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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Monika Tusnady thank you! I'm working on the loud->soft concept and the grouping of bars that @Antonella Di Giulio suggested. It adds a new dimension to my interpretation of what I'm playing,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Antonella Di Giulio yes, thank you for making this for me!!! I think I understand now. Will work on the groupings and the dynamics of the repeated chords and will post again :…
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Antonella Di Giulio thank you so much for the feedback and the advice. Yes, I think I understand what you mean about the grouping. But I'm not sure about the repeated chords (which should be loud…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Sindre Skarelven thank you!
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Vidhya Bashyam thank you so much.
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Re: Minuets in G major and G minor, BWV Anh. 114 and 115
First progress update: memorized the first half of the G major minuet. Don't like the ornamentations and dynamics... not sure how to work on it though. Might look for more recordings.…
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
Piece(s) you have been working on: German Dance in D major, Hob IX:22, no 2. Things you found easy: It's my entry piece after about 30 years without playing classical piano.…
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Monika Tusnady that's a great idea, thank you, I will try marking down what I think are musical breaths on the sheet and see what happens. And to my humble opinion, it's anything but embarrassing,…
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Re: Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
@Monika Tusnady Beautiful, this is really inspiring and helpful. Thank you for sharing. I noticed that when I practice for a long while (on much easier pieces btw) I actually choke,…
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Re: Why Mental Practice is Important! (Tips/Advice With Asiya Korepanova)
What is the role of perfect pitch in this kind of practice? And conversely, can this help developing perfect pitch?
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: The Hidden Secret of Musical Codes in 18th Century Music with Dr. Antonella Di Giulio
@Antonella Di Giulio thanks you for the advice, it looks like a fun piece. I'm a little unconfident because I haven't played in many years now and looking forward to start again.
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Re: The Hidden Secret of Musical Codes in 18th Century Music with Dr. Antonella Di Giulio
This is the first challenge I'll try and participate in, so I'm still not sure how this works. But I'll learn "German Dance in D major, Hob IX:22, no 2".
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Re: FAQ for "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!"
I think that the "updates" link, under "the how" in this post is linked to the wrong place (or am I misunderstanding something?)
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: How to properly use a metronome in your practice!
I always wanted a metronome that will play beats with some randomness, not to the speed, but to playing the beats. 4/4 for example, could play for the first few bars normally,…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Help with ornamentation timing for Minuet in G major
Yes, this discussion helped a lot. Thank you.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Help with ornamentation timing for Minuet in G major
@Sindre Skarelven thanks again, good to know the common practice. Interesting that a player like Lang Lang chose to play differently (and apparently, Magdalena as well, more subtly).…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: The Hidden Secret of Musical Codes in 18th Century Music with Dr. Antonella Di Giulio
@Antonella Di Giulio Thank you! And thank you for the presentation. Looking forward for the next live streams.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Help with ornamentation timing for Minuet in G major
@Sindre Skarelven interesting, thank you for the answer, I didn't know this was baroque practice, how do we know this today? But this raises another question though.…
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- 3 yrs ago
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Help with ornamentation timing for Minuet in G major

Hi, I'm new around here (and a beginner pianist), hope this is the right place for questions. I'm learning to play Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 from the course "Intro to J. S.…
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Re: Minuets in G major and G minor, BWV Anh. 114 and 115
@Sindre Skarelven Hi, thank you so much for commenting. Now I really feel committed :)
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- 3 yrs ago
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Minuets in G major and G minor, BWV Anh. 114 and 115

Just joined ToneBase and will start with learning these two pieces by following the course "Intro to J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Music" by Magdalena Stern Baczewska.…
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