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New improvisation on Just Piano Improv: Derivative (Rachmaninov G major) justpianoimprov.com/2020/03/24/der…

New Episode of Play It Again Swig podcast: PIAS 134, with thoughts on teaching online, some polyrhythm practicing, moving groups around. Also bits of pieces and a jazz etude by Milan Dvorak. playitagainswig.com/2020/03/27/134/

New Improvisation at Just Piano Improv: Windchimes on the Porch Outside justpianoimprov.com/2020/04/06/win…

135: Viardot’s Mazurka and a fun project playitagainswig.com/2020/04/09/135…

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New improv is up on Just Piano Improv podcast: D and F justpianoimprov.com/2020/05/12/d-a…

A new podcast episode of Play It Again Swig, my piano practice diary, is up! 136: Porch Concerts--including bits of Katerina Ruzickova's 4 Pieces for Piano and a not-quite-memorized Bach C# major fugue. playitagainswig.com/2020/05/28/136…

You changed your mind? Good. I think that’s the mark of an educated person, that you can change your mind after you get more information. So congratulations. #ThingsITellMyStudents #Fugue #Voicing #Scarlatti

There's a new episode of Play It Again Swig, my audio practice diary! 137: Last week's porch concert with play-throughs of music by Ruzickova, Boulanger, Rudd Moore, Price, and Rachmaninov. playitagainswig.com/2020/06/11/137…

October playitagainswig.com/2020/10/10/oct…

If you play the piano with the self who marches in the street, you will play with fire and meaning and joy. #ThingsITellMyStudents

I’m working on closed captions for my tutorial videos (stay tuned!) on playing the Chopin etudes with small hands, and I have some observations.

1) I begin at least half of my sentences with “so” 2) In every single frozen frame, I look like I’m either a) trying as hard as I can to imitate a gargoyle or b) sneezing.

Fortunately I’m finding my gargoyle sneeze faces hilarious, not depressing. #DignityAlwaysDignity

I’ve finally released my tutorial on playing Chopin’s Etude Op. 10 no. 1 with small hands: youtu.be/FCoWIBxi7o8

Here’s my tutorial on playing Chopin’s Etude Op. 10 no. 2 with small hands: youtu.be/rsWBClJqXp0

It’s easier for a white guy to get a gun into the US Capitol than it is for me to get a can of coke onto a plane

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What I love most about this song for today is how much pain is in it (especially the bridge). “I can see all obstacles in my way.” I hope we can see them more clearly now. There’s much work ahead. youtu.be/NkwJ-g0iJ6w

The sign language interpreter is the BEST #InaugurationDay