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INTRODUCING: Your Personal Practice Diary!
Hello and welcome to our brand new Practice Diary! We want to offer you a place where you can share your progress on a piece you are currently working on! Just follow these simple steps:…
- MartinTeam
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- 4 mths ago
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- Randi4 mths ago
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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…
- CK
- br0wn
- 4 mths ago
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- CK13 hrs ago
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HP's Practice Diary
Hello everyone, I have some pieces on hand at the moment, and am jumping from one to the others depending on the mood. I do think this practice diary can help me keep track of what I am doing and…
- Heng-Pin Chen
- HengPin_Chen
- 3 mths ago
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- Heng-Pin Chen4 days ago
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Denise's Practice Diary
Well, I moved on from Beethoven's Opus 79 (full sonata) My current pieces are: 1. Shostakovich's Prelude 17 (Opus 34) A Flat Major - just started. Wasn't so sure I would like it because of the…
- Denise
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- Denise
- 3 mths ago
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- Denise7 days ago
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Gail's Practice Diary 2022
After many weeks away from Tonebase due to prior commitments and a loss in the family, I'm back at the piano. May 6, 2022: Spent 1 hour listening to and learning about Cecile Chaminade in order to…
- Gail Starr
- Recently retired MBA (international consumer products/luxury goods/classical music mgt.)
- Gail_Starr
- 11 days ago
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- Brother Will Green7 days ago
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Brother (Br.) Will's Practice Diary
Hey tonebase community! I am so enthused to be a part of this music-loving community. As a former piano performance major, I thoroughly enjoy sharing music with whomever I can,…
- Brother Will Green
- Benedictine Monk
- Will_Green
- 4 mths ago
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- Brother Will Green13 days ago
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My General Practice Routine
I use two iPAD apps to keep track of the time I practice each day and general MIDI editing of recordings. For general practice I use Focus Plant and usually practice 90 minutes/day between the…
- Jeffrey Segor
- Jeffrey_Segor
- 2 mths ago
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- Melissa Steyn1 mth ago
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Carole My Practice Goals
Last year 2021 my goal was Octaves. I have very small hands, but I achieved my goal and performed Habanera on a YouTube Ensemble concert given by my orchestra.…
- Carole Kincaid
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- 1 mth ago
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- Carole Kincaid1 mth ago
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Jarkko’s practice diary
Hi all, I know that this Chopin Ballade is well above my pay grade. But hey…, it’s one of my all time favorite pieces(!) That’s why I want to play it. Maybe some day I’ll get in a decent shape.…
- Jarkko Janhunen
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- 1 mth ago
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- Jarkko Janhunen1 mth ago
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Aline practice diary
I everyone, I practice my piano every day. I play piano since 15 years old. I am 62. But maybe not as much as I suppose to do, if I want to learn how to play better.…
- Aline Valade
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- 4 mths ago
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- Melissa Steyn1 mth ago
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Anthony M's practice diary
Updating with notes on my progress on the first 9 pieces of Bach's WTC book 1. Prelude #1: This was the first piece in the series I memorized. I'm really bad at memorization,…
- Anthony Miyake
- Work with numbers and statistics, but music is my true passion. Piano hobbyist.
- Anthony_Miyake
- 3 mths ago
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- Anthony Miyake1 mth ago
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LDS Hymn # 169 - Experimenting with on-camera recording
I have not done very many on-camera recordings, but luckily I have one I did with only one take. This is Hymn 169 in my LDS Hymn book. I added my own variation on the repeated section.…
- Jeffrey Segor
- Jeffrey_Segor
- 2 mths ago
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- Brother Will Green1 mth ago
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Tammy's Practice Diary
Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for setting this up, Dominic and Hilda. It really helps with the motivation! Here is my current practicing hot list. I categorized them into different buckets as I like…
- Tammy
- TT2022
- 2 mths ago
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- Brother Will Green1 mth ago
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Bach in March WEEK 1: Practice Updates
Dear Pianists, Welcome again to Bach in March! Bach is the composer closest to me and I can't wait to share this March with you in practicing Bach. This is the thread where we'll all be posting our…
- Hilda HuangTeam
- Concert Pianist and tonebase Piano Community Lead
- Hilda
- 2 mths ago
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- Peter Golemme1 mth ago
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Beethoven's 7 Variations WoO 78 for piano + strings
Been working on Beethoven lately. Here is a recording of Beethoven's 7 Variations on a theme of "God Save the King". This is an audio recording using my Kawai CA5 electric piano using piano +…
- Jeffrey Segor
- Jeffrey_Segor
- 2 mths ago
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Rachmaninoff Prelude no. 1 Op. 23
Starting at the climax and trying to clean up the left hand. Attempted some strange rhythms to test memory without looking at music. Tried to bring out left thumb melody after climax Tried to clean…
- adrichards88
- adrichards88
- 2 mths ago
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- Your Practice Diary
Scarlatti Sonata K492 - mixing piano and harpsichord during recordings.
My main goal is to create piano recordings of my favorite pieces. I am creating several versions of the same piece using different methods. For my 1.01 versions I am mixing piano with…
- Jeffrey Segor
- Jeffrey_Segor
- 2 mths ago
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- Jeffrey Segor2 mths ago
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Practice Log # 1 - Rachmaninoff Op. 28 No. 5
Background. Started learning Rachmaninoff this year. About 25 hours into this so far. I have been able to move away from the score and let my ear carry the piece.…
- adrichards88
- adrichards88
- 2 mths ago
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- Tammy2 mths ago
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Lucy's Practice Diary
What I am practicing: Scales, chords, arpeggios Bach 1st Partita Numa Amei by Zhang Zhao (Chinese folk music) two etudes: Chopin 25-2; Rachmaninoff tableau 33-8 Why I want to play:…
- Qingzhi
- Qingzhi
- 4 mths ago
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- Brother Will Green2 mths ago
- Your Practice Diary
no suffering no passion
sluggish and lousy piano learner
- Xiao
- xiao
- 2 mths ago
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- Ching Lee Goh2 mths ago
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Wade's Practice Diary
Today I practiced Bach's Toccata in C minor, BWV 911, Mozart's Sonata in C major, K. 330, Alkan's Le festin d'Ésope, Op. 39, No. 12, and Ballard's A City of Silver.…
- Wade Meyers
- Wade_Meyers
- 2 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- Wade Meyers2 mths ago
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Just getting started
I've been playing classical guitar for a few years now and am getting into piano to help improve my overall musicianship, and because I've always been interested in it.…
- Dan Shriver
- Dan_Shriver
- 2 mths ago
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Sindre's practice diary
Hello to you! I'm glad to be doing this diary, and I'm sure it will help me. Also glad to be reading everyone else's inspiring diaries. I have a lot goals for this year,…
- Sindre Skarelven
- Pianist, composer and piano teacher
- Sindre_Skarelven
- 4 mths ago
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- Sindre Skarelven2 mths ago
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Harriet's practice diary
I am not very organized about my practicing, though I am consistent; I rarely miss a day. This past year was difficult and I've had some discouraging experiences that made me almost want to quit,…
- Harriet Kaplan
- Harriet_Kaplan
- 4 mths ago
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- Peter Golemme2 mths ago
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Roy's Practice Diary - Month 3
@Hilda Hello Hilda, you seemed to have the impression that I was becoming frustrated by fingering. This used to be the case as I have a number of very old Urtext editions in which the fingering is…
- Roy James-Pike
- Roy_JamesPike
- 2 mths ago
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Ching’s Piano Adventures
I was inspired to return to the piano 4 years ago after hearing a 93 year old lady (Patricia) play Schumann’s Arabeske. It was the first time I heard this beautiful piece for the first time and her…
- Ching Lee Goh
- Ching_Lee_Goh
- 4 mths ago
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- Ching Lee Goh2 mths ago
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