Group 1
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
Ko
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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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.
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Ko Sounds great!
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Ko great playing!
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Ko Your grouping practice sounds really excellent and so does Burgmüller.
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Ko fast fingers! :)
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Ko Super job!
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Ko Nice tempo playing Burgmüller. I should curve my fingers more like you.
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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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Alistair Bertram your fingers run nice and fast
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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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Alistair Bertram You’re doing great!
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Alistair Bertram like the light touch sounds !
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Alistair Bertram Each section sounds very smooth. Nice learning process!
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Andrea Buckland thank you!
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Susan Rogers thank you hopefully I will be able to soon!
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Gail Starr thank you!
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Ko thank you Ive been trying to make my touch lighter.
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hanqi4 thank you I've been working on making the cross smooth.
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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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Vidhya Bashyam beautiful!
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Vidhya Bashyam great, Vidhya! You have a very sensitive touch. I always love your playing.
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Andrea Buckland Thanks Andrea!
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Jarkko Janhunen Thank you!
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Vidhya Bashyam I love your phrasing on the Burgmueller!
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Vidhya Bashyam Sounds great !
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Gail Starr Thanks Gail!
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