Public Space for "Improve Your MOZART Sonata With Orli Shaham!"

Fresh off the release of her tonebase course “Inside Mozart’s Piano Sonatas,” Orli Shaham is here to help take you to the next step with your Mozart playing.
This Intensive is meant for pianists who are currently working on a movement from one of Mozart’s 18 Sonatas. Whether you’re just getting started with the “Easy Sonata” K. 545, or are trying to polish one of his more virtuosic Sonatas, you WILL improve your improve your technique and interpretation of Mozart and Classical Sonata Form.
WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SPACE OF "Improve Your MOZART Sonata With Orli Shaham!"
Unfortunately, you haven’t been randomly selected to participate in one of the groups. But you can still follow along with this month’s assignments in the Public Space and interact there with fellow community members!
Why don’t you start by saying hello to everybody and tell us what you look forward to for the next two weeks?
ASSIGNMENT 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbqGvTN2aB4&feature=emb_title
ASSIGNMENT: Pick a movement from one of Mozart's 18 Sonatas to focus on over the next 2 weeks. Begin applying the stylistic, musical, and technical tips Orli gives in her course lessons and assignment video (see below). Post your progress in this thread along with questions for Orli.
Video clips are encouraged but not required!
For less experienced players, you should start with the C major, K545 1st movement. There’s no obligation to finish a movement in 2 weeks – you might only get through a single passage, and that's okay! And overachievers are welcome to work on more than one movement.
What matters is how much you can develop your skills within whatever scope you’re comfortable with. If you’re working on a Fantasy, Rondo, Adagio, or other Mozart piece that’s not a Sonata, that’s fine. But we encourage you to study a movement from a Sonata as well.“Inside Mozart’s Piano Sonatas”:
https://app.tonebase.co/piano/home?tbModal=courseModal&tbModalSlug=orli-shaham-inside-mozarts-piano-sonatas
- REQUIRED: (1) Watch the “Quick tips” video first, and try the warm up and exercises Orli recommends before your practice sessions; (2) Watch the Intro video on the History & Style of the Sonatas; (3) Watch the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd movement video corresponding with you sonata.
- OPTIONAL: You may benefit from studying the video on “Ornamenting Mozart” and “Mozart in Minor,” to the extent that it applies to your piece.
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I'm having a tough time picking a movement to work on! i think I'll listen to Orli's recordings this evening and just grab the first one that sparkles to me!
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I have never studied a Mozart Sonata! Sorry for that. But, I watched Orli Shaham's tutorials on tonebass! I was charmed and impressed by her love for Mozart's Sonatas, what a passionate women. She helped me listened to each measure, each note, each air with enthusiasm. On this momentum I printed the whole book of Mozart sonatas. I will therefore, by November 15, choose a sonata and work on one of its sections with pleasure. Thank you Tonebass for teaching us so much, I have a heart full of gratitude for all that, even if I'm not a great pianist, I'm learning a lot from you all!
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I've gone through all the required videos. The finger stretches are not new to me, though I used them in hand-balancing and didn't think about using them for piano as well. The only problem I had with them was that doing them at the piano didn't allow me to keep each finger lined up with its respective joint. We were always so careful about that when I did them before, but we also did them with a little more potential weight (vertical weight, rather than the horizontal pressure) so perhaps that is the difference.
I'm such a kinesthetic learner, that watching the other exercises (especially the Brahms one for trills) confused me somewhat. Visual is my least available learning modality, so I'll have to use the workbook and hope that having the fingering will help my brain to figure it out.
I thoroughly enjoyed the history/style lecture. Looking forward to seeing other thoughts and hopefully some videos from everyone.
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Here we go: Sonata KV 282 1st movement exposition 2nd attempt. (I had to cut out the first one… 😊 ).
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I was working on K545 so I will keep working on it. Hopefully I will have something to share soon.
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First approach to this sonata. Trills are an authentic headache in the first movement. I'd like to try more videos of this piece (third movement, another of the first movement...) but there is not much time in two weeks course.