Week 3: Telling your Tale!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge! 
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 June 6 - June 15 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Here is this week's assignment!
1. We are reaching the home stretch of this challenge! For the next week, RECORD yourself playing your selected pieces by Grieg!
2. We are going to celebrate your hard work and submissions in a WATCH PARTY on Grieg's Birthday
JUNE 15th at 11am PT
Livestream link coming soon!
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Here's another take, with videography courtesy of my six year old daughter. [EDIT: link above in my original post] I'm at the stage where i feel like I can basically play each part well if I'm lucky, but each performance has some sort of flub. I suppose more practice will fix this issue.
Also, as you can see, my environment was a bit, uh, distracting...it is a taste of my life. (Four kids 9 and younger.)
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Marc M that was fun and exciting! The videography added to the thrill if your performance! I especially loved the dinosaur! But seriously, all parts are sounding great!
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Marc M Amazing music and videographer! Enjoyed your playing. You have great concentration!
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Marc M that sounds very good! The videography style and different camera angles surely enhance the whole experience! I especially liked the close up of the piano hammers :)
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Marc M this is NOT a "meh" performance! It's really good, with a lot of rhythmic drive and mischievous energy. But, honestly, it's difficult to pay attention to your excellent playing because of your daughter's prodigious cinematography skills... The crocodile's cameo appearance was cute beyond words. :-)
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Marc M Love this! Especially the videography! Great job!
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Marc M So very charming - both the playing (which I thought was excellent, great energy and determination!) as well as the videography. How wonderful to make music within the simple chaos of everyday family life. What a great example you are to your children. Thanks for posting this!
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Marc M Charming, it's great!
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Juan Carlos Olite Michelle R Jennifer Mehta Alexander Weymann Natalie Peh Vidhya Bashyam Jackie Thanks everyone! You all are very kind. The kids are good fun, and the lego dragon head addition was my 9 year old son's spontaneous idea, which happened to fit the mischievous character of the piece...haha.
I'm enjoying these challenges. They (and you all) help provide me with motivation to practice in a more focused way, kind of like how a book club helps motivate me to read more.
P.S. Jackie: I saw some of your practice video and see what you mean. Depressing the key slightly before playing, or otherwise playing very close to the keys, is helping me make that left hand quieter. Thank you! I've also settled on half-pedalling the soft pedal at times. Going only halfway makes it softer without creating the thin, nasal tone.
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That videography was so wholesome!
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Marc M Loved it! The video, the playing, the dinosaur, all of it!! It came together just perfect for this.
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Marc M that was a great performance! And special congratulations to the camera girl!! Very suitable to Puck! How adorable!
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Here's "Spring Dance". OP. 47, No.6. I kept it a bit slower for accuracy.
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Jennifer Mehta Beautiful! A lively dance, but also delicate. Great playing!
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Jennifer Mehta Sounds great! Love the changes in mood and dynamics!
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Jennifer Mehta love how you make it so lively and happy! Nice playing!
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Jennifer Mehta Great playing, Jennifer! Love your dynamics and storytelling with the music.
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Jennifer Mehta very nice and lively piece! Sounded great :)
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Derek McConville Thank you!
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Jennifer Mehta Lovely playing! You bring out this beautiful melody so well!
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Jennifer Mehta Beautiful playing, Jennifer!
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Jennifer Mehta So beautiful!
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And here is Gade. I鈥檓 still trying to figure out all the recording. The sound is better from the computer, but the video freezes halfway through (sound continues). So this is from the iPad. The sound isn鈥檛 as good, but it gives you the idea.
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Jennifer Mehta Nice work! For recording, you might consider getting a usb microphone. When I want higher quality I use the Shure MV88 with an iphone...I've also seen the Rode NT-USB recommended, and I'm sure even a Yeti Snowball would be better than the standard microphones on our devices.
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Marc M Thank you so much Marc!!!! Great suggestion. I appreciate it. I will give one of these a try. Thank you!!!!
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