Week 1: Taking your first steps!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE 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 May 22 - May 29 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Here is this week's assignment!
1. Pick a Lyric Piece of Grieg to study and let us know!
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Here's my first practice video of the "March of the Dwarfs". It's really a fun piece but I clearly need to spend more time on it.
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Gail Starr That's great Gail! I was never able to get the 5 note figure smooth, no matter the speed - unsafe at any speed! The middle section reminds me of my days in marching band. You march in, pause in front of the bandstand where all the dignitaries are sitting, and play your best piece, then march out. So I hear the dwarves marching in, they halt, and the the dwarf daughters come out and do a little sweet dance - then they march out...
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Sam Smith Hey, I think we are playing the same dwarf “movie” in our heads!
DM me and I’ll show you a trick for doing those 5-note patterns. I think you have my contact info from Utako’s group?
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Gail Starr thanks for posting! It sounds nice! Look forward to listening to your next video.
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Natalie Peh Thanks! Are you learning a Grieg piece, too?
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Gail Starr yes! I have been listening to many of the lyric pieces yesterday, all quite adorable. I picked opus 71, nos 1, Once upon a time, and 5, Norgwegian dance. My goal is to get Once upon a time ready by the end of the challenge, hopefully!
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Natalie Peh Nice choices!
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Gail Starr this is great. Now you've got me wanting to try "March of the Dwarfs"! Keep going and can't wait to hear more.
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Gail Starr Gail, your playing is beautiful. Such a fun piece! I look forward to hearing more.
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Gail Starr — Loved listening to this! And you learned so much in a really short time.
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Gail Starr What a lively piece, Gail! You play it with vibrant rhythm and beautiful sound, can't wait to hear more...
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Very nice! Great start, and good contrasts. Those octaves are not easy. Thanks. Looking forward to hearing the whole thing.
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Natalie Peh Can't wait to hear you! I'm traveling on tomorrow to see my son's new apartment, so I'll be in a hotel Saturday morning without a piano. I'll make another practice video today of my Grieg to share with everyone on Saturday.
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Juan Carlos Olite Thank you, dear friend! I won't have access to a piano this Saturday because we are driving to visit our son in his new town, so I'll make another practice video today that we can watch on Saturday. It SEEMS like a never am near a piano on Saturday mornings!
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Michelle R Thanks! I'm going to try to make another practice video this evening.
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Gail Starr Looking forward to you video and catching up this Saturday!
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Gail Starr Really enjoyed listening on those pieces you've played. It's my first time to hear it. As for the first piece, I felt that you've brought the character to live! Well done.
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CK Lau Thank you! Which piece are you learning?
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Gail Starr great piece and sounding v crisp already!!
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Derek McConville I still have a ton of work to do on it, but I'm getting ready for a chamber music weekend and working on Brahms!
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Gail Starr that sounds exciting, best of luck with the Brahms!!
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Hi everyone! Here is the link to me practicing the last 27. Measures of Gade. Something funky happened at the fz measure, but this is practicing, right??? Hhahaha.
I am making an attempt to learn all 4 that caught my ear.
Arietta, because it’s pretty and delicate.
Spring Dance, because I like it.
Gabe, because I like it, all the chord changes, and interplay of the melody between R and L hands.
Summer Evening. It is different than what I normally would choose, and intrigues me.
So, stay tuned for more practice videos of the above.
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Jennifer Mehta Great playing and great choices! I picked Arietta too for the same reason.
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Jennifer Mehta Lovely playing! Looking forward to hear you play these :)
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Jennifer Mehta Very pretty, Jennifer. I can't wait to hear more!
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Jennifer Mehta Nice playing, Jennifer! Can't wait to hear more!
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