Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo!
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Here is this week's assignment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SL8HOF7O4
1. Figure out your moderate tempo! Write down the numerical values approx. that you are shooting for! (top tempo, slow tempo, and moderate tempo).
2. Submit a video of your practice at this moderate tempo!
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Here is an excerpt of my practice at moderate speed (a bit under 50 per half note) of Schubert’s Impromptu Op 90 No 3. I might slow everything down more as the next few pages have a lot of details (more left hand trills!) I need to improve on.
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Vidhya Bashyam Great playing! You bring out the melody beautifully.
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Vidhya Bashyam Brava, sounding smooth and trills don’t seem a problem
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Vidhya Bashyam love how the melody sings out beautifully and expressively!
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Vidhya Bashyam That’s sounding great. It’s one of my favourite pieces!
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Vidhya Bashyam Always makes me cry... what a beautiful, deep soul Schubert must have been.. ah, I long to see what he saw and know what he knew of life.
Thank you for sharing, Vidhya xx All my love.
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Andrea Buckland Michelle R Hazel Ching Lee Goh Natalie Peh Sindre Skarelven Will Green Thank you for listening! I love Schubert and his beautiful melodies. Looking forward to learning more about getting it performance ready in this challenge.
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Vidhya Bashyam Beautiful, Vidhya! You always really sing with the piano.
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Juan Carlos Olite Thank you!
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Vidhya Bashyam You play so beautiful!
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Vidhya Bashyam very nice practice speed, sounds great!
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ALICE Thank you! Lot’s of practicing to go but I love this Impromptu!
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Derek McConville Thanks Derek!
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Vidhya Bashyam That is just lovely! Looking forward to hearing the rest!
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Hi everyone, as part of this challenge, I’m hoping to learn/perform Chopin’s Etude op10, no 12 (“Revolutionary”). While I have practiced elements of it before at slower tempo, I have never played the whole piece and would like to attempt it as part of this challenge. For the past few days I have worked with a moderate tempo of 1 crotchet / quarter note ~ 80 on the metronome. Key initial challenge is trying to improve control over the left hand… I will update in the next few days hopefully
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Derek McConville sounds good! Indeed, Revolutionary is a very fitting name for this etude :)
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Derek McConville Sounds great! Definitely a challenge for the left hand. Looking forward to hearing your progress.
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Natalie Peh thank you!
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Vidhya Bashyam thank you, yes I am trying a few strategies for the left hand. Will hope to post an update before end of the week!
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Derek McConville What a great challenge! Already sounding good! Good luck with getting it ready for the concert.
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Derek McConville Very good job, Derek! It sounds powerful. Looking forward to hearing the whole piece.
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Derek McConville So much going on in both hands! I’d say it’s coming along very well!
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Juan Carlos Olite thank you!
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Angela Fogg thank you!
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Sindre Skarelven thanks!
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Here is my very moderate tempo version of Brahms Op.118 No.2. This is a slowish piece so I feel it has ended up very slow indeed. It was interesting to hear how I need to shape phrases and motifs more carefully or else they can become a bit turgid at this tempo. Looking forward to hearing how everyone has come this week, so many good week 1 recordings and nice repertoire choices.
