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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions @Barney @David Krupka @Blaise Laflamme @Dale Needles @Wai I'd love to have a community-driven challenge, even if it is just filling the gap until Martin's (hopeful ) return.…
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Re: Carlevaro - Compositions @Dale Needles Masterful as always, Dale! I find music is the best remedy for the madness. My apologies to @Blaise Laflamme , @David Krupka , and any other Tonebase Canadians.…
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Re: "Easy Pieces" Mini Challenge @Mark Thirlwell This is great, Mark! One of my favorite pieces, though I’m not sure I would consider it easy.
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Re: Week 1: Left-Hand Mastery with Arturo Hello Arturo. Here is a small excerpt from a piece I am working on that might work to illustrate what you are teaching. Note that I am playing a different fingering for the first chord.
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- New Year, Better Technique!
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches Sor - Andante Op 43 No 5 My lack of progress on Regondi's Etude 6 has been really frustrating me. When I get frustrated, I turn to Sor (I know, big surprise).…
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- End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
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Re: the tonebase End of the Year Concert! @martin No worries, thanks Martin.
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: the tonebase End of the Year Concert! If it’s not too late, could I play a piece? I’d like to play the Sor I have been working on (Andante Op 32 No 5).
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. Darn autocorrect! That issue has nothing to do with being out of the country. I have had it here stateside for about a month now.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Jim King Great job, Jim! Good dynamic control.
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Derek Beautiful, Derek! Merry Christmas to you as well!
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Andre Bernier Great playing, Andre, and Merry Christmas to you too!
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Sam Greenblatt Incredible! It's like you're running to keep up to a speeding train. Not only did you keep up, though, but you played it very musically.
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @JUAN ALONSO Another of my favorites. Sounds great, Juan!
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Wai Wow! I have played several pieces from this opus, but I never even consider trying this one. You not only tried it, you succeeded quite well at getting it under your fingers. Amazing!
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @joosje These are wonderful, Joosje! The largo just melts the heart, but then the allegro brings it right back again. And it sounds like they are nearly up to performance level,…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches A couple updates: Sor Op 32 No 5 - I have kept working on this, trying to make it more fluid and more expressive. Regondi Etude 6 B section - I am playing this VERY slowly here.…
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Re: Music school Recommendations! @magmasystems I didn’t know that about Ben Verdery, but like Magma above, I am sure he will be succeeded by someone great. And I also agree that going to a smaller,…
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- 2 mths ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Music school Recommendations! I have heard that Yale actually has an endowment, and the program is free to anyone who is chosen. The teacher is Ben Verdery. I live in Rochester, NY, and obviously the Eastman School of Music is…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @joosje Thanks - the camera man is none other than myself! I'm just moving my laptop around.
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches Regondi - Etude 6 (Dec 23) To kick off this challenge, I was working on Regondi's Etude 1. My favorite of his etudes, however, is definitely this one. I started with number 1 as it seemed more…
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Dale Needles I hear you. If my wife and I didn’t have two teenage children, we would seriously consider moving out of the country.
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Dale Needles Thanks, Dale. All I meant by “gussied up” is that I’ve practiced it more - fewer mistakes and hopefully more expressive than my post from last week.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches @Dale Needles Welcome Back, Dale, and it’s great to hear your playing again!
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 6:Reflections on the Journey: Final Touches Sor - Andante Op 32 No 5 Here is a gussied up version of the Sor I posted last week.
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Re: Week 5: A Polished Finish: Preparing to Showcase Sorry for not posting for a while. I was having some pain in my left hand, so I decided to take a few days away from playing to let my hand rest. I also thought it might be best to play some simpler…
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