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Dipsy, Gone is my piece and I've been practising it for a month.

Will get in touch with you both keystring and SamS to sort this.
'Gone ' seems a particularly appropriate title doesn't it!

Doesn't look like there's much to sort? "Gone" is clearly assigned to Keystring on the last list you sent out and SamS listed it as second choice anyway.

Right folks - here is the list of 'taken' pieces AS I UNDERSTAND IT. Its a long list - so I'm confident that we'll be able to find 'homes' for the remaining pieces.

PLEASE NOW CHECK YOUR PIECES ARE LISTED CORRECTLY. If I don't hear from you I will assume that you are happy with it. Mistakes not picked up now could cause big problems, and make things very confusing nearer the deadline (recital will be published mid Sept)!

OPUS 12
No 1: Arietta (AimeeO)
No 2: Waltz (Saranoya)
No 3: Watchman's Song (Casinitaly)
No 4: Elve's Dance (LadyChen)
No 5: Popular Melody (AndyPlatt)
No 6: Norwegian Melody (Piano Dad)
No 7: Album Leaf (Saranoya)

OPUS 38
No 1: Berceuse (zrtf90)
No 2: Popular Melody (Wayne33yrs)
No 3: Melody (SwissMS)
No 4: Halling (Piano Dad)
No 6: Elegy (Recaredo)
No 7: Waltz (Dipsy)

OPUS 43
No 1: Butterfly (Beric)
No 2: Solitary Traveller (Wisebuff)
No 3: In My Native Country (Allard)
No 4: Little Bird (RagnHild)
No 5: Erotik (Peterws)

OPUS 47
No I: Valse Impromptu (Swissms)
No 2: Album Leaf (Ganddalf)
No 3: Melody (Dipsy)
No 4: Halling (Carlos88)
No 5: Melancholy (Stumbler)
No 6: Spring Dance (Peterws)

OPUS 54
No 1: Shepherd's Boy (Beric)
No 2: Norwegian March (zrtf90)
No 3: March of the Trolls (Rostosky)
No 4: Notturno (Dipsy)
No 6: Bell Ringing (Sinophilia)

OPUS 57
No 1: Vanished Days (dire tonic)
No 2: Gade (Sam S)
No 3: Illusion (PianoStudent88)
No 4: Secret (Beric)
No 5: She Dances (Dire Tonic)
No 6: Home Sickness (RagnHild)

OPUS 62
No 1: Sylph (niluh01)
No 4: Brooklet (niluh01)
No 5: Phantom (Pavel.K)

OPUS 65
No 1: From Early Years (Morodiene)
No 2: Peasant's Song (Wisebuff)
No 3: Melancholy (PianoStudent88)
No 5: Ballad (Rupak Bhattacharya)
No 6: Wedding Day at Troldhauen (Ganddalf)

OPUS 68
No 1: Sailor's Song (ElleC)
No 3: At Your Feet (dire tonic)
No 4: Evening in the mountains (Limefriday)
No 5: Cradle Song (Carey)

OPUS 71
No 1: Once upon a time (AnneH)
No 3: Puck (Farmgirl)
No 4: Peace of the Woods (Valencia)
No 5: Halling (Morodiene)
No 6: Gone (Keystring?)
No 7: Remembrances (dynamobt)

Sorry for the confusion - I though 71/6 was available - no problem.

Sam

It was my fault Sam - sorry to mess you about and thanks for relinquishing it.

Thanks Sam. And thank you Dipsy for your hard work. That's quite a task to take on.

There's no metronome marking in my Grieg edition, so I'm trying to figure out the speed to shoot for in the middle section of my piece. It's marked "allegro brioso", which is more of a mood indicator than a time one. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Not about that specific spot in your piece. My edition has no metronome markings either, which is fine by me. That tells me a range of opinion is possible. Before I settle on a tempo, I go online (or to my CD) to see what tempi the pros use. When I see some variance there as well, I'm comfortable picking a pace that works for me.

Ideally, I want to be in the range of tempi I hear in those professional recordings. On the other hand, I happen to have chosen two quite speedy little pieces. So "close" is good enough.

Time is the challenge in my piece, even though it's slow or especially since it's slow. It changes moods in the middle, and anyone I heard whose playing I like speeds up somewhat in the middle section right after a ritardando, moving right into it. The challenge is to keep a pulse while not being metronomic. It seems to be a "Grieg thing".

Anne, yours has a new mood in the middle too. I just listened to this version to get a sense of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCLwtanrdW4

I have a feeling that if you tap out the underlying pulse while listening, you'll find the middle has pretty well the same one, but Grieg has written faster notes. (What I mean is, supposing you have 4/4 time that you're playing at 120 - it will sound slower if it's mostly half notes, but faster if it has mostly 16th notes - that kind of "faster notes".) He's going for mood with the "allegro brioso" but he also creates it through the rhythm he has written in --- this "diddlediddle dee" thing.

As Piano*Dad said, listening to different good players can give you some idea about their interpretation - that's not imitation but getting an idea.



(P.S. I was hoping to find a recording of Andsnes playing it. His playing is brilliant, and also very clear and transparent of understanding some of what he does.)

Thank you Keystring! Reading through your response and then going back to the piano, I'm inclined to agree. I'd never thought of it that way before! I have listened to lots of recordings on Spotify, but I'll admit that now they all seem in the realm of "Eek, that sounds intimidatingly fast."

I adore Grieg and I noticed this thread. What do you mean by recital?

I am learning: Opus 12, No 3. Vektersang (Watchman's song, after Macbeth)

I haven't yet read all 18 pages of this thread. Is there a timeframe or something to finish the pieces? Are you collecting mp3s?

Thanks!

There are different kinds of recitals here in the Adult Beginner Forum (ABF) --- we have quarterly recitals in Feb, May, August and November where members submit mp3 files and (if they want) videos. Open to all, play whatever takes your fancy. The recitals open for submissions on the 1st of the month and the recital is open for listening on the 15th. I believe the last one was the 30th!

The Grieg recital - like the Glass, Satie and Mendelssohn - are "themed recitals" where a body of works by a specific composer is selected, a list is posted, and folks sign up for a specific piece. It is still open to all but on a first come first served basis. There was a scramble at the start for the "easier" pieces, I can tell you!

If you go up a few posts you will see the latest version of the sign up sheet. I've already signed on for the Watchmans Song -sorry . We don't have duplicate performances of the same piece in the themed recitals.

The launch date for this recital should be 15 September, and if I have understood correctly, performances are to be video, not mp3.

Ok, I see now. Thanks for the explanation.

Good luck with the Watchman's Song...

Regards,

Astro

I just went and watched one of the videos of the excellent videos from the Satie recital. Great job and a neat idea. I really enjoyed it.

No wonder I got stuck …

Actually, quite a number of the harder ones got gobbled up quickly as well!

We can twin an mp3 with some kind of picture or slideshow on Youtube. I wouldn't be able to do video. I just bought a cable that hooks up the piano to the computer. Previously I used a microphone which produced a lot of distortion.

As Sam S pointed out, the only remaining "easy" piece is Op. 12 No. 8, Fedrelandssang (National song), and I think I might be able to do that. But I have a few questions.

So - we send video files to someone by Sept 15, is that right?

What format is recommended for the video file? .mov? .mp4?

I have Ivory 2 loaded on my pc and it will record from my midi keyboard. Is that satisfactory? Or do I need to set up a microphone to record off the acoustic?

The recordings that I saw on the Satie recital thread seemed to show only the hands. Is that what is desired?

Anything else I might need to know?

I'm pretty sure that the piece will take me the better part of a month to learn and partially master. I am still pretty new to the piano so this would be a challenge for me!

Suggestions solicited.

Someone else can tell you about the video format, but as far as content goes, you can film just your hands (most folks like to keep their anonymity)or more if you want. Some make (as was suggested above) a slide show with other pictures.

It is up to you. I've just used windows movie maker in the past --- seems to me it is basically whatever you can load up to youtube.

Glad you found a piece you want to tackle!

Windows Movie Maker, as well as iMovie if you're more of an Apple person, have options to publish on YouTube. You don't have to worry too much about formats. I don't know about the more advanced video editing software, but you can probably find out about video formats on YouTube.

Good luck, one month is quite short to learn and polish a new piece