Another classic from the Gershwin geniuses. George's story is so tragic; we do have a legacy as he was so prolific. Nice to see you getting notices from different parts of the world-the benefit of operating in our times where you can put your performances online for the world to see. You have admirers from around the world. First time I've noticed you playing off a paper score. I have been converting my paper to tablet; figured out how to do it on my own little home scanner/printer, with cord to tablet. It is time consuming, tedious and nerve racking as you have to check each page for what registered on the pdf, print out the pages and run them through the ADF. Works fine but takes about 15 minutes per song. Yesterday I did 2 more holiday pieces from my books, "Santa Baby" and "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch." They came out fine. Gearing up now completely for the holidays. Will be going to my daugher's for Thxg and Christmas; I break down my keyboard and take it with when I'm spending long enough time there. Hope to play some for the fam and especially my just 8 year old granddaughter, who also likes to noodle at the piano; noodle not practice with a serious focus. She's too young for that, like most kids. Anyway, well done again. Virtually endless treasure trove of repertoire from these great composers and periods in musical styles.
I learn languages as a hobby, so it is really fun to see comments from all over the world. I love Gershwin's music--sad that he was on the Earth for such a short period of time, but so glad that he wrote so much music!
@@elenafortinmusic Languages have also been my hobby over my lifetime. Spanish as a kid, then had, wanted to learn languages for singing, just fun for me. I seem to pick them up pretty easily.
@@DavidMiller-bp7et Musicians always do well with language because of our ears! In Italian class at University, I was with three other musicians and we were always the one who would repeat vocabulary and sentences back perfectly.
@@elenafortinmusic I would have to agree; Many years ago I started "reading" books on tape. Then that became CDs then now, I just download the whole audio book to my phone. Why and what do I tell others who have not made the leap? I am at least as good of an audio learner as by sight. Learning my lyrics and texts for vocal scores in all manner of languages was very easy for me. Plus, I got a kicker. As a junior I took a speech class which required us to learn the IPA; that's some great stuff. No matter the language, if it was in IPA, I could read it fluently.
@@DavidMiller-bp7et I love languages that use our alphabet--if you know the "rules" for that language, you can read anything like a native speaker. I'll have to check out the IPA--I'd never heard of it before! My husband is in the tech industry and we always laugh that today's flash drives have more memory than the computers back in the day....
Fortunately, for me especially, one need not be a world class player to find a following online; one needs to be sincere, read as real mensch authenticity and do a workmanlike job; entertain the audience with credibility. You do nicely and we/I can learn so much from better players than ourselves. Some of my Christmas repertoire, from cited sources, is quite advanced; stretches and grows my technique and piano musicianship. Still can't sightread quite to your level, but I see myself getting there as my new hand position and finger choice techniques finish overwriting in muscle memory. Even at an advanced? age, I'm doing it right, not taking shortcuts. I logged over the 10k hours, then went back for a major technique upgrade. Am not regretting it. One cannot really fool oneself.
10,000 hours is quite the achievement! Congratulations on all your hard work. I love sightreading and it certainly helps with this project. I love the challenge of processing and conveying a song's character in a very short period of time.
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Well done, Elena: awesome piano performance!
Congratulations and greetings from Italy
Salve Forastico! Io apprendo Italiano su Duolingo. 😁Grazie per i tuoi gentili commenti!!
Another classic from the Gershwin geniuses. George's story is so tragic; we do have a legacy as he was so prolific. Nice to see you getting notices from different parts of the world-the benefit of operating in our times where you can put your performances online for the world to see. You have admirers from around the world.
First time I've noticed you playing off a paper score. I have been converting my paper to tablet; figured out how to do it on my own little home scanner/printer, with cord to tablet. It is time consuming, tedious and nerve racking as you have to check each page for what registered on the pdf, print out the pages and run them through the ADF. Works fine but takes about 15 minutes per song. Yesterday I did 2 more holiday pieces from my books, "Santa Baby" and "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch." They came out fine. Gearing up now completely for the holidays. Will be going to my daugher's for Thxg and Christmas; I break down my keyboard and take it with when I'm spending long enough time there. Hope to play some for the fam and especially my just 8 year old granddaughter, who also likes to noodle at the piano; noodle not practice with a serious focus. She's too young for that, like most kids.
Anyway, well done again. Virtually endless treasure trove of repertoire from these great composers and periods in musical styles.
I learn languages as a hobby, so it is really fun to see comments from all over the world. I love Gershwin's music--sad that he was on the Earth for such a short period of time, but so glad that he wrote so much music!
@@elenafortinmusic Languages have also been my hobby over my lifetime. Spanish as a kid, then had, wanted to learn languages for singing, just fun for me. I seem to pick them up pretty easily.
@@DavidMiller-bp7et Musicians always do well with language because of our ears! In Italian class at University, I was with three other musicians and we were always the one who would repeat vocabulary and sentences back perfectly.
@@elenafortinmusic I would have to agree; Many years ago I started "reading" books on tape. Then that became CDs then now, I just download the whole audio book to my phone. Why and what do I tell others who have not made the leap? I am at least as good of an audio learner as by sight. Learning my lyrics and texts for vocal scores in all manner of languages was very easy for me. Plus, I got a kicker. As a junior I took a speech class which required us to learn the IPA; that's some great stuff. No matter the language, if it was in IPA, I could read it fluently.
@@DavidMiller-bp7et I love languages that use our alphabet--if you know the "rules" for that language, you can read anything like a native speaker. I'll have to check out the IPA--I'd never heard of it before!
My husband is in the tech industry and we always laugh that today's flash drives have more memory than the computers back in the day....
Fortunately, for me especially, one need not be a world class player to find a following online; one needs to be sincere, read as real mensch authenticity and do a workmanlike job; entertain the audience with credibility. You do nicely and we/I can learn so much from better players than ourselves. Some of my Christmas repertoire, from cited sources, is quite advanced; stretches and grows my technique and piano musicianship. Still can't sightread quite to your level, but I see myself getting there as my new hand position and finger choice techniques finish overwriting in muscle memory. Even at an advanced? age, I'm doing it right, not taking shortcuts. I logged over the 10k hours, then went back for a major technique upgrade. Am not regretting it. One cannot really fool oneself.
10,000 hours is quite the achievement! Congratulations on all your hard work. I love sightreading and it certainly helps with this project. I love the challenge of processing and conveying a song's character in a very short period of time.
@@elenafortinmusic You do well.