00:05:15 Julia Rosencrants: Joining from Memphis TN. Actually from Bulgaria. 00:05:25 Chris Kordel: Hi Chris Here from Lancaster PA. 00:05:32 Yonatan: I'm from Israel. Been practicing a bach piece for a month and putting off lessons since i don't feel i've made enough progress. 00:05:33 Ami Nashimoto (she/they): Iโ€™m Ami from San Francisco CA ๐Ÿ‘‹ 00:05:40 Ryan Smith (he/him) - Albuquerque: Hello from Albuquerque, New Mexico 00:05:43 Carla: Carla in Wisconsin - Stuckness: reading music smoothly and musically with good fingerings.... lots to think about at once 00:05:49 Owen Spithill: Owen from San Diego 00:05:57 Stephanie Sontag: Iโ€™m from San Diego 00:05:58 Janet Holmes: Hi from Long Island, NY 00:06:11 lindamulley: Linda from Norwich, Vermont 00:06:53 Timothy McKIbben: Timothy, from Wisconsin 00:06:58 lindamulley: Chad busy at hospital - hopes to join at some point.. 00:07:54 Judy Phillips: Judy from Asheville, NC. Love Sophie and her work 00:08:16 Laurie Kahn: Laurie from Watertown MA 00:08:24 Victoria Powell: Hi from Berlin, Germany. Iโ€™m currently stuck on speeding up a Scherzo, I get stuck at one tempo and canโ€™t get past it 00:08:28 David Cho: I went to USC for undergraduate cello 00:10:07 Marvin Geller: Marvin from Princeton NJ. 00:10:18 Yonatan: Been playing for about 6 years started at the age of 60. Im actually going to be listening driving home once my wife comes out of the family get together.... So i won't be able to respond. My main problem is to be perfectly in tune and perfect in time, especially when trying to do both at the same time. 00:10:48 Stephanie: Hello! I'm Stephanie from the Bay Area in California (I went to Royal Northern College of Music for my Master's in Manchester, UK.) Feeling generally stuck in motivating myself to practice technical etudes 00:15:27 Owen Spithill: Owen San Diego, can not play faster than quarter note equals 132 in the presto section in Popper Hungarian rhapsody 00:17:02 Samba Mendez: @Owen Spithill it's 160 on average but still fast. 00:17:25 Samba Mendez: Btw, Samba here tuning in from Los Angeles. 00:19:44 David Cho: Watch her wrist and finger action too 00:35:39 Samba Mendez: The ringing exercise made a lot more sense to me this time. Thank you Soph! 00:36:40 Carla: When zooming out you can see how that short phrase fits in the longer phrase line 00:40:06 Chris Kordel: sorry my internet is going up and down. Its 00:42:14 Sophie Webber: https://utesinternationallounge.com/why-comfort-zone-and-stretching-zone-can-be-almost-one/ 00:42:49 Ami Nashimoto (she/they): Reacted to "https://utesinternat..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 00:43:28 David Cho: Itzhak Perlman often speaks of being on the hairy edge in playing. 00:49:37 Melanie Morrissey: I can use the stretch zone and practice techniques from today when playing pianissmo in symphony and concerto music, that do not allow a mute, in higher positions for tone, intonation and confidence. ๐Ÿ™‚ 00:50:00 Ryan Smith (he/him) - Albuquerque: play my usual repertoire an octave higher 00:50:34 Samba Mendez: I can use the stretch zone to be able to better read in multiple transpose clefs to improve my symphonic score study. 00:50:37 Janet Holmes: Be aware of my 3rd finger on my left hand which has tension and is not always placed conciously 00:50:40 lindamulley: scales in thumb position, fixing notes in mind 00:51:11 Melanie Morrissey: I'm very comfortable with the mute but without mute not so much. 00:51:22 Stephanie Sontag: I also can use all of the techniques from today for intonation and assurance with my playing 00:51:44 Owen Spithill: I can practice more playing fast eventually all over the finger and not having my left hand cramped 00:51:53 David Cho: Aware of jaw clenching when playing 00:55:36 Judy Phillips: Yes 00:55:37 Carla: YEEESSS!!!!! 00:55:38 Ami Nashimoto (she/they): yup 00:55:38 Janet Holmes: yes 00:55:40 Owen Spithill: Yes 00:55:41 Julia Rosencrants: No 00:55:43 Stephanie Sontag: yes 00:55:47 Laurie Kahn: yes!!! 00:55:47 Stephanie: yes 00:55:51 David Cho: Yes 00:55:51 Timothy McKIbben: yes 01:04:51 Samba Mendez: The Maestra Andrea is AMAZING when it comes to teaching and breaking things down. I got to see a couple of her masterclasses this summer. Seven is a piece that shall surely be part of the core repertoire for centuries. 01:05:15 Owen Spithill: Thanks for the class! 01:05:39 David Cho: Enjoyed this so much! Thank you! 01:05:44 David Cho: Gotta run 01:05:47 Sophie Webber: https://www.sophiewebber.com/the-inner-studio#join 01:05:52 Ryan Smith (he/him) - Albuquerque: Thank you, Sophie! 01:06:15 Laurie Kahn: Thank you very much, Sophie! 01:06:59 Melanie Morrissey: Thank you Sophie. 01:07:02 Ami Nashimoto (she/they): Thank you, Sophie! 01:07:12 Timothy McKIbben: bye Sophie-thank you 01:07:27 Janet Holmes: Thanks Sophie! See you soon. Gotta run 01:07:55 Stephanie: Thank you very much, Sophie! 01:07:56 Stephanie Sontag: Tahnks 01:08:00 Victoria Powell: Thank you so much! 01:08:12 Samba Mendez: i have one. 01:08:25 Samba Mendez: How have you dealt with students who were slow to improve in the past? 01:11:24 Samba Mendez: It 01:11:28 Samba Mendez: is a start 01:11:35 Samba Mendez: I am embarrassed of my voice 01:12:10 Samba Mendez: My voice is fine. I just don't like how it sounds on technology 01:12:13 Samba Mendez: same goes for my playing 01:16:34 Samba Mendez: I began to record myself and my playing regularly this week. I recorded a couple of Bach suite movements and their phrases, measures, etc., numerous times. I heard improvement despite my phone's recording quality, but on camera my playing sounds PANTS. 01:16:40 Samba Mendez: And thank you Carla. :) 01:20:18 Samba Mendez: It's what level I wish to perform at that I am far from doing. I am aiming for a graduate level program but feel at best low diffed by opponents. 01:21:11 Carla: Thank you Sophie! Lots to add to my practice.