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Topic: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?  (Read 8085 times)

Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #50 on: August 29, 2012, 12:57:28 AM
Quote from: j_menz on August 29, 2012, 12:11:03 AM
Of course.

** looks for those pills rachy has obviously thrown away.....

I can't take those pills!

They...

Make me...

Want to play Bach!

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Offline j_menz

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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #51 on: August 29, 2012, 01:04:39 AM
Quote from: rachmaninoff_forever on August 29, 2012, 12:57:28 AM
I can't take those pills!

They...

Make me...

Want to play Bach!




;D

Just one a day, then.
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Offline davidjosepha

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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #52 on: August 29, 2012, 02:11:12 AM
Quote from: j_menz on August 29, 2012, 12:26:46 AM
I wasn't aware I had put any, much less an awful lot.  :-\

You said I didn't think I was better than Lang Lang >:(

That is definitely not a belief I hold!
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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #53 on: August 29, 2012, 02:21:17 AM
Quote from: davidjosepha on August 29, 2012, 02:11:12 AM
You said I didn't think I was better than Lang Lang >:(

Nope, not me.
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Offline werq34ac

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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #54 on: August 29, 2012, 03:07:13 AM
Quote from: davidjosepha on August 29, 2012, 02:11:12 AM
You said I didn't think I was better than Lang Lang >:(

That is definitely not a belief I hold!

My bad, that was me. I assumed because you seem to be on my side for this debate..
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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #55 on: August 29, 2012, 03:14:47 AM
Quote from: werq34ac on August 29, 2012, 03:07:13 AM
My bad, that was me. I assumed because you seem to be on my side for this debate..

Oh wow, it really was you! Coulda sworn it was j_menz. And yes, I do agree, I'm just messing around ;D
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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #56 on: August 29, 2012, 04:14:28 AM
Quote from: davidjosepha on August 29, 2012, 03:14:47 AM
Oh wow, it really was you! Coulda sworn it was j_menz. And yes, I do agree, I'm just messing around ;D
I figured as much :-X
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Offline pianoman53

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Re: the best accompanists coordinate their head swaying?
Reply #57 on: August 29, 2012, 06:14:44 AM


That's actually the second recording I've heard where I'm unconsciously holds my breath a bit longer than normal to not disturb the music.. For me, that's a very good thing.
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