God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Posted on 06/05/2015 6:24:12 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
Well, Gentlemen...the date is set.
Final evaluation and measuring...7/2
1st eye...7/16
2nd eye...8/13
I’m off for home.
Thanks! Big protest tomorrow, calling out corrupt RINO’s in NY.
Good and good luck! ;-)
Cataract surgery changed my life for the better, I can see things better than ever before.
But do be ready for some dizziness as a result of your brain "readjusting".
I'm glad the date is set!
1st eye...7/16
2nd eye...8/13
How about that 3rd eye you're always watching us trouble-makers with?
I remember when Mojo played that number years ago. LOL
HUGS
God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Good night and sleep tight, ML...((HUGS))
Several years ago I did the entire life of Chopin at the Canteen over a period of several months. It was along the way that I discovered Valentina’s videos of the etudes. Even the incomparable Arthur Rubinstein shied away from the etudes, although he would occasionally program one as an encore at his recitals. There were very few of them I could play with any facility. Even the slow etudes were difficult. Chopin published them in two different sets, Opus 10 and Opus 25. Tonight I’ll link to the videos of Valentina playing the 12 etudes of Opus 10.
The first, an “allegro” in 4/4, is in the uncomplicated key of C Major. You would think that no sharps and no flats would make for easy playing. Guess again! The purpose of this exercise is to force the right hand to pivot the thumb three times on the way up and three times on the way down every two bars. There are a lot of bars in this piece, and they don’t serve alcohol. Watch what she has to do with her right hand. This requires a supple wrist, something I never developed. Adam Neiman, a pianist who appears often at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and who is a fellow Ayn Rand fan, told me that this is one of the toughest of the etudes.
Hope your protest is big and loud!!
Stay safe!
Thank you. I’m ready to see clearly again.
Good evening, Publius, and thank you for the Chopin etudes. ((HUGS))
The second etude, also an “allegro” in 4/4, has no sharps or flats, but this exercise is for the right hand to play upward and downward chromatic scales, which require a special, complicated fingering.
Aw, shucks. Just adding a little class to the joint.
Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...did you already celebrate Zach’s graduation?
This “lento ma non troppo” in 3/4, nicknamed “Tristesse,” is a slow etude that has been used in soundtracks for movies since the silent era. It’s hauntingly beautiful, but the exercise is in the middle section where the pianist has to play cascading augmented fourths and augmented fifths in both hands that are not octaves. It was Chopin’s gentle jab at Franz Lizst, who used this technique often in his own pieces.
“I’m ready to see clearly again.”
Things are going to get very bright for you. they gave to me very dark sunglasses. I still have to wear them.
I'm so proud of the boy!
This “presto” in 4/4 is intended for non-chromatic fingering followed by wide leaps, for both hands. The last bars are a half-tone off in each hand which creates a dissonant effect.
Thanks, unique.
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