Forgotten Favorites - Week Two of Unfinished Business
Welcome to the Main Thread for the second week of "Unfinished Business" practice challenge!
- Choose an piece that you have started to practice but never fully committed to finishing. It could be a an iconic masterpiece, a technical challenge, a sweet little miniature or a piece that you played a long time ago and always wanted to refresh! You're encouraged to experiment with pieces from composers you're not accustomed to or push your boundaries with a technically demanding work. 馃幖
- Commit to regular practice and share your journey with the community. Aim to practice daily and upload at least two videos per week to showcase your progress. This will not only aid in keeping you dedicated and motivated but also enables you to share your musical journey with our tonebase family. 馃帴
How is the challenge going for you so far? Are you starting to feel some progress towards your goals? Are there certain passages which are feeling unattainable? Post about them this week and get some help from me and other users!
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I've always started at the beginning, which is why things are going quite well. So my plan is to work backwards. There are some figures, especially those guitar-like chords, that I'm always inaccurate with and that were really difficult for me. I've realized that it helps to loosen my finger and blow out fast air. I'll see if that helps. I'm open for any help on this.
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Just jumping in here. I've been off for a week! Gig rehearsals for a modern oratorio (bass) start in a week, and then coming up (A, Bb, C) I have the 2nd part for Symphonie Fantastique. First step - rehab! Any suggestions for coming back after a break? To quote Paderewski, "If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, other musicians know it. If I don't practice for three days, everyone knows it."
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thank you! I'm "back" on bass and this weekend will tackle soprano, including the Langenus exercise.
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Happy Saturday everyone!
I feel in some ways I had an easier week this week - partly because I've now recovered from teaching at this summer festival but also because my goal was to just learn the end of the concerto after the cadenza, and it's actually a very short section. But at the same time I've still been making sure to work on the cadenza a little bit each day, as it's still not quite where want it to be.
Next week I need to go to the start of the piece - there are nearly four pages of music so I might just try to do the first two next week and then the last page and a half the week following. I'm a little concerned about the next week since I have two concerts next week with different programmes, and including some travel (to Norway! Yay!) so I will really need to work to find the time...
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I'm not very happy with this but I'm glad I made the video. I have to audition on Friday so it looks like I need to slow it down, be less frantic, lighter, more expressive/use more dynamics. I've been listening to a lot of recordings and really like Martin Frost's. He uses a much lighter touch than many others and surprisingly doesn't go for speed.
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you have a beautiful tone!
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Donald,
How did your playing go un Symphony Fantastique ?