What are you playing now?
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I hear you. I’ve barely attempted him.
Rachmaninoff is hard too. And I’ve spent years with his music.
wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 02:25 last edited by@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...
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wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 02:45 last edited by
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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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.
wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 02:51 last edited by@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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wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 02:55 last edited by
Spider Solitaire… I have beat ever single Daily Challenge this month!
Oh… You meant Music…
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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.
wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 02:56 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 04:03 last edited by
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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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?
wrote on 14 Feb 2023, 04:40 last edited by@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!
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wrote on 15 Feb 2023, 04:18 last edited by
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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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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wrote on 16 Feb 2023, 02:48 last edited by
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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15 days later
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wrote on 2 Mar 2023, 16:05 last edited by Horace 3 Feb 2023, 16:09
I resurrected the Goldberg Aria, and was watching this:
Link to videoI was struck by how his piano sounds. I mean by how not really great his piano sounds. Maybe it's just my subjective opinion. But I do notice that real pianists don't care as much about the piano as we dilettantes. Denk's piano would drive me nuts. My wife randomly met a piano professor at Rice who we've been out with a couple times. She thinks the whole fascination with this or that instrument is useless. She didn't know how big her Boston grand at home was. But she rolls her eyes when anybody thinks anything is the piano's fault. Unless it's not in tune.
Then there's Glenn Gould's immortally bad piano:
Link to video
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4 months later
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wrote on 18 Jun 2023, 16:51 last edited by
Continuing work on the Pathetique. I'm about ⅔ of the way through the 3rd movement. It goes quickly because the rondo theme is repeated so many times!
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wrote on 18 Jun 2023, 16:53 last edited by
Beethoven or Billy Joel?
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wrote on 18 Jun 2023, 17:28 last edited by
Working on two Schubert Impromptus from Op 90
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wrote on 18 Jun 2023, 17:35 last edited by
Finished the f minor invention, and living with it every day as an ongoing project. Now working on the c# minor fugue from WTC1, an all time favorite of mine. The last entrance of the main subject at 4:59 is my favorite moment in the keyboard repertoire.
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Finished the f minor invention, and living with it every day as an ongoing project. Now working on the c# minor fugue from WTC1, an all time favorite of mine. The last entrance of the main subject at 4:59 is my favorite moment in the keyboard repertoire.
Link to videowrote on 18 Jun 2023, 17:49 last edited by@Horace said in What are you playing now?:
Finished the f minor invention, and living with it every day as an ongoing project
Remember JazzyD from the 1st incarnation of the Coffee Room?
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wrote on 18 Jun 2023, 23:24 last edited by
The Chopin Scherzo #2 (op 31) is coming along there are 4 pages that need work to bring them up to something approaching tempo. It will take a few more weeks to get it solid. I'm also making progress on the Rachmaninov Liebesleid which I've been working on bringing back into repertoire. It also will need some time.
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16 days later
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wrote on 5 Jul 2023, 00:51 last edited by George K 7 May 2023, 00:53
Started working on this about 2 weeks ago. Exposition is about 75% under my fingers.
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wrote on 5 Jul 2023, 03:55 last edited by
The first movement of D664 is wonderful, and Richter has a decent tempo for it. That's a great choice.
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The first movement of D664 is wonderful, and Richter has a decent tempo for it. That's a great choice.
wrote on 5 Jul 2023, 12:05 last edited by George K 7 May 2023, 12:10@kluurs said in What are you playing now?:
Richter has a decent tempo for it
Yes, in fact, listening to many recordings of it, I find that I'm being too aggressive with tempo. I need to slow it down.
Also, struggling with measure 33 - the best way to finger it. Doing it all in the left hand is, for me, awkward.
I'm thinking play the 2nd three notes of the first triplet with the right hand, the 2nd triplet with the left, etc., ending with left hand 3rd finger on the last note.
