WEEK ONE Updates: Main Thread - What a delightful theme Beethoven wrote!

Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge! 馃ぉ

 


Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.  

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Twice a week between September 20th - 27th I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!  


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Beethoven: 6 Variations on an Original Theme


Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):  

  • Variation you worked on:
  • One thing you found easy:
  • One thing you found difficult:
  • (Optional): a video of you performing it!

Sample daily update:  

  • Variation you worked on: No. 1
  • One thing you found easy: Learning the notes, and rhythms were rather straight-forward, and not challenging!
  • One thing you found difficult: Shifting the Hands was a bit tricky to get smooth!

Feel free to make these updates as short or long as you wish!

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  • Beethoven Wo 77 Theme - YouTube

     

    It's difficult for me to find a quiet hour or so to play the piano!

    Sorry about the background chatter.

     

    It's a nice melody, quite song like to me...

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    • Richard George Littlewood Good job! Yes, a vibrant home is very cozy :) 

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Richard George Littlewood Well done!

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    • Richard George Littlewood Nice! You are off to a great start! Delightful playing!

      Thank you!

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      • Brett Gilbert
      • Piano and classical guitar
      • brett_gilbert
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Hi Richard George Littlewood , great start!  Looking forward to more.

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    • Richard George Littlewood  very nice job! 

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  • I am! This piece is nice and gentle so my two girls like listening to it. The Liszt piece was a nightmare to practise. It was too much for them.

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    • Monika Tusnady
    • The Retired French Teacher
    • Monikainfrance
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Sept 26: Variation VI and Coda. A few days ago, I posted the fingerings I use in Var VI. They feel pretty good in tempo. I know there's some wrong notes but THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY OUT! Cheers, everyone!

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Monika Tusnady Bravo, Wow!

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Monika Tusnady bravissima!  I鈥檓 going to find your fingerings and work on it myself.  I love the energy you bring to this piece. 鉂わ笍

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      • Monika Tusnady
      • The Retired French Teacher
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      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr Thank you! I would love to know how the fingerings sit under your hand. We鈥檒l have house guests as of next Sunday and it would be nice to have a complete recording by then. The bits and pieces help me to clarify where I am going with the piece. 

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    • Monika Tusnady Wow your fingers just flew over those keys . Gorgeous !

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      • Monika Tusnady
      • The Retired French Teacher
      • Monikainfrance
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr here鈥檚 huge Beethoven energy courtesy of one great pianist: https://youtu.be/TNCGEwPfliY .

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    • Monika Tusnady That was brilliant! 馃憦馃徎

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    • Monika Wow! You displayed fantastic speed and energy! Beautiful! 

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    • Monika Tusnady WOW Great virtuosity! Your fingerings are obviously wonderful for you! Thank you for this, great to listen to during the start of my week!

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      • Brett Gilbert
      • Piano and classical guitar
      • brett_gilbert
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Monika Tusnady Impressive taking it so fast!  I'm working on this and having trouble so will look at your fingerings.

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    • Juan Carlos Olite
    • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
    • Juan_Carlos
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Hello everyone:

    First video of the Beethoven challenge. I have no had time to practice the whole piece.

    * Variation you worked on: Theme and I-IV.

    * One thing I found easy: Clear melody and harmony.

    * One thing I found difficult: to show different ways of play the variations and repetitions.

     

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Juan Carlos Olite Hi Juan!  For some reason I couldn鈥檛 get your link to play?

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Gail Starr Hi Gail! I made a mistake and I have uploaded the video in another post!

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    • Juan Carlos Olite
    • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
    • Juan_Carlos
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Sorry. Video:

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      • Monika Tusnady
      • The Retired French Teacher
      • Monikainfrance
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Juan Carlos Olite Bravo! It sounds as though you channeled Claudio Arrau in that thoughtful and declarative performance. I love the way you gave dynamic interest to the repeats, especially when almost disappeared at the end of a phrase, as in Var. 4. Can鈥檛 wait to hear more!

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Monika Tusnady Thank you, Monika! You are very kind. You make me very happy with this kind of compliments! 

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    • Juan Carlos Olite  Amazing !!! Your version was so delightful that I could spend hours commenting on what I liked , Bravo !

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    • Juan Carlos Olite That was fantastic! Bravo! I really enjoyed how you delt with the repeats. You called it a difficulty, I see what you mean since you probably have worked on it quite a bit, but really it was one of your biggest strengths. 馃憦馃徎

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 2 yrs ago
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      Thank you very much, Marianne! What a wonderful community of piano lovers!

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