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Heh, that's always the goal right! Wanted to wrap up this one though; new pieces are coming fast and furious in my G4 class!

Thanks! The Trinity syllabus has a couple gems at the G3 and G4 level.

Thanks!

Thanks, this was a fun one!

Agree. Looking forward to learning more of his stuff.

I wouldn't call it perfect, but thanks!!

@@tedatthepiano do we Seen us again 🎹🖖?

Thanks!

Yes, it was!

Thanks, hope you enjoy learning it. It's among my favorites from the AMB notebook.

Thanks!

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Yeah, she has a number of multi-book collections of Romantic style pieces. Quite a prolific composer of beginner/intermediate stuff!

Thanks Jen!

I probably ran a mile before being consciously aware that this was playing in my head to my 80bpm running cadence! Ugg ...

Thanks David! Always appreciate your encouraging comments!

Thanks!

Thanks Jen!

Oh man, you're absolutely right. Thanks for catching that. I actually went through and jotted down the chords (I wrote Dm for that bar) and was intending to "check my answers" but never did. Doing so probably would have helped spot that error. Ah well!

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Thanks!

Hi Bryan! A great piece isn't it!? Among my favorites from the grade two class.

@@tedatthepiano Can’t believe it’s level 2. I’m finding it super tricky. Stick in the first eight measures

Legato 3rds in the RH when moving down the keyboard (i.e. 5-3, 4-2, 3-1) seem to be a lot easier for me than moving back up for some reason!

Likely. I didn't spend a ton of time on this one and was pushing the tempo for this recording, so rhythm is probably a little shaky. There are a lot of good etude-like pieces from the same collection - I've worked on a few (Funny Puppy, In My Dreams) and plan on a couple more (Moonlight on the Water, Celebration).

Thanks!

Ha, thanks. I do think after I wrap up this grade 3 class that I need to spend some time on (otherwise neglected) scales and technical exercise to get a little quicker. At least that's my hope!

Thanks James!

Thanks!

It is the Piano Adventures version - no trills indicated.

Thanks Jen!

Yes, I do appreciate the Alexander and Mier romantic-style compositions at the late beginner level for that reason.

Thanks! It's always amazing to me how clunky things are when starting a piece, then a few weeks later it just flows. (Of course knowing it took 20+ takes to get a decent recording is another matter!)

@@tedatthepiano Waaw, really... Well it should not surprize anyone. This is an art in itself as well as playing, remarcable, congratulations🙂.

Nice! It's a fun one.

Thanks David. The 5/4 time signature was definitely interesting.

Thanks!!

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Thanks! Think I'd still consider this one my favorite to date.

I just discover it even If I know Sibelius since many years So simple yet so beautiful

I just noticed maybe a little mistake on the left hand chord at 0:39 0:40, in others versions a heard a Bb and a F, but you play D and A Maybe it depends on the sheet music but get a listen on other versions.. I might be wrong !

@@Skhal Good call, you are correct. I ended up transcribing the sheet to split the hands into separate staves (added my pdf to the description) so that's how that error came about. I knew something sounded off there but never dug into it!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Ha, indeed. Thanks!

Thanks. Sometimes things fall into place nicely. Oftentimes not!

Heh. After I recorded it I thought "awesome, nailed it!" and promptly called it a night. This morning while listening back, my reaction was "oooo, yeah... not really." Damn you beers!

Thanks! Absolutely. The first couple weeks was mostly cursing and frustration vs. peaceful and calm!

Thanks Susan, very kind words. Sounds like we're in a similar spot - fun, isn't it! I like the variety in pieces that the course I'm taking provides (which pulls from the RCM syllabus). I much prefer spending two or three weeks on grade-appropriate pieces rather than months on something that is levels beyond my ability.

Thanks! Yeah, I have a feeling I'll revisit it at some point, along with others from op. 100. A good foray into Burgmuller.

Yeah, I'm enjoying the 3rd movement of this sonatina the most. Looking forward to putting it all together, if only to call it done!

Thanks! Typical technique where you are lifting and depressing the pedal right after pressing the new note/chord so everything stays connected. Allysia calls it 'syncopated pedaling', others call it legato (or overlapping, or delayed) pedaling. So yeah, clearing the pedal immediately after the beat (not on the beat) so you don't end up with gaps in sound.

@@tedatthepiano I hadn't heard it referred to s syncopated before, but yes, legato I'm familiar with - thanks for the explanation!

Yeah, it's a good technical exercise for sure.

Thanks Rick!

Thanks David!

Thanks, glad you find it helpful. Enjoy CPP-1 - Allysia has put together a great series of course.

Thanks!