Online masterclass series
Here’s an interesting online masterclass service that my teacher pointed out to me: Tonebase (https://www.tonebase.co/piano?submittedPersona_Piano=1#pbl-uvp)
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Various systems grading difficulty of pieces
There are various systems grading difficulty of pieces. Rough guides, YMMV. Hinson’s Guide to the Pianists Repertoire and Friskin/Freundlich’s Music for the Piano. They both use level of difficulty as: Easy, Moderate, Moderately Difficult and Difficult Graded 1-5: https://www.pianolibrary.org/about/statistics/ Henle has a rating system of 1-9 The Great Britain ABRSM has a respected system. Canada’s Royal […]
Classical music video subscription site
Sort of a “Netflix for classical music” (but a lot more expensive: medici.tv. Subscriptions from $120 – $190 / year (as of today). They claim to offer over 100 live events per year, and the catalogue of viewable videos is currently over 1600.
Tagged performance, performers, videoThe Bulletproof Musician
Just discovered this site — seems to have a wealth of useful advice and wisdom. Primary focus on helping musicians deal with performance anxiety, and also on more effective practice. But lots of other areas of advice as well. The Bulletproof Musician Posted with Blogsy
The great pianists on YouTube
The Great Pianists on YouTube: don’t drop the piano