Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions!

Dominic_Cheli
updated 1 yr ago
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Hello Everyone, welcome to week 3 of the Practice Plan Challenge!

We have 2 more weeks of this challenge - and our main goal is submit our videos to showcase our progress in anticipation for the Watch Party on March 26th at 11am PT

Please keep practicing, and sharing your repertoire, can't wait to hear all of your hard work!

If applicable to your chosen repertoire, let's take a look at improving these skills this week!

Articulation

Chords/Octaves

Pedaling

Optional: Download the Practice Breakdowns!

- Letizia
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Hello there! This is Mozart, Fantasia in D Minor K397 as I play it today.

https://youtu.be/OC_qkhlNBAk?si=mNiuTGTmNLaSH343

I'm happy that the video no longer changes color and that the alarm didn't ring this time! always better! 🌞😎✌🏻
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
  
  Michelle_Russell
  
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  Letizia So much fun to listen to! Great work.
- Pediatrician
  
  a_weymann
  
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  Letizia very dramatic and with declamatory expression; beautiful!
- vbashyam
  
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  Letizia Very beautifully played!
- Letizia
- 1 yr ago
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Warm thanks to all of you! See you next week!

Ciao! 🌞😎✌🏻
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 yr ago
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Here is where my piece, the Spindler "Song without Words," is today (10 days in). I'm still working on the pedaling, and there are a few little mis-steps, but I'm happy with my progress so far!
- vbashyam
  
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  Michelle R This is such a lovely piece for you. I love all “songs without words” too!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
  
  Michelle_Russell
  
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  Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much, Vidhya. I am enjoying playing it!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
  
  Michelle_Russell
  
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  Here is my final submission: Fritz Spindler's "Song without Words."
  
  Dominic Cheli Should we post our final videos here, or is there a different place? In any event, I learned a lot and think I improved quite a bit even from just a few days ago, especially since I've had this piece just two weeks - one big thing I learned is that I need to video-record myself more often. I have hyper-mobility issues, and seeing what I'm doing when I play is instructive since what I feel is often quite different from the reality.
  
  I focused mostly on pedaling and tempo for this piece.
- Dominic_Cheli
  
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  Michelle R Yes post your videos here!
  
  This is great to see your hardworking - no worries on how many participants, we will have a watch party in any case :)
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
  
  Michelle_Russell
  
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  Dominic Cheli Thanks much, Dominic. See you Tuesday!
- Fingers_Lan
- 1 yr ago
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Thanks Tonebase for letting me keep focus on practicing.

It is a challenge to start Schumann Kreisleriana this beautiful piece with this particular movement. It requires the whole body to maintain relaxation in order to produce the sound. The challenge includes the articulation and evenness. I also try to play out the melody line instead of just banging especially in A section.
- Andrea_Buckland
  
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  Fingers Lan Bravo! Great playing!
- Letizia
  
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  Fingers Lan Bravo!
- Fingers_Lan
  
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  Andrea Buckland Thanks a lot.
- Fingers_Lan
  
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  Letizia Thank you.
- Amateur piano enthusiast
- Marc_M
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OK, super last minute...here's my submission (chopin 10 4): https://youtu.be/wOciCHLlS00

Still a work in progress, so nevermind the errors throughout! 😂