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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 มี.ค. 2020
I've been making fitness videos choreographed to my own classical piano music recordings. These are some of the videos I created with spare time during 2020-2021. Now I've gravitated more toward piano & posture content, and may add more climbing videos too. Lots of overlap there between core training and finger strength training / prehab.
p.s. Please ignore mentions of my Patreon account, which I've discontinued.
p.s. Please ignore mentions of my Patreon account, which I've discontinued.
Chopin Op. 47, Ballade 3 for Tonebase Holiday Online Recital (December 21, 2024)
Last zoom concert of the year! From the beginning, it felt like I was fighting for my life, constant mental anxiety about memory slips and wondering if I'd injured my right 5th finger climbing (it was not contributing as well as it should and felt weak - you can hear it completely MIA in the melody that repeats 3 times 🤦🏻♀️). Until I actually did have a pretty big memory slip! But I guess the adrenaline from having to dig myself out of that and get back on track really helped my nerves, because I felt really good going into the big finale.
Anyway, it's done! And all 4 of the Chopin Ballades have gotten a lot of work this year.
Ballade 3: 28 hours over the course of really 4.5 weeks (due to travel)
Ballade 2: 32 hours over the course of 6 weeks
Ballade 1: 54 hours over the course of 11 weeks
(I haven't calculated how much time it took me to learn Ballade 4, but now I'm curious.)
Now I just need to start unforgetting them again, starting with Ballade 4 🤪 I'm looking to work on Liszt in 2025, but my vision is that these Chopin Ballades will become my signature pieces, and I'd like to record clean versions of them (not live!)... still have a lot of work to do!
PROGRESS VIDEOS:
- Recording from class recital 3 years ago: th-cam.com/video/wRbGIvLa3-Y/w-d-xo.html (from score, unlisted video)
- Progress Video 0: th-cam.com/video/7cV4lOxe6Rw/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, November 2, 2024)
- Progress Video 1: th-cam.com/video/5egoNfq0ksU/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, December 2, 2024 memory attempt)
- Progress Video 2: th-cam.com/video/6OmgmV8pWSE/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, December 11, 2024 live runthru for friends)
Anyway, it's done! And all 4 of the Chopin Ballades have gotten a lot of work this year.
Ballade 3: 28 hours over the course of really 4.5 weeks (due to travel)
Ballade 2: 32 hours over the course of 6 weeks
Ballade 1: 54 hours over the course of 11 weeks
(I haven't calculated how much time it took me to learn Ballade 4, but now I'm curious.)
Now I just need to start unforgetting them again, starting with Ballade 4 🤪 I'm looking to work on Liszt in 2025, but my vision is that these Chopin Ballades will become my signature pieces, and I'd like to record clean versions of them (not live!)... still have a lot of work to do!
PROGRESS VIDEOS:
- Recording from class recital 3 years ago: th-cam.com/video/wRbGIvLa3-Y/w-d-xo.html (from score, unlisted video)
- Progress Video 0: th-cam.com/video/7cV4lOxe6Rw/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, November 2, 2024)
- Progress Video 1: th-cam.com/video/5egoNfq0ksU/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, December 2, 2024 memory attempt)
- Progress Video 2: th-cam.com/video/6OmgmV8pWSE/w-d-xo.html (unlisted, December 11, 2024 live runthru for friends)
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Chopin Scherzo 2 (Op. 31), recorded February 22, 2018
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I have this old practice/runthru-video posted on another social media platform, and it keeps getting flagged for copyright issues. I'm curious why - plus I realized I haven't uploaded this piece to this channel before - so I'm testing it out on TH-cam. It's one of the pieces I worked on and competed with in high school, and it has been on the list of pieces to revisit and rework now that I have...
For my Grandmother's 100th Birthday: Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat Major 💐💕🫶
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Chopin's lovely yet intense Opus 27 No. 2 reminds me of my small but mighty grandmother. So much has happened in her lifetime, and Chopin captures that range in this Nocturne. I do play this Nocturne on the faster side - overall, it's not a sleepy relaxing piece despite the calm intro. Many recordings settle in at the 6 minute length, Pollini played it much faster, closer to 4.5 to 5 minutes. L...
Happy Halloween with Chopin's Ballade 2 - including a couple of spooky memory slips!
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I "live" performed Chopin's Op. 38 Ballade No. 2 yesterday for Tonebase's Halloween online community concert. Except for the memory slip right at the beginning, I felt like my performance was pretty on par with how it'd gone with my run-thrus with friends. A few more mistakes than when I play on my own, in part due to playing at a faster tempo under pressure, but mostly able to land on my feet....
Progress Video 3: Relearning Chopin's Ballade 2 (tried learning 2 years ago, restarted 1 month ago)
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~ 1 week till playing this for a Halloween-themed online recital! Noticing a lot of things that are working, and others that need some more TLC. Really happy to be revisiting this piece - it's not long or that complicated, but I definitely didn't have the same grasp or understanding of it a couple of years ago. Relearning this piece while reading Lois Svard's "The Musical Brain" book has been e...
Progress Video 2: Relearning Chopin's Ballade 2 (tried learning 2 years ago, restarted 2 weeks ago)
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The word that describes this week's progress is "non-linear"... Main takeaways from this run-thru: 1. My musical memory seems to be solid enough that I'm able to not lose my way despite microblips of forgetfulness. 2. During my piano lesson last weekend, we worked through some changes in technique for the Presto portions and revised fingering for the Coda. These changes will definitely help me ...
Progress Video 1: Relearning Chopin's Ballade 2 (tried learning 2 years ago, restarted 1 week ago)
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I've been working on re-memorizing chunks of this ballade over the last week. I have a lesson this weekend and ideally would like to play this from memory. Here's today's attempt at playing through from memory except where I knew I'd have to peek in measures 97-139. Luckily, that section is not that difficult technically, which I guess perhaps makes it harder for my brain to prioritize memorizi...
Progress Video 0: Relearning Chopin's Ballade 2 (tried learning 2 yrs ago, paused, restarted today)
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I was going to give Chopin repertoire a rest for a bit and focus on some Bach and Schubert, but felt compelled to pull out my score for Chopin's 2nd Ballade. And now I guess I'm committing to relearning it and making more progress than the first time! This is my "starting point" video after playing through it a few times today. As background, I started learning it in May 2022, and then changed ...
Chopin Op. 23, Ballade No. 1 for Tonebase "Summer Crescendo" Online Community Concert (Aug 31, 2024)
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First "live" performance! (You can hear an audience member muting in the beginning.) I played "the heck out of" the piece, or did my best to. Sacrificed some accuracy in exchange for energy and drama, something that I started considering after watching many pros' live performances of Scriabin's famously dramatic Op. 8 No. 12 etude. The quote, "I've learned that people will forget what you said,...
Progress Video 2: Relearning Chopin's 1st Ballade (tried 6 yrs ago, gave up, restarted 2 months ago)
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It's been exactly 1 month since I shared my first progress video for this piece. Since then, I've been working a lot on practicing specific challenging sections, as well as working on some etudes with helpful technique (e.g., Chopin Opus 10 No. 1; Chopin Opus 25 No. 7). Everything is generally okay when I play the sections in isolation - even the coda now. This video is probably on the rougher ...
Happy Anniversary with Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
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Happy anniversary to my wonderful husband! 😘🫶 August is also a big wedding anniversary month for our close family, and I wanted to learn this lovely nocturne to commemorate. (Also because my husband ENTHUSIASTICALLY starts whistling along whenever he hears this piece!) It starts off simply; then Chopin adds more flourishes each time with lots of opportunity for improvisatory riffs. (If I'd know...
Progress Video 1: Relearning Chopin's 1st Ballade (tried 6 yrs ago, gave up, restarted 1 month ago)
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When I restarted learning piano almost 7 years ago, Chopin's 1st Ballade (Opus 23) was one of my wishlist pieces to be able to play. I tried learning it soon after, but clearly wasn't ready for it and my teacher kindly hinted this was the case. Not just technically, but also from a musicianship & theory standpoint. So I put it aside (and watched with envy as countless classmates worked on it). ...
Beethoven Op. 110 1st movement for Tonebase June 2024 Recital
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I played the first movement of Beethoven's Opus 110 piano sonata live this afternoon for Tonebase's June online recital. Even though I was super nervous, I'm glad I did it :) I decided a few weeks ago that I would play this first movement from memory, but it wasn't until two days ago (at my piano lesson) that I committed to playing it live (vs pre-recording). There's always anxiety involved wit...
Happy Father's Day with Beethoven's Pastorale Sonata (Opus 28, 1st movement)
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Did you know that the last notes of Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata spell "Dad"? At least the bass notes do. I was inspired to record this for Father's Day because of the repeated D's in the left hand, reminding me of the stable childhood my dad provided our family, and how I know I can always count on him...The whole sonata, but especially this first movement, also embodies the innocence and simpl...
Happy Mother's Day with Chopin's beautiful Op. 10 No. 3 etude in E major
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Happy Mother's Day with Chopin's beautiful Op. 10 No. 3 etude in E major
Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso Op 14 for Tonebase "May Melodies" Concert
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Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso Op 14 for Tonebase "May Melodies" Concert
Memory resilience test (+ resistance band) for Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14
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Memory resilience test ( resistance band) for Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14
Week 4 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
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Week 4 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
Week 3 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
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Week 3 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
Week 2.5 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
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Week 2.5 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
Week 2 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
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Week 2 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
Week 1 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
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Week 1 progress: Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12 Etude for Tonebase's "A Fresh Start" Challenge
Chopin Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 for Tonebase Community Concert (March 29, 2024)
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Chopin Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 for Tonebase Community Concert (March 29, 2024)
Chopin 4th Ballade learning progress - memory attempt (March 1, 2024)
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Chopin 4th Ballade learning progress - memory attempt (March 1, 2024)
Can this Personal Trainer Learn Chopin's Fourth Ballade? Practice Progress February 9 2024
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Can this Personal Trainer Learn Chopin's Fourth Ballade? Practice Progress February 9 2024
Tonebase "Unfinished Business" Challenge Week 4: Chopin Grand Polonaise update (Sept 6 2023)
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Tonebase "Unfinished Business" Challenge Week 4: Chopin Grand Polonaise update (Sept 6 2023)
Chopin Grand Polonaise Op. 22: Big Picture Check-in for Tonebase Challenge
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Chopin Grand Polonaise Op. 22: Big Picture Check-in for Tonebase Challenge
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 90 (from my Pixel 6's perspective during my recital)
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Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 90 (from my Pixel 6's perspective during my recital)
Sound Joints #1: KNEES Part 1, Easy-to-Moderate (class recording)
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Sound Joints #1: KNEES Part 1, Easy-to-Moderate (class recording)
Sound Joints #3: Lower Back & Hips, Easy-to-Moderate (4K unnarrated)
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Sound Joints #3: Lower Back & Hips, Easy-to-Moderate (4K unnarrated)
Belíssima execução parabéns!!! Bom princípio de ano novo!!!❤
Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you too! 🙏
Absolutely beautiful. A wonderfully romantic composition, so unassumingly flowing and naturally occuring a melody as ever there was one. His torrent etude is my favorite for sheer power and vehemence, and a downright ferocious manner, it reminds me of half of Bruckner's scherzos. Great playing of a staple in the repertoire. Wunderbar.
Thank you again for your kind and discerning comments! Ah the torrent etude, forever on my wishlist of pieces to play!
Excellent playing skills of some lovely Chopin. Wunderbar.
Thank you so much for listening and for your kind comment 🙏💕
I think this composition, which maybe is the most famous Chopin' Nocturne, is the perfect tune. I always wonder how a man had could to compose so many masterpieces like Chopin...this a mistery to me, but this is the power of the genius. Life can never be the same without his music. So, thank you so much for play so well this amazing music that never can be forgotten
Thank you for listening and for sharing such profound thoughts 💖
素敵な演奏をありがとうございます😊🎶❤️
Thank you for your kind words and for listening! 💖
super schön und warm. das Klavier ist so gefühlsvoll gespielt
Vielen dank!
du spielst so kraftvoll und herrlich, welch eine Schöne Unterhaltung. Alles gute. du bist ein sehr talentiertes Mädchen.
Vielen dank!
well played 🧡
Thank you for listening 🙏💖
This is so beautiful! Do t think i have ever heard this puece before. I see why you gave up on it earlier. It is extremely difficult, imo.
Yes, it's beautiful and ends up on many amateur pianists' wishlists for good reason!
Glad to listen your new performance before Christmas. Thanks for sharing your experience
Thank you for listening and for making me practice when I was little 😄😍🙏
It sounds beautiful!! Keep up the wonderful work, and I hope the holidays go well for you <3
Thank you for listening and for your encouragement! Happy holidays to you too!
Admire your persistent enthusiasm to playing piano. Beautiful performance !
Thank you! Happy you enjoyed 💕
How many years does it take to reach this kind of level?
That's a good question with many variables! I can only speak to my own experience... I would say it took me about 6 years of semi-serious study (middle school + high school) to get to a point to be able to learn & play this Scherzo. I'd been taking piano lessons for 7-8 years before that, but not learning in a focused way. Even when I was learning this Scherzo, I'm sure there were plenty of weeks when I was just hurriedly squeezing in practice 1x/week right before my lessons 😅
Amazing🎉🎉🌹☺️👏🏼🎶
Thank you!
Beautiful performance of what is perhaps Chopin's most beautiful Nocturne
So kind of you to listen and comment. Thank you!
Parabéns belíssimo trabalho!!!❤
Thank you so much!
Wonderful 👌 Thank you and Happy Anniversary 💚
Thank you so much!
Good Morning from Poland. Country of Frederic Chopin. I would love to be a piano only to have the privilege of being seen, attracted, touched, possessed and caressed by the hands of Judy. She plays the piano with his soul, sensitivity and fragility at the same time. Seing him at here was one of a lifetime experience. Thank You, Judy...
I'm speechless! Thank you!
This has been my favorite Chopin Nocturne since grade school. When I was in my early teens, I memorized the right hand melody of this great piece. I enjoyed playing it for many years because I just could not memorize all those jumping chords the left hand. I've never had piano lessons, but I learned to read notes by reading John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Book 1. Through the years I fell in love with many other classical pieces that had beautiful melody lines and would work on them until I had them memorized; beautiful pieces such as Chopin's Preludes, 4,6,7,15,20,21 and 22; Chopin Nocturne Op. 48, No. 2 (1st mvt), and Op. 55, No. 1 (1st half); Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1st mvt, currently working on memorizing the 2nd mvt); DeBussy's Reverie, to name a few. Last year, at the age of 67, I decided to try again on this piece, and I finally memorized it. I am so enjoying playing it now after working on it for a year. But I cannot play it without making several mistakes somewhere. I hope to play it someday as almost flawlessly as you did! Thanks for the upload! Keep up the beautiful playing.
Thank you for sharing your journey and kind comments, and congratulations on learning this piece!! The harmonic changes are indeed trickier to memorize than one would think. Your approach of memorizing the melody lines is thoughtful and inspiring. 👏👏👏 Are you working on any other pieces at the moment?
Oh I see - 2nd mvmt of Moonlight - lovely choice!
@@fitphile Yes, I am also working on the 2nd section of Chopin's Nocturne, Op 48, No 1 (Poco piu Lento). The chords seem to require more fingers than I have! But I am trying to memorize it as well. If I succeed, then the ultimate challenge will be to memorize the 3rd section where the melodic line of the beginning is repeated, but with much more complexity. It is truly mind-blowing to me! 🤯 Do you play Op 48, No 1? If so, do you play the whole thing?
Ah yes, that is such a beautifully tragic nocturne! The middle chorale section you're working on is quite challenging especially for voicing, even though as you mention the 3rd section is truly challenging. I haven't formally learned 48-1, but would love to one day!
So beautiful !
Thank you for listening!
what piano do you play on?
Hi! I play on a rebuilt Steinway A3 from 1915.
Grandma video in grandma's favorite dress!
Mom has also been requesting I wear this dress for a video 😄
the frequencies were a little muted during the recording, due to the top being down, but your execution was pretty good...
Yes, it's a small space and I have to keep the lid closed for pieces with large dynamic range like this one, otherwise the mic will buzz for the Zoom listeners 😅 Execution will hopefully get better with time, thanks for listening!
Someone told me once that anytime a mistake is made in music to think about the original amount of work the composing likely took with all the subtle changes to make it just right. Think about all the mistakes they made! Making a mistake is probably the greatest compliment you could pay to the composer. It just proves how much work it took to make it just right. Keep up the good work!
What kind words! Thanks for your encouragement, and indeed I will try to think about it that way 🙏
Belíssima execução parabéns!!! ❤
Many thanks for listening!
Parabéns belíssima execução !!!❤
Many thanks for listening!
Remarkable ! Truly love your performance.
Thank you 💖💖💖
Bravo!!!❤❤
Thank you for listening!
Oh ist das schöööön, so, so wonderful and fantastic. My heartfelt thanks my dear friend... Hug and dear evening greetings from Switzerland, your friend Hans-Peter
Many thanks for listening!
@@fitphile 💖🙏 you're welcome my dear friend. I wish you a wonderful and fulfilling rest of week
my favourite ballade.
It's quite the study in contrasts 💖
@@fitphile didnt he dedicate it to schumann?
@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 indeed he did!
Nicely peaceful piano music very well played ❤
Thanks for listening!
I am your big fan!
Nicely performed!
Thanks for listening!
@@fitphile You're welcome! Great music! Keep it up!
Lovely performance!
Thank you for listening! 💖
I hate restarting a piece i once knew
I agree, it can be a bit demoralizing and feel like all that practice was for nothing. I am trying to use different practice strategies to make it easier for Future Me to remember the pieces I'm learning now...
Wow you are really good! Keep it up.
Thanks for your encouragement!
V36 at my gym. But seriously, good job! I spent weeks on a v6 and never finished it ;(
Haha, thanks! I hear ya - there are many V6s that take sooooo much work... Lucked out with the setters being pretty generous on the grading for this set 😅
Absolutely beautiful its my dads favorite. 🥰
Chopin at his loveliest! Thank you for listening 💕
Your performance always inspired me
Even when I was 4 years old? 😹 Thank you 💖
I wanna be you when I grow up haha- I love your videos so much
You're so kind, thank you!
Such a beautiful performance!
Thank you so much, R!
Beautiful!
Like you 😍
Wonderful performance!🎉 I’m very impressed to hear the very well known piece! 🌹🌹🌹
Thank you very much for listening!
So good! Keep up doing it, please! It’s a difficult piece. Hope you can make it. I’d love to stay in touch, subscribed 🌹🎶
So, so wonderful. Thank you so much my dear friend... Dear morning greetings from Switzerland, your friend Hans-Peter
Oh ist das schöööön, so, so wonderful and fantastic. My heartfelt thanks my dear new friend. I love the music from Chopin... Dear morning greetings and a subscription from Switzerland, your new friend Hans-Peter
Tuyệt vời ! Từ cô gái với từng nốt nhạc Chopin ...Tôi tới từ TP.Hồ Chí Minh , Việt Nam ! Chúc mừng ...
Thank you! Yes, there is so much wonderful Chopin music, so many beautiful notes 💕
Bravo, a beautiful performance. Your way of playing, so musical and expressive, captivated me from beginning to end. Thanks and warm greetings!
Thank you for your very kind words! Very encouraging indeed 😊🙏
Great performance!
Thank you! I'm still working on it 💖
Beautiful! 🎶
Thank you for listening!