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updated 2 yrs agoMon. June 20, 2022 - 6:34 pm
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Andrea Buckland2 yrs agoMon. July 4, 2022 - 9:29 pm

Improve your Scales!

Scales are integral to your technique - all of music is built on them! They are singularly one of the most important things to master for piano playing!

Fellow Participants in Group 1:

Vidhya Bashyam

Michael

Andrea Buckland

Denise

hanqi4

Barbara Blakeslee

Sindre Skarelven

Jarkko Janhunen

Gail Starr

Harry Neuwirth

Peter Hirsch

Susan Rogers

Fides Cutiongco

Alistair Bertram

Some tonebase productions to get you started

"Creative Scale Practice" with Jarred Dunn

C Major Pattern Scales with Juliana Han

"Choreographing Scales" with Seymour Bernstein

"Scale Technique" with Penelope Roskell

How to get the most out of this course

Start by watching the introduction video and practice the exercises given in the video.
Write a post with your experiences with scales.
Start Practicing Czerny Op.599 no.61, and 69!
Share two videos per week and help your course partners through feedback on their submissions!

Zoom Check-In: Wednesday, June 29th at 11am PT!

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- Ko
- Enko
- 2 yrs agoWed. June 22, 2022 - 6:45 pm
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1st week assignment

C Major scale

https://youtube.com/shorts/GCEI3ii-TAA?feature=share

g minor from Chopin

https://youtube.com/shorts/UMc2ecsF-Mg?feature=share

chromatic scale

https://youtube.com/shorts/vaV5kIIZ5PQ?feature=share

Burgmüller

I skipped the repeat part.

https://youtube.com/shorts/oSvVuqI0FGg?feature=share

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- Vidhya Bashyam
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 3:53 am
  
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  Ko Sounds great!
  
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- Jarkko Janhunen
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 4:07 am
  
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  Ko great playing!
  
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- Andrea Buckland
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 4:52 am
  
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  Ko Your grouping practice sounds really excellent and so does Burgmüller.
  
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- Susan Rogers
  
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  2 yrs agoFri. June 24, 2022 - 6:23 am
  
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  Ko fast fingers! :)
  
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- Gail Starr
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 1:26 am
  
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  Ko Super job!
  
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- hanqi4
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 6:55 am
  
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  Ko Nice tempo playing Burgmüller. I should curve my fingers more like you.
  
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- Alistair Bertram
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- 2 yrs agoWed. June 22, 2022 - 9:46 pm
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Ahh so I kept forgetting to record things so I just how a few clips of me trying to learn to Play C Major quickly and slowly becoming more frustrated aha oh well.It’s slowly getting there I can go up and down the scale separately but can’t do a full run. Also realised I was rushing whilst practicing and need to slow down more.

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- Andrea Buckland
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 4:54 am
  
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  Alistair Bertram your fingers run nice and fast
  
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- Susan Rogers
  
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  2 yrs agoFri. June 24, 2022 - 9:14 pm
  
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  Alistair Nice, the individual strands sound great! I look forward to hearing it when you get them linked together!
  
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- Gail Starr
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 1:24 am
  
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  Alistair Bertram You’re doing great!
  
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- Ko
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 1:34 am
  
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  Alistair Bertram like the light touch sounds !
  
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- hanqi4
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 6:57 am
  
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  Alistair Bertram Each section sounds very smooth. Nice learning process!
  
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- Alistair Bertram
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 8:26 am
  
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  Andrea Buckland thank you!
  
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- Alistair Bertram
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 8:28 am
  
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  Susan Rogers thank you hopefully I will be able to soon!
  
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- Alistair Bertram
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 8:28 am
  
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  Gail Starr thank you!
  
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- Alistair Bertram
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 8:29 am
  
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  Ko thank you Ive been trying to make my touch lighter.
  
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- Alistair Bertram
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 8:30 am
  
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  hanqi4 thank you I've been working on making the cross smooth.
  
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- Vidhya Bashyam
- vbashyam
- 2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 3:37 am
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Parts 1 and 2 of this weeks assignment. Enjoyed the Burgmuller. Playing C major with the groupings was harder than I thought it would be but I can see how it would help in gaining speed. Rewatched Jarred Dunn’s lessons on scales and also Penelope Roskell’s lesson. Definitely have questions on my technique (hand shape/alignment/position on keys, etc) after watching those videos.

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- Jarkko Janhunen
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 4:03 am
  
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  Vidhya Bashyam beautiful!
  
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- Andrea Buckland
  
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  2 yrs agoThu. June 23, 2022 - 4:40 am
  
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  Vidhya Bashyam great, Vidhya! You have a very sensitive touch. I always love your playing.
  
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- Vidhya Bashyam
  
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  2 yrs agoFri. June 24, 2022 - 1:58 am
  
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  Andrea Buckland Thanks Andrea!
  
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- Vidhya Bashyam
  
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  2 yrs agoFri. June 24, 2022 - 1:58 am
  
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  Jarkko Janhunen Thank you!
  
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- Gail Starr
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 1:23 am
  
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  Vidhya Bashyam I love your phrasing on the Burgmueller!
  
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- Ko
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 1:37 am
  
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  Vidhya Bashyam Sounds great !
  
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- Vidhya Bashyam
  
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  2 yrs agoSat. June 25, 2022 - 2:32 am
  
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  Gail Starr Thanks Gail!
  
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