually :)
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Jackie thank you so much for sharing this. the ease at which you absorb, explore and analyse is inspiring.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Harriet Kaplan lovely. Realy like the lightness
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Andrea Buckland @Vidhya Bashyam @Natalie Peh thank you so much for the nice words.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Agnes thank you so much :)
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Jackie thank you!
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
Watching everyone else, felt like I had to share where I'm at, even though not even half way through. Been working on No. 4 for the past two weeks, decided to record in three different speeds,…
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Jackie that was wonderful, you make it sing and interesting in a special way :)
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Re: "Music in Time: We Got Rhythm!" with Antonella
@Antonella Di Giulio thank you, I'll keep at it then, maybe it's a phase :) I think that it also serves a secondary purpose for me (at my level and the short pieces I play): playing extra fast,…
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Re: "Music in Time: We Got Rhythm!" with Antonella
Hi @Antonella Di Giulio , My question might be irrelevant to your talk as it's more about a bizarre usage of speed rather than rhythm, but anyway, I use speed as a "first phase" part of muscle memory.…
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions!
@Harriet Kaplan I really enjoyed this. Definitely the kind of sound I'm trying to get in general. Talking about shame, I'm still working through my first (No. 4).
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Group 4
Hi @martin , the video is not working for some reason.
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2 yrs ago
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Re: Sindre's practice diary
@Sindre Skarelven worlds colliding here for me, but looking forward to hear it :)
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2 yrs ago
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