Hello! I saw on your page that you have the Chopin Nocturnes Paderewski Edition, and I was wondering if it would be a problem to send the scanned book? Best regards.
Hi! The Paderewski Nocturnes were actually a library copy that I checked out, BUT fortunately you can find all Paderewski's editions of Chopin for free on IMSLP!
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I have two weeks until my concert at my own graduation, where I'll be playing Chopin's impromptu op. 36. I started practicing the piece under three months ago and it isn't even nearly ready, so I will have a painful two weeks ahead of me.
I have two weeks until my concert at my own graduation, where I'll be playing Chopin's impromptu op. 36. I started practicing the piece under three months ago and it isn't even nearly ready, so I will have a painful two weeks ahead of me.
being compassionate to yourself involves making it a discipline to do the things that you love, no matter how many times you attempt to convince yourself that it’s no use. being compassionate with yourself involves sitting down and writing, even when you feel insecure about the work you’re producing. being compassionate with yourself involves taking a walk outside because you haven’t had any fresh air the whole day. being compassionate with yourself involves committing yourself to learning something new even if it hasn’t gone well many times before. being compassionate with yourself is about committing to the discipline of self-betterment and healing.
“Saying that we play the piano with our fingers is like saying that we run with our feet. The fingers move when we play the piano and they are the only parts of our upper body that touch the piano. Similarly, our feet move when we run and are the only parts that touch the ground. But a runner who tried to improve his running by keeping his legs motionless and doing foot exercises would be ridiculous. He is similar to a pianist who keeps his arms motionless and exercises his fingers, although what the pianist does has the sanction of tradition. We play the piano just as we run: by complex coordinated movements of our whole bodies.”
— Thomas Mark: What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body
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