Chamber Music Secrets!
For the first time EVER on tonebase live, we are pulling back the curtain on the secrets of chamber music! Content leads Dominic Cheli, piano, Christian Kim, violin, and Daniel Lelchuk, cello, will team up LIVE from the tonebase studios to bring you this unique insight into the world of chamber music. How to rehearse? What to say? How to deal with uncomfortable musical disagreements? Don't miss what is sure to be one of the best streams yet!
Follow this event link to tune in!
https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/chamber-music-secrets
We are going to be using this thread to gather suggestions and questions!
- What questions do you have on this topic?
- Any particular area you would like me to focus on?
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Awesome! I’ve been hoping for something like this!
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I’d love pointers about how to keep the group together when everyone is sight reading a piece for the first time?
Also, how do you gently inform your group’s members that the pianist really needs to be the one in the driver’s seat since we are the only folks who see the whole score?
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Gail Starr I used to have coaching sessions with my piano quartet. One coach was my piano teacher, the other one was a string teacher. My piano teacher bluntly told the string players that I am the driver.
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Fides Cutiongco I love that idea! Now I just need to find a coach who isn’t a string player.
(Maybe THAT’s our problem? The coach we had was an amazing viola player!
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Great timing! Yihan needs all the advice for his Junior Concerto competition!
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Thanks very much for organising this live session.
I have a few questions based on my experience in a quartet and from several workshops I attended:
How should one approach the first sightreading session for a piece? Are there rules professionals adhere to about preparing a new piece?
How should one approach the indications given by the editor of a score (e.g. one of my colleagues always wants to play the bowings 'as written' to the detriment of good sound, although many bowing indications are beyond our pay grade as amateurs)? Do you "re-edit" the score according to your wishes? If so, when is this done? Ath the first reading or is it a gradual process as the rehearsals progress?
Is it the person with the highest technical competence who should be leading the group?
Do you record practice sessions and later have a discussion on the performance?
Best,
Sedef
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Have you each played each other's instruments? How many cellos, pianos, violins do you have? Which instrument is preferred and why? Which piece would you like to play? What's your practice routine?
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This was delightful! I enjoyed this so much! Thank you to all three of you! And to those who asked questions, too! Such a thoughtful, respectful, informational and fun approach to music making!
