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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! @Ching Lee Goh Very nice! Yes, I'm finding the fingerings in 5 a bit tricky where you have to hold down a half note during the chromatic triplets. I might ask Dominic about that in Tuesday's session.…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
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- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! @Juan Carlos Beautiful, very expressive. It looks like you even memorized it!
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! @Ching Lee Goh Very interesting, I wasn't aware of Toyo but it looks/sounds nice. I've worked on his Schubert Lieder transcriptions before which are my favorites.…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! @Ching Lee Goh Sounds perfect to me, well played. What kind of upright piano do you have (I play upright as well).
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert! Section you worked on: 1-4 One thing you found easy: Less technique required so far than the Handel (last challenge) and so seems easier. One thing you found difficult:…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 5
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Double notes, Sliding fingers, and more! There is an interesting tonebase lesson that is relevant to this and I found worthwhile. He briefly mentions Hanon exercises and I'm curious Dominic about your recommendations for how to…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge! @mariannejhampton Yes, I'm scared away by most Liszt pieces but there are parts of this that are easier than the Handel challenge I think. I would start with section 2.…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge! Sorry I posted a bit early but looking forward to it! For those who may have missed it, Dominic did an inspiring performance of an extended version of this piece in his livestream a few weeks ago:…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: CALL FOR RECORDINGS for upcoming Virtual Masterclass with Dominic Cheli I've debated what to submit (something more polished or a work-in-progress) but since I've been working through the Chopin nocturnes and there seems to be a Chopin trend in the submissions I decided…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Community Suggestions
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Re: Handel Chaconne: Masterclass! @Tim I used the Henle urtext which I was comparing during the live stream and it looked similar to the Barenreiter. This could be an interesting topic on it's own but I almost always go for Henle,…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Live Calendar
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Re: Handel Chaconne: Masterclass! Thanks for doing this @Dominic , I have one general question and one specific technical question: - The imslp version contains more ornamentation than the urtext version I used to practice and…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: "Russian" Arpeggios and the 11 chords to practice! I found the Russian scales stream so useful so looking forward to this one, In the last few months two pieces I've worked on come to mind where passages with arpeggios have given me trouble which…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! Thanks @Richard , 13 immediately brought to mind Bach WTC No 2 (C minor) for me so I thought of playing in a similar way and as the start of build-up to 16,…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: Chopin and Liszt: Frenemys? @Dominic Cheli Another interesting topic, thank you. I can't remember which live stream, but you played Réminiscences de Don Juan, one of my favorite Liszt pieces but wow is it difficult (how long…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: WEEK THREE Updates: Main Thread - Finishing up the Challenge! Variation you worked on: I was on vacation for over a week so missed practice time (and wasn't able to post updates), but as today is the last day I decided to just record playing the entire piece…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 3
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: The Voice of the Left Hand Hi @Dominic , great topic! I hope I will be able to join but will post my question in advance in case I can't join live. Although the Busoni transcription of Bach's Chaconne for violin is probably…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! Variation you worked on: I continued to focus on theme/1-8 for this first week writing out fingering and figuring out my weak spots. I peeked ahead a bit and looks like variations 5-8 might be the…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! @Elena Nikitina A good suggestion as that might work much better for some. I tried 3-1 at first but I kept tripping up until I switched to 2-1. At least it worked for my hand a bit better. :)
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! @Elena Nikitina Sounds wonderful! Your trills are excellent (a weakness for me and a challenge in this piece). Like you I am working through the first 8 variations which form a nice block.…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! HI @Richard George Littlewood Yes I had trouble at first with 8 and bars 4/5 until I wrote out a consistent fingering. This might not work for everyone but this is what I ended up with that allows…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 2
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: General Live Stream Suggestions! (Megathread) @Ben Laude @Dominic Cheli Thank you, that would me amazing to eventually have all the variations covered in some form on tonebase. Maybe you could invite Simone Dinnerstein as a guest. :)
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- Community Suggestions
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community! Hello fellow pianists. I live in San Francisco (almost 20 years now) although grew up in the Seattle area and took lessons for 8 years (age 10-18). I was obsessed with the piano during that time and…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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- Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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Re: WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - The Journey Begins! Variation you worked on: Theme and first 8 variations slowly to get a feel for the piece as I am unfamiliar with it - wonderful choice for the first challenge piece.…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 3
- Handel G-major Chaconne
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform? Bach Goldberg variations. I can get through the notes for most variations but am a long way from playing at speed and with proper voicing. Some of the "2 manual" variations present the most…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: General Live Stream Suggestions! (Megathread) Hi, one of my personal favorite live streams was Rodolfo Leone on the c minor Beethoven variations. I watched multiple times while learning that piece and it was very useful having a walkthrough…
- Brett Gilbert
- Piano and classical guitar
- brett_gilbert
- 3 yrs ago
- 1
- Community Suggestions
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Brett Gilbert

brett_gilbert

Piano and classical guitar

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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.