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Tonebase Bach Stage

This thread is dedicated to J.S. Bach keyboard music. We would like to renew the inspiring spirit of the old thread "Group-Journey through J.S. Bach" based on the inventions and extend to the entire…

ToneBase Scriabin Stage

I made a Scriabin video and thought, hey, why not make a place for us to share any of our Scriabin performances/works in progress? I wonder how many Scriabin fans we have here at ToneBase! (I know,…

Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist

Welcome to my practice diary. Many, many years ago (approximately 35!) I played Double Bass, so while I am not new to music I am new to piano. I decided to get "serious" about learning to play in…

Poldi and I

Currently working on: Maple Leaf Rag, Trio and End are on the 100x challenge for June, I am at 60x now. Brahms Waltz in d minor. Had lessons today and my teacher did his best to motivate me.…

Start to learn Chopin op. 61

Hello friends! Although I am still busy with Chopin Sonata 3 I need another piece sometimes. I decided to start with Chopin op. 61 Polonaise-Fantasie. It‘s really new. I have never played it before.…

Jarkko’s practice diary

Hi all, I'm currently practicing Chopin Ballades (No 1 and 4), some Nocturnes and some Beethoven Sonatas. My schedule is unfortunately quite tight right now.…

The most powerful course here in tonebase

Sara Davis is fantastic. Besides being a talented artist, Sara is funny, make jokes all the time, and bring all her expertise to us. I've been trying to organize my Practice Diary around this…

Beethoven’s Sonata No 17 (the tempest)

It’s been a while since I posted here. Thought I would show everyone what I have been working on and get myself to record a few run throughs before the community concert this weekend.

Chopin Sonata 3

Chopin Sonata 3, practicing last 5 month Last movement not yet complete. https://youtu.be/O8j6470Col4?si=h_P_TnlEEbwtqx6x

Ursina’s practice diary

Hello, I am still very new to the Tonebase community. Not sure whether this is how it should be done 😃 I’m working on the following pieces: Bach - English Suite No 2 Schubert - Impromptu Op 142 No 3…

Ballade bender

Hi folks. I'm Ken, in Toronto, Canada. I've been intrigued with this part of the platform since I joined. However, I didn't really understand how the diary was supposed to work for a while,…

A taste of Tchaikovsky

Hi all I’ve been working on a couple of pieces from Tchaikovsky’s - the seasons here is a version of ‘october’ my own feedback on myself ; I think I could have taken the tempo a bit slower ,…

More Scriabin preludes!

Hi , my name is Mark (in Melbourne Australia ) I’ve been a tone base member for over a year but this is my first practice post I’ve seen that recently Marc posted a few early Scriabin preludes so…

Bjarne's practice diary

Hi, I've been currently working on - Schumann - Träumerei - Mozart - K 545 - Debussy - Arabesque no 1. I've had a online teacher for the last year, but I am planning on switching back to my former…

F major scale

F Maj scale

CK’s Practice Diary

I must thanks to Dominic & tonebase for giving so many different chances for us to participate, to learn and explore. It’s a new experience to me as I don’t have the chance to learn music from a…

Marc's Piano Diary

I made recordings of my 10 favorite easier Scriabin preludes...playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjBHFA1asvFRJ2Cx7ttAXVWxXY0aeOZU&si=GRt1FVnW2yxNa9Nd While practicing,…

Make more fun my scale practice

Hi recently I'm getting a little boring practicing only scales and his arpeggios. Someone know a course or tips that I could apply to make it more fun. Or other techniques that can apply too.…

26 Jun Wed

Learn a few of the technique exercises demonstrated in the first video by Sara Davis Buechner. 15 to 20 minutes of technique. 30 minutes (or more): Bach WTC Bk II, G# minor Scriabin Op. 8, #2, Op.…

Schumann : Children Scenes

Dana's Practice Diary

I am experimenting with Dominic Cheli's practice outline. Since I'm likely to work in 2 hour blocks most easily: 20 minutes warm up and technique: I plan to work on scales and arpeggios mostly 60…

Lena's Diary - Intro & Plans (Jan-Jun 2023)

Hi all! With this Practice Diary I'll try to kill two birds at least - overcome my shyness and introvercy sharing my slow progress with fellow members of Tonebase and get more organised and observe…

Maija's practice diary

I'm working on building a balanced repertoire and improving my technical skills and musicality. I've never taken any piano exams before but I'm now working towards taking an exam (roughly equivalent…

Andrea LeVan’s Practice Diary

Here is a start to my practice diary…..just a little background - I started my piano journey at the age of 5 and played off and on through my college years (I did not major or minor in music though).…