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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

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    @jon-nyc said in What are you playing now?:

    Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

    No, they won't, and if you are honest to yourself they were never in anything close to serviceable shape.

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      I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

      Goldberg Aria
      Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
      Brahms 21.1
      Brahms 116.4
      Maple Leaf Rag
      WTC1 c# Major prelude

      Education is extremely important.

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        around 1:53 in this Van Cliburn recording, a little less con brio, much better

        Link to video

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        • HoraceH Horace

          I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

          Goldberg Aria
          Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
          Brahms 21.1
          Brahms 116.4
          Maple Leaf Rag
          WTC1 c# Major prelude

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          kluurs
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          #24

          @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

          I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

          Goldberg Aria
          Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
          Brahms 21.1
          Brahms 116.4
          Maple Leaf Rag
          WTC1 c# Major prelude

          That's great to hear given all you've been through.

          HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
          • kluursK kluurs

            @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

            I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

            Goldberg Aria
            Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
            Brahms 21.1
            Brahms 116.4
            Maple Leaf Rag
            WTC1 c# Major prelude

            That's great to hear given all you've been through.

            HoraceH Offline
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            Horace
            wrote on last edited by
            #25

            @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

            @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

            I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

            Goldberg Aria
            Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
            Brahms 21.1
            Brahms 116.4
            Maple Leaf Rag
            WTC1 c# Major prelude

            That's great to hear given all you've been through.

            Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

            Education is extremely important.

            kluursK 1 Reply Last reply
            • KlausK Klaus

              @jon-nyc said in What are you playing now?:

              Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

              No, they won't, and if you are honest to yourself they were never in anything close to serviceable shape.

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              @Klaus said in What are you playing now?:

              @jon-nyc said in What are you playing now?:

              Working on/brushing off three Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau and two preludes. Hopefully they’ll be in serviceable shape for late March for my midwestern visit.

              No, they won't, and if you are honest to yourself they were never in anything close to serviceable shape.

              True, of course they’ll be superb. I should dispense with the false humility already, everyone here knows I’m a genius at the piano.

              You were warned.

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              • HoraceH Horace

                @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

                Goldberg Aria
                Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
                Brahms 21.1
                Brahms 116.4
                Maple Leaf Rag
                WTC1 c# Major prelude

                That's great to hear given all you've been through.

                Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

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                @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

                Goldberg Aria
                Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
                Brahms 21.1
                Brahms 116.4
                Maple Leaf Rag
                WTC1 c# Major prelude

                That's great to hear given all you've been through.

                Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

                It's truly wonderful news. I was saddened at the thought that someone with your talent wouldn't be able to play.

                HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
                • kluursK kluurs

                  @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                  @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                  @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                  I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

                  Goldberg Aria
                  Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
                  Brahms 21.1
                  Brahms 116.4
                  Maple Leaf Rag
                  WTC1 c# Major prelude

                  That's great to hear given all you've been through.

                  Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

                  It's truly wonderful news. I was saddened at the thought that someone with your talent wouldn't be able to play.

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                  @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                  @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                  @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                  @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                  I picked up piano again last week. The Schulze Pollmann actually sounds pretty good.

                  Goldberg Aria
                  Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
                  Brahms 21.1
                  Brahms 116.4
                  Maple Leaf Rag
                  WTC1 c# Major prelude

                  That's great to hear given all you've been through.

                  Thanks Kluurs. The thumb is a minor hindrance, but I think it won’t make a big difference after I get used to it.

                  It's truly wonderful news. I was saddened at the thought that someone with your talent wouldn't be able to play.

                  Thanks Kluurs! Not sure about the talent part, but I'm surprised at how fun it's been getting back into it. Piano sounds better than I remember. And something gelled in my head with sight reading, so that now, while I'm still a horrible sight reader, at least practicing it isn't painful to my brain.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Bach is hard.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      jon-nyc
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                      I hear you. I’ve barely attempted him.

                      Rachmaninoff is hard too. And I’ve spent years with his music.

                      You were warned.

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        I hear you. I’ve barely attempted him.

                        Rachmaninoff is hard too. And I’ve spent years with his music.

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                        @jon-nyc as a kid, I learned the C#minor prelude (I forget the Op and #). I had under my fingers pretty well.

                        I looked a the G minor a few days ago. The arpeggios in the B section are doable, and, as a matter of fact, so are the A and C sections, if I don't hurry (or, as my teacher says, "snowball.").

                        I'm working on Bach's Italian Concerto, and as much as I love the music, I find it so frustrating that "muscle memory," doesn't work. You have to really KNOW what Bach was doing.

                        For example here...

                        Look at what he does...

                        In the bass clef, he ascends in the key of F major.

                        In the treble clef, he ascends starting on the D.

                        So many patterns...

                        Screenshot 2023-02-13 at 8.18.48 PM.png

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Been working on the 9th two part invention today. Would like to get it into my fingers and then live with it for a few years.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            Been working on the 9th two part invention today. Would like to get it into my fingers and then live with it for a few years.

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                            @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                            Been working on the 9th two part invention today.

                            The inventions are fun...and frustrating. I have the Bd under my fingers. The A-minor works - sometimes.

                            I always found the F major fun, and tricky.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                            HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
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                              Spider Solitaire… I have beat ever single Daily Challenge this month!

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                              Oh… You meant Music…

                              The Brad

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                              • George KG George K

                                @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                                Been working on the 9th two part invention today.

                                The inventions are fun...and frustrating. I have the Bd under my fingers. The A-minor works - sometimes.

                                I always found the F major fun, and tricky.

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                                @George-K said in What are you playing now?:

                                @Horace said in What are you playing now?:

                                Been working on the 9th two part invention today.

                                The inventions are fun...and frustrating. I have the Bd under my fingers. The A-minor works - sometimes.

                                I always found the F major fun, and tricky.

                                A Minor was always one of my favorites. But something about 9 is drawing me in. I never found a three part invention that I really liked, oddly.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  I've been trying to get my hands back in shape and playing WTC Bk1 c-minor prelude along with the last movement of Beethoven op 57. Why play Hanon when one can work on these and get a great workout?

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                                  • kluursK kluurs

                                    I've been trying to get my hands back in shape and playing WTC Bk1 c-minor prelude along with the last movement of Beethoven op 57. Why play Hanon when one can work on these and get a great workout?

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                                    @kluurs said in What are you playing now?:

                                    I've been trying to get my hands back in shape and playing WTC Bk1 c-minor prelude along with the last movement of Beethoven op 57. Why play Hanon when one can work on these and get a great workout?

                                    I had a conversation with Mark J. about this. His teacher always said not to bother with Hanon and other exercises.

                                    If you can play the pieces that you mentioned, you’re going to get all the exercise that you need!

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Bach outsmarted all the copy editors with the ninth invention. I have three different editions and the accidentals don’t agree between any two of them.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • HoraceH Horace

                                        Bach outsmarted all the copy editors with the ninth invention. I have three different editions and the accidentals don’t agree between any two of them.

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                                        @Horace Awesome. All missed notes can be justified with one text or another.

                                        You were warned.

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                                          Speaking of Bach, I am revisiting the English Suites. Currently reading the Gavotte II from Suite 6 BWV 811.

                                          Fun little piece.

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