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 Please comment on my playing...June 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM Hey guys. This is Nkem Nwosu. I made a recording of the Tchaikovsky first movement with pianist Adrianne Park. Please give me some feedback. From Stephen Brivati
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM love to.... From Nkem Nwosu
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 12:20 AM does the link not work? From Stephen Brivati
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 4:10 AM there is indeed a missing link... From SAM MIHAILOFF
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 8:58 AM On second thought, I'll just refrain from comment From Nkem Nwosu
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 10:55 AM Steven click on my biography, and you should see it. From Elinor Estepa
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 7:24 PM There's a lot of background noise, and the audio is not that great, but, i think your playing is fairly good considering all those noises.. Maybe a tad faster for me, but I could say that your on your way. remember though, that I am not a professional player, but I attended so many recitals shows, and concert, on both prof and everything in between, and I have a good listening ears, so I 'd say its fairly good. Keep up the good work! as you know, this is the instrument that learning never ends, but it gets better and beter. Thank you for sharing it, and best of luck!
From Bill Busen
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 10:39 PM Some really, really nice bowing. I like people that won't compromise rhythm for difficult passages, and you obviously take great care in that regard. However, you have one monumental challenge ahead of you. I have never heard anyone with as great a disparity between their admirable fluency and their shaky intonation as you have conquer that problem. Most people who like to work at something until the left hand is close are not willing to do the very different analytic work that it would take. This doesn't mean you can't be the first. If you choose to address this, one strategy that comes to mind would be for you to pick your favorite repertoire from your last several years, begin with the simplest piece at a slow tempo, and never let any even slightly sharp or flat note go uncorrected. Scales. Arpeggios. No out-of-tune notes EVER. Intonation only, for a few months. Search this site for "repetition hits" for more on fixing this. You really have the potential, if you can connect an analytical ear to your natural capturing of the character of what you play and your terrific right hand, to be a wonderful player, and I'd like to see you be the first one to pull this off. From Stephen Brivati
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM Greetings, I agree with Bill who took the words right out f my keyboard. There is a bit of a bullet to be bitten but its also a lifetimes work for all of us. Don`t get discouraged. The wonderful player Robert MacDuffie tells a stoiry against himself about when he wa sstudying with Delay. He did his sophomore (?) recital to much applause. Then Ms. Delay took him up to her room for a midnight lesson. She played the first note of the Poeme from her recording of the cocnert. `You hear that note Robert?` `yes,` with expectation of praise tempered with advice. `That wa sthe only note you played in tune the whole evening.` Cheers, Buri From Nkem Nwosu
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 11:56 AM Thanks for all the comments. I'm taking everything into consideration. From Bill Busen
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 8:09 PM I was thinking last night about the problem of tuning one's ear and connecting that to left-hand fine-motor control, which is preliminary to any such work, and came up with a possible exercise. One could try playing a given scale, switching between a pseudo-equal-temperment and Pythagorean temperment. Violinmasterclass.com has some more on different temperments and their uses. (You would have to retune your violin to actually play equal-temperment, but try to match a piano for that.) This entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. |
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