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Bach WTC fingerings
I am revisiting some of the WTC pieces by Bach and working on revising the fingerings for more ergonomic fingerings. I am using the ABRSM edition and find the fingerings suggestion quite awkward with…
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What's your favorite music-related book or movie?
There are some fantastic books and movies about music! Let us know some of your recommendations so we can check them out!
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Review? Renew? or Start New?
I am returning to study piano after many decades. I am interested in pros and cons for choosing to revive once-accomplished work; or renew where I left off with beginning projects;…
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Sight Reading app recommendations
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good app / website for improving sight reading? I have downloaded the Schafer exercises recommended by Dominic, but I'm also hoping to use an app.…
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Bach Partita 6 BWV 830 Toccata piano fingering
Can anybody suggest the fingering of measure 25 (the end of A section)! I tried different ways, none of them is convincing, including my own Bärenreiter version. My hands are small. Appreciated!
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How many pieces do you work on at a time?
What is the "right" amount (if there is such a thing) of pieces one can work on learning at a time? I find I get bored easily if I'm only working on 2 or 3 pieces, but am I just being impatient?…
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Great songs let down by a terrible movie
Hi folks, i was just thinking about movies with a great theme song, but the movie was horrible. Can you help create the list? Here we go. My vote for number 1:…
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Problems with the platform
Hi folks, don't know if this is the correct via for extern problems, but I've been contacting with the support team since this morning and I don't have any answer of them.…
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Lessons suggestions for not quite intermediate
Hello! I've recently joined Tonebase piano (was on guitar before), and I'm looking for less-than-intermediate lessons to expand my repertoire and improve my technique.…
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Counting Clair de Lune
In the video on this piece in 9/8, normal counting is shown as 123,123,123. However for a bar with a couple of duplets, it is shown as 123,12,12. Is it wrong to count duplets as 123 and playing the…
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What classical composer most makes you think of the beatles?
I know this is a strange question, and I will not give me answer so as not to bias folks. If you want to answer, interpret the question quite broadly. I don't mean that the music sounded similar,…
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Jazz/pop/rock player, reverting to the most basic lower-beginner-intermediate works and it's driving me crazy. Advice?
I've played piano most of my life, but grew up playing it more by ear and with simple chords, accompaniment and melodies. Over the years I got into jazz and started learning music theory and learned…
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Can anybody explain the "felt" grand piano
I have been enjoying playing the virtual Steinway D Felt 1 (Pianoteq). Has anybody played a "real version" of this kind of piano ("Felt" is the key, not steinway).…
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NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS! 🥳🎹🥂
Happy New Year to the whole tonebase Piano community! As much we may love the piano, it’s not so easy to set goals and stay committed to realizing them over the course of a year… at least,…
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Which Musician would you love to have dinner with?
If you could have dinner with any musician, who would it be? What would you ask them? Let's talk about this fun, dream scenario!
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Piano Competitions for Age 5 -16 students
Which international piano competitions would you recommend to Age 5 to 16 piano students? Thank you.
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Piano Progress by Year - Thoughts?
Hi all. I've been playing piano for 7 months. Just 4 months with a great teacher. Practicing seriously (e.g. 2-3 hours a day, with good focus), and enjoying it quite a bit.…
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Digital baby grand : what is your experience
Hi folks. I am looking at getting the Yamaha CLP-795GP. I am wondering peoples experiences with these “ bigger” digital investments or with this piano in particular.…
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Science-based tools to learn faster
Teach & Learn Better With A “Neuroplasticity Super Protocol” https://hubermanlab.com/teach-and-learn-better-with-a-neuroplasticity-super-protocol/
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Roskell and/or Taubman?
Hello there, first thing first: 1. I'm not trying to spark a debate on which one is better etc. absolutely not. 2. I'm just an intermediate level person that puts effort to get better.…
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Is there an edition of Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte that has NO mistakes?
I was self learning Ravel's Pavane and some parts seem REALLY odd. I went to check with several professional recordings like Alice Sara Ott's and Gwendolyn Mok's excellent tutorial and realised there…
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Choosing an edition
I'm looking to update my Beethoven music and I'm wondering how to choose a publisher/edition. Is there a "definitive" version? I had heard the best edition for Chopin is the Ekier National Edition,…
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Bass Clef Reading
I would like to make my bass clef reading as automatic as my treble clef reading. I spent most of my early years learning to read through violin, and that treble dominance makes my bass clef reading…
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The issue of cut time and tempo
This is one of those questions that opens a proverbial can of worms, but I'm sure it will find good company here; art is not simple. Among my favorite short piano pieces is Schubert's G-flat…
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I'm a beginner, and confused about the fingering on this measure
I'm learning the two Magadalena Notebook Minuets, on the tonebase workbook, the fingering for a mordant is set to 1, how am I supposed to play the mordant here? with which finger should I press the B?…
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