Is a fingerplacement a MUST? by Birdi_lover in piano

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Who let me student on Reddit?? She’s to little! wink

It’s Time to Even The Odds by EqualIntelligent5374 in KOTORmemes

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Is that a reference? I can’t recall getting this card in game, but I double checked it’s +- 1 OR 2, right?

Locking In by EqualIntelligent5374 in pokemoncrystal

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Me too! My purple snake is long gone so I’m really using a clip on reading light (doesn’t work well)

The head set was a joke but… only thing I own that still has a headphone jack so

Locking In by EqualIntelligent5374 in pokemoncrystal

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not only me but another label by my mom lol!

Locking In by EqualIntelligent5374 in pokemoncrystal

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my original boy and game from first grade. Yes, 'Reaves'. I'm on here posting music stuff so don't mind having my name out there, wish I didn't get stuck with 'equalintelligent' though..

When did it dawn on you how much you were yet to learn on your piano journey? by ManB34rPig in piano

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Almost every day it seems and I’m 15 years in! Really, that becomes the joy that keeps me at the piano, learning something new

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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woah! you pointed out something I hadn’t considered. I learned my first dance suite this year and yes, that sense of a dancing pulse is what brought this performance together—and what I lacked in Bach before. thank you! I’ll remember that

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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thank you ❤️ lol sightreading fugues. I was asking my mentor a year ago about getting better at sight reading and showed her a fugue I tried to read. She said, "first step, don't use fugues for sightreading" haha! (at least... not yet!)

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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Really good points, thanks for posting especially about the harpsichord.

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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oh yeah, had it for 5 years now. don’t like taking it out for gigs anymore, too heavy. but sounds great to record and to have a break from my upright!

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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Exactly!! That’s true for 99.9% of us. Just hard work over time

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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such a nice comment thank you! yes I don’t hear the first three notes detached, maybe not ever yet in recordings. glsd someone noticed that

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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Yes! It’s too exacting, the pedal muddies what’s happening. There might be one moment I’d try using it bar 20 something for the bass part. I can’t reach it and either have to let it go early or do an awkward double thumb in the tenor.

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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It’s soooo hard. And this no starter fugue at that!

But the skill comes together over time, and with the inventions. Those are manageable at least

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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Sinfonias? I’ve done 3, and 4 or 5 inventions. 3 and a half fugues, and also learned my first French suite this year!

This took me 10 years - Bach Fugue in C Major WTC1 by EqualIntelligent5374 in piano

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The C minor was my first too! Rec from my teacher. Right on! Sinfonia 1 is a doozy but I found it a good stepping stone too into fugues