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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @Jack Stewart @joosje Thank you both. I am getting a bit more comfortable with the piece, but some sections still sound problematic to me when I listen back.…
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @JUAN ALONSO This is wonderful, Juan! You have such a beautiful tone and fluid phrasing, and that only comes with many, many hours of practice. This might be my all-time favorite piece by Sor,…
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together @Jack Stewart This is just amazing, Jack! It is such an effective transcription. Your playing is quite impressive as well. I don't know what your written score looks like,…
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Re: Week 4: The Flow of Practice: Bringing It Together Regondi Etude 1 (Dec 6) Another update. Finally playing with no score in front of me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Wai I just listened to what you played, and that sounds right to me. In the first measure you circled, I think the G# and F are to be played together (simultaneously with the low E in the bass).…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Jack Stewart This is truly remarkable, Jack! I am no arranger, but it strikes as a very effective arrangement. The emotional arc of the music comes through very clearly.…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Wai Love it! This piece has so much intensity and drama packed into a minute and a half. It's one of the highlights of my favorite opus by Giuliani. Great playing,…
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @Vilio Celli Lovely, Vilio! That seems to be quite a test of endurance.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles Regondi Etude 1 (Dec 3) Another update. I do pretty much have it memorized, but I kept the score in front of me as a bit of a security blanket. I did play the coda without the score, and naturally,…
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Re: The Joys of playing easy pieces (for those aging fingers and wrists...) Amen! I could not agree more. Easy pieces bring me so much joy, and never stop teaching me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles @joosje Well done, Joosje! You really capture the baroque aesthetic, it seems to me.
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Re: Week 3: Turning Points: Overcoming Hurdles Regondi Etude 1 Nov 28 Here's another update. It's a couple baby steps ahead of my last post. Today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., so I just want to say how thankful I am to this community and for…
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Re: Week 2: Finding Momentum: Small Steps, Big Progress @joosje Great job, Joosje! The articulation gives it such a nice sense of pulse.
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