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Re: Group 2
@Gary Hamer Thanks Gary. I've been playing a long time so feel secure in the notes but with Jarred's advice hope to make it sound more like Chopin. A great opportunity for us all to learn.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Group 2
@Jarred Dunn Thank you so much - excellent advice and I've just ordered the Ekier edition. I'll work on what you suggested and post a follow-up video next week.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Group 2
I always enjoy playing the Mazurkas, so I picked one from the list above (op. 67 #4) and made a recording but skipped the repeats for now. I'm very excited to be able to get some feedback to help…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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1 yr ago
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Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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Re: Take your first steps into "The School of Virtuosity" with Sara Davis Buechner
What a great opportunity! Ms. Buechner's tonebase lessons on Mozart are some of my favorites. I recently starting going through these lessons again and ordered a few Akira Imai editions she…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
1 yr ago
Live Calendar
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Re: In-depth and Interactive Mazurka Experience with Jarred Dunn
Hi, I will attend and hope to submit a recording of Op 24 Nr 4. within the week. Thank you!
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: A guide to Debussy's Preludes: Introduction to his music for all levels!
Thanks @Dominic I hope to join this one! I've been playing Debussy all month even though I didn't have time to submit videos for the challenge but had a specific question about the use of sostenuto…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Live Calendar
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Anthony Miyake Sounds good. Tip for posting videos: if you add a video link using the button below the text a thumbnail will appear in the post (if that's what you want).
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Juan Carlos Olite Wonderful as always but I still don't understand how you are able to memorize so much music.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Anthony Miyake It's been great to watch your progress. It's sounds better each time. Yes, I've also found that some difficult pieces are "easier" like this to play from memory so you don't have to…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
Episode 5 of Bach BWV 992 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo “Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother”. Apparently in Bach's time the postmen were horn players who would…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Rudelle Gaje I'm used to hearing this played really fast, but honestly it sounds so beautiful played slowly as well, even if you're just doing for practice.…
Brett Gilbert
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Susan Rogers Sounds lovely, the French Suite No. 5 is one of my favorites. Not sure if you've seen the great livestream Dominic did last year on this suite.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Monika Tusnady Magnifique! What a great piece, sounds wonderful.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Shaw-Jiun Wang I worked on this a few months ago and this is the fingering I had come up with (Henle edition) which looks the same as yours except in first measure I found it too awkward to play…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
Thank you everyone for your comments.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
@Andrea Buckland Beautifully played, I love this variation. Thanks for sharing.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
Thank you everyone above for the nice comments! @Hilda Huang , yes that is a bust of Bach! I probably use too much sostenuto pedal actually. I just watched the livestream on Bach and pedal use this…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
Episode 3&4 of Bach BWV 992 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo “Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother”. Having failed to convince the brother to leave...…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
Episode 2 of Bach BWV 992 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo “Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother”. Still trying to convince the beloved brother not to leave in…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
@Randi Great! Its nice to see your progression on this piece. An interesting idea from your teacher.
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
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2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
@Gail Starr Wow, one of your piano friends is Beatrice Rana?! I love her Goldberg variations recording. Good livestream today on the Aria (just listened to it...)
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
@Thurmond R Sounds great. I prefer the more "energetic" performances of this piece as you've done here, especially for the prelude of this which is one of my favorites in all of book 2.…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: WEEK 2: Bach in March Practice Updates
Thank you Hilda for posting the Toccata to inspire us this week!
My hand finally recovered enough to play so here is the first movement of Bach BWV 992 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
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Bach in March
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Re: Bach in March WEEK 1: Practice Updates
@Qingzhi I have Bareneiter and Henle (both with fingerings) but prefer the Henle layout and fingerings. I have seen some performances where the jump is avoided but haven't figured out how to do that…
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Re: Bach in March WEEK 1: Practice Updates
@Qingzhi Very impressive. I've been working on this recently and the trickiest part for me is the "jumps" in measures 13 & 14. The fingerings can be tricky for this one, what edition are you using?
Brett Gilbert
Piano and classical guitar
brett_gilbert
2 yrs ago
Bach in March
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Been playing classical piano as an amateur on/off for over 40 years, but more seriously in the last few years. I'm also learning classical guitar with the help of tonebase! Also like to play uke and clawhammer banjo.
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