Byron S - Very nicely done!

Haha! For the record, that is my seven week old baby crying in the background, although it could be easily mistaken for either of my two cats

I should post an "outtakes." It was a comedy trying to record this -- the first time I had the baby in the room with me and she started SCREAMING (she is a little colicky and can really scream!) about 25 seconds in. I finally got her to calm down and gave her to my wife in the other room and hit record again. This time the phone -- which was sitting right by the camera -- rang about half-way through. Finally, on the third time I was able to get all the way through with only some minor background crying.

Augustina --

You have to copy the "embed" link that should show up on the right side of the you tube page with your video. Then you paste it into your reply and select "using HTML" in the drop down box before submitting your reply. If you don't do that it will show up as gobble-dee-gook.

ooh haha my mistake, I actually got up from my computer to check on my cat and she was sleeping like usually..:P
Babies have their moments too i guess!

Thank you for listening and commenting, Larry.

The each version was played on a different piano - it was fun.

Glen

Oh my..., so much new music since I checked last time. This weekend I should have a time to watch/listen all your new submissions. Meanwhile you can watch my new video. I've recorded two versions of it more than a week ago but I couldn't decide which one is better. And I'm still not sure. Hopefully you'll like the version I choose to upload.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in C major (BWV 939):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl1Cxl8gHl0

That is very nicely done, David.

Thanks!

Glen

Just testing this out to see if it works;) if it does.. the song is Hokage Funeral which is kind of another version of the first song I put up^_^

David I like that a lot:)

It works great. Very nicely done, Augustina!

Glen

Augustina, your piece was great I thought the dynamic was just right.
David, I really enjoyed that!

Augustina - this has a lovely melody. I'm not familiar with the piece but enjoyed your performance very much.

Here are my submissions to the piano bar...

Equivoque No. 8 by Raymond Weber
http://www.box.net/shared/ca0n0qltec

Melody in the Mist by Bela Bartok
http://www.box.net/shared/dbrjtxi2i2

Sunshine by Svend Tarp
http://www.box.net/shared/c0basy77ii

These are previous ABRSM exam selections in 2005-2006.

Enjoy!

David - High quality video and performance. Well played.

Larry B. That was very enjoyable. I have heard it played before and couldn't get into it but your playing worked for me.

glen, that's a lot to listen to at one sitting but... holy cow! I listened to the first 3 and I'm blown away.

Nicely done, Musictuary. I especially liked the Bartok, where you did well to control the 'mist' and not tangle it up in the 'melody'.

OK, time to submit something myself. It's been a bit of a dry month so far, but I have taken a liking to this one from Pete Friesen's book (Take the Lead 2). It's called Five Stars. My aim is to improvise over the baseline, like Pete does in the CD - in this recording I've taken a few liberties, but mostly stuck to the plot as written in the book (I think):

http://www.box.net/shared/mj9ln6uyjh

Every time I try to improvise properly I end up making horrendous mistakes.

My Very first recording

Minuet, by Leopold Mozart.

http://www.box.net/shared/6n7npy6os4

Good first effot josuff247 on the Minuet from Wolfgang's father.

JF

Musictuary - nice group of pieces - particularly liked "Sunshine".

JF

Shira's at it again....

Shira's certainly mastered the bass-line of this number, however I found the melody section somewhat lacking. Charming vocalisations! A most enthusiastic performance, and I noticed she retains good rapport with her audience!

Still, she is rather strecthing the definition of 'adult beginner'.

Thank you.
It's funny, I have played the piece perfect so many times, but as soon as I hit record, the pressure's on!

I love it... she's so wild at the piano she has to be strapped down!

Musictuary - Nice job on these. I especially liked the Bartok.

ten_left_thumbs - Your Five Stars sounds great. Easy and smooth and draws me right in. I've never heard it before, but I enjoyed the relaxed, "rolling" feel you play it with.

Ahhh...from the Lang Lang school playing with your whole body! Outstanding!

Thanks for your comments tenleftthumbs, John Frank, and Larry B!

Hope you all don't mind another oldie;

ALWAYS (Irving Berlin)

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Musictuary - the Bartok was really neat!

ten left thumbs - a nice piece. I have far more trouble playing variations in the RH than in the LH I can do rhythmic variations, but melodic - sigh.

josuff - bravo! very charming.

Shira - YES! Another musician who knows just how valuable the left hand is! A dance pianist in the making

Hm. Think I'll go check if the recital has started posting - but nice to have a bar to hang out in while waiting for the curtain to go up.

Cathy

Thankyou for your comments, Larry B and Cathy. I do really enjoy playing this one, and have been at it a lot since posting. If you are interested, Cathy, in developing improvising skills in the RH, this is a good book to go for. I'm finding it less intimidating than other things on improvising, in that you can see little melodic variations that are do-able and sound good. That's what I'm finding, at any rate.

TLT - very excellent. You get five stars for playing Five Stars. You kept the rhythm very well. It's a pretty piece of music and I am sure you enjoy creating it. Thank you.