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@Mik said:

She could sight read anything and play it technically correct but it always sounded soulless too me.

Although I do aim for a "clean" recording, I would rather have blips and errors than soulless!!

@RealPlayer oh dear that sounds very scary! I’m glad it wasn’t worse! But be vigilant with yourself for awhile.

About 10-12 years ago, I was walking (half running actually) and I slipped on the ice and fell, very hard. I had on a backpack which I think was why my head didn’t hit the concrete. But my brain got knocked around in my skull and the next day I was dizzy and nauseous, so I went to urgent care and they diagnosed me with a concussion. I didn’t exactly get better and a week or a a few weeks later I was diagnosed with post-concussive syndrome, which is a type of MTBI “mild traumatic brain injury.” Ultimately it took several months to recover. I “listed” when walking for probably over a year after that.

All that to say, just because you didn’t hit your head doesn’t mean you didn’t hurt your brain. So be alert for any new symptoms, dizziness, headache that doesn’t go away etc.

@andyd Thanks for that link. I just bought the Henle version, which says that it includes fingerings by someone named Hans-Martin Theopold. They look to be different than the fingering in the score you linked to.

Looking at this score, it just looks daunting to me… we’ll see. I start fall lessons in the first week of Sept with a new teacher at the uni music school here. I don’t think I’ll work on CdL before than, but maybe I’ll poke at a few measures just to see how hard it is to read…

P.S. I tried to use the “spoiler” tags, but it’s not just for spoiler, it adds a NSFW tag and line breaks, which seems pretty cumbersome (at PT, it s black-out highlighter over the test and you can click to reveal, but it doesn’t add line breaks…)

@RealPlayer right, Ffrench’s “September Song” has nothing to do with the original tune of the same name. The hidden melody in Ffrench’s Sept Song is from Earth Wind and Fire’s Fantasy. Someone at Piano Tell also said they can hear Autumn Leaves in Ffrench’s Sept Song, but I don’t hear it.

@Mik I always find that it’s a trade of no what what I play or the level of difficulty it. Either I can focus on musicality and expression, and I end up with pretty sloppy playing, or I can focus on accuracy and I end up with much less musicality… ah well, it’s a process!

@realplayer and @wtg thank you for listening!

thank you @mik

thank you @rontuner !

@Rontuner said:

(A bit off topic, but how did your town weather the recent storms and flooding?)

We got very lucky! We got some much needed rain (and we really needed it) but no flooding in town (as far as I know). But I saw some pretty bad photos of flooding in other places not so far away. And a few places had a lot of other kinds of storm damage as well.

This summer has been rough in a lot of places.

Thank you @jon-nyc

@jon-nyc said:

(I like how we can see your reflection in the pino desk)

That’s the best thing about a shiny black piano!

Hi WTFers! The Piano Tell August Recital is live, and I submitted a piece, please give a listen if you have a minute!

https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2497-pianotell-recital-9-is-now-live

My entry: https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2497-pianotell-recital-9-is-now-live/8

Or the direct link to my submission: September Song by Alexis Ffrench

(In other news, the Piano World ABF Aug Recital is plagued by technical difficulties and is delayed while they wait for the new site owners to respond...)

@AndyD I saw a version with fingering.. many in the Henle app? I was planning on buying it soon, so I’ll let you know.

I need to “finish” two pieces before I start this one. I’d love it if I could finish those two by the end of this month.

@AndyD thank you for this link! I absolutely love Broge’s playing, and it lovely to hear the gentle strings in the background.

Unfortunately , I can’t open the other video you posted.

@Bernard ooh, I like all of these and i think any would work well for your house!

Re red, yeah, you probably don't want to be another red house in a series of them!

@Mik that's lovely, and your landscaping is quite nice!

@bernard what about red? I love this look:

(this is in Iceland btw, a photo from the NYT)

@Steve-Miller oooh maybe that's it! If so, it's rather subtle, but I can see the connection.

How interesting!

@Steve-Miller I really like that yellow house with white trim!

@bernard I think that's maybe why I didn't like the yellow house pic you posted. It's not the color, but the fact that the trim and everything is the same color. Also I don't think that red door works with.

One issue for your house is matching the color to your lovely deck. I wonder if yellow wouldn't work with the deck, whereas green or blue might.

Hmm, this is hard!!

So, I every time I hear this piece, it makes me think of the Beatles, but I don't know why.

Could someone else listen and comment? Do you hear something Beatle-esque in it?

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@Bernard ooh thanks for posting those! I didn't really like the first one, but I really like the Pascal Roge's playing!

It's fun to listen all these different versions, esp. because usually that's not something I do (since I don't generally play classical pieces).