Week 4: Post your Progress!

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

 


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

Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)

 

Twice a week between August 21 - 26th I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!     

 

Here is this week's assignment!

 

Post your progress on your pieces! If you are able to perform or play through sections of your music, share it with us! Let's celebrate your hard work during this past month!

 

We will have a watch party featuring your recordings that you upload down below on this thread, but if you would like to play LIVE please considering joining the "back to school" recital!

 

Assignments:

1. Record a run-through or performance of your piece! 

2. Post it below

3. Write down the progress that you have seen in the last month and share that insight with all of us!

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    • Gail Starr
    • Retired MBA
    • Gail_Starr
    • 1 yr ago
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    Here's my Chopin Etude Op. 25, #2, even though it's not really

    "finished". https://youtu.be/NH_z_dvCfh4?si=9sP4wi9rHLKkgufh

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Derek McConville Thank you, Derek!

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    • Gail Starr I second Alexander Weymann 's suggestion (always the best words and advices 馃槉). I listened to it again and think the constant start/stop motion - sprinting after each pause - may be why it sounds rush and less flowing.

      Perhaps take a step back to play it slowly, evenly and softly, and then assess where you may want to place more prominent rit whilst making others even or much more subtle.

      Hope this help 馃槉

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
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      Priya Viseskul Superb advice.  I'll definitely try that this evening.  Thank you SO much!

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Alexander Weymann If you ever get tired of medicine, you could quit your day job and become a full time consultant for Tonebase.  You always provide such valuable insights to everyone's playing! 

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    • Gail Starr Bravo, Gail! Your playing of this etude is really good! It's flowing so nicely, and your left hand is articulate in a very well manor creating a nice foundation for the flowing right hand. 

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    • Gail Starr thank you; it's very sweet of you to say that. Tempting, too! It would be the perfect fit - I'm really good at keeping my opinions on almost any subject to myself, except when it's about playing the piano... 馃槈

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
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      Sindre Skarelven Thank you so much, dear friend!  Still has work to do, but I'll take a break for the moment.

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    • Gail Starr Wow!  This sounds so good.  And while we always know we can do more, you have made wonderful progress.  It sounds amazing.

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      • Juan Carlos Olite
      • Philosophy teacher and piano lover
      • Juan_Carlos
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr Bravo, Gail! It is really gorgeous performance, with this beautiful sound and the clean articulation, the voicing in the left hand...  It is full of artistic details. Bravo!

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    • Gail Starr bravo, Gail!  I don't think it sounds very rushed. It's a great tempo, and I love how your hands move so fluently over the keys! I also like the phrasing that you have in this piece.

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      • Gail Starr
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      Jennifer Mehta Thank you!

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
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      Juan Carlos Olite Thank you!

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      • Gail Starr
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      Natalie Peh Thanks so much!

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
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      Natalie Peh Thank you so much, dear friend!

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      • Randall Wayne
      • Independent inventor
      • Randall_Wayne
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr I've been working on this etude for a long time with the added challenge of a physical tremor, so I've haven't got any speed on it at all compared to you. I'm hoping the example of your performance here will somehow kickstart me to that next level, although my tremor may ultimately make it impossible. How have you managed to get yours where it is?  Do you use the usual trick of practicing quick segments in rhythm, then joining the segments? Or has it been more gradually advancing the metronome? Something else? I would be very happy to be able to play it as you are doing it.

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
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      Randall Wayne I bet your physical tremor might actually HELP you with this particular etude!  I'm not totally sure, but I think I posted a little video somewhere of HOW I was practicing it.  I'm going to try to look for it right now & I'll send it to you if I can find it.

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
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      Randall Wayne https://youtu.be/8-3jiam3iy8

      Here's the little video I made showing the techniques I used to try to learn the Etude.  I got most of the info from Henry Kramer's class on Chopin Etudes & the Cortot edition notes.  Plus I watched lots of YouTube tutorials.  Post a video of how YOU are coming along!

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      • Randall Wayne
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      • Randall_Wayne
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      Gail Starr Hey thanks so much, I'll check it out.  Recording myself is another level of challenge for me, as even the slightest amount of adrenaline in my system from the pressure of performance puts my tremor into overdrive...but never say never!

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
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      Randall Wayne I have a little tip for you鈥lock off an hour when you don鈥檛 have other distractions, and just record the same piece over and over and over.  Eventually, you will be more bored than nervous.  Seriously.  Try it and let me know if it helps?

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      • Randall Wayne
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      • Randall_Wayne
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      Gail Starr Yes, thanks, it seems like that should do it, and I will try that trick if I find I can actually gain any speed after working with some of those practice methods you showed. Meanwhile at my age, when I actually get settled enough to play as well as I can on a physical level, I often struggle with keeping up my concentration. And I am always altering something in my approach to the keyboard to try to reduce the influence of the tremor on my playing, and while I am often thrilled at my discoveries, I do find that many of the changes I make throw off my finger memory and require me to re-learn my pieces...

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
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      Randall Wayne Hey, as long as we enjoy the process that is ALL that matters!  Cherish your time at the piano and anything else is icing on the cake.

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    • Alberto L贸pez
    • aspiring composer for media/ video games/ films
    • Alberto.1
    • 1 yr ago
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    Hi everyone hope you all well,  I recently recorded the minuets of J. S Bach and I would like some feedback of my playing, thing and aspect to improve, so I will leave the minuet in G major and minor. Thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjwdQX0sqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiABNilA3Og

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
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      Alberto 隆Buen trabajo con Bach! Me encanta tu tempo, el rubato al final y tu ornamentaci贸n.

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      • Alberto L贸pez
      • aspiring composer for media/ video games/ films
      • Alberto.1
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      Gail Starr Muchas gracias, qu茅 bueno que le fue de su agrado.

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    • Alberto Bravo, Alberto! Love your ornaments, and overall a very nice performance! 

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