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Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Aaron’s Practice Diary
Dear music friends, I’m practising the Chopin Sonata in B minor at the moment and hope to have it ready by 1st Dec 2024. I have started a practice diary in instagram but I’ll have another one here…
Aaron
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Things I do.
Scales major minor arpeggios same, repeated notes 3 fingers. Chords major. Concentrate heavily on trying to stay relaxed. Have plenty of injuries I have to watch out for. Sight reading a lot.…
Dennis Douberteen
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1 yr ago
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Treasa's practice diary
I decided earlier this year that having spent several years working on everyone else's interest but myself, I would do something for me, something which could not be hijacked by anyone else and I…
Treasa Lynch
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Rashmi‘s practice diary
Preparing for my Grade 2 exam. More importantly though, this Diary is part of my performance practice strategy! I don’t want to be a closet (aspiring-to-be-amateur pianist)
Rashmi Lahiri
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Michael Bruce' practice Diary - polishing up some pieces
I have started a lot of pieces that were way out of my league. I have recently started visiting them again and it is amazing to see my improvement. So I am going to start posting them here.…
Michael Bruce
Software Architect - but.. really a musician.
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Juan Carlos' Practice Diary
I think it will help me to write this diary like other members of Tonebase Community; at least one post a week (on Fridays). But I don't know if I'll be able of fulfill it...…
Juan Carlos Olite
Philosophy teacher and piano lover
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3 yrs ago
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My journey in preparation to an amateur piano competition
Hi, my name is Joao, I'm 56 and live in Lisbon, Portugal. I studied piano in my youth, from 20 to 24 and then life happened (kids, international career) and I stopped completely.…
Joao Pio Pedreira
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1 yr ago
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Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor
I had been studying Brahms Op. 79 Rhapsodies rhapsodies for the last six weeks. I had been particularly happy with how it had come along. I tended to avoid his music because I had been told how…
Michael
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1 yr ago
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Kirill’s practice diary
Today I begin this diary to track the progress of full rebuild of my piano technique that lead to an injury of my right hand. I started to play the piano three years ago when I was 30.…
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Gillian's Diary - The Journey Begins....
Having recently passed RCMT grade 8 theory (yay), I have just found a teacher (Marge) in this small mountain town in BC who will help me prepare for the grade 8 performance exam with RCMT.…
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1 yr ago
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Chopin Etude, Op 25 no 1 (Aeolian Harp)
I've been working on this etude in 2023. I just love the beautiful harmonies. Would love to be able to play the piece with more fluidity and control so that is my objective over the course of the…
Blair Boone-Migura
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1 yr ago
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Mike's Practice
7 months into piano. No background in music. Been practicing: Ponce: Homenaje a Villanueva Vandall: Chaconne in B Minor Berkovich: Sonatina IV - and all 50 Berkovich Etudes Rollin: A SONG FOR YOU P.S.…
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Ken’s practice diary
Hi I have been practicing a contemporary arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de Lune that introduces the main theme of this classic piece and is intended for grade 2 - 3 pianists.…
Ken Radford
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1 yr ago
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Keerthi's Practice Diary: "A Journey Through My Exam Preparation"
Hello, my name is Keerthi, and I'm a second-year music diploma student majoring in piano in India. I must perform a 30-minute repertoire with a theme for my final exam in April or May.…
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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,…
Ben Laude
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Hi community! I've been a Tonebase subscriber for years but finally have some time and wherewithal to participate here. I've been a professional jazz/rock/pop singer, songwriter,…
Sandhya (Sandy) Asirvatham
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Sindre's practice diary
Hello to you, and welcome to my diary! Here I will share different types of pieces that I'm working on. Best, Sindre
Sindre Skarelven
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Will's Practice Diary
Hey tonebase community! What a joy it is to share music with each of you. Thank you for taking the time to listen.
Will Green
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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…
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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…
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Kim's Practice Diary - Chopin's Preludes Op.28
This is my first practice diary on Tonebase. After the initial quiz (level 6) and some trial and erroring across the site between levels 4 and 9, I've settled on Chopin's Preludes Op.28.…
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Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two and three part inventions!
This thread is a group-thread dedicated to J.S. Bach Two part inventions. The point is that we can discover them and go deeper into them together, and motivate each other in the prosess of learning…
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Gail's Practice Diary
May 23, 2022: Getting ready for amateur chamber music weekends in June, plus the Grieg Birthday challenge. Schubert "Trout", Variation #3 and others - 1 hour, slow practice in rythms,…
Gail Starr
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RCM Prep B Repetoire Piece: The Calico Cat
I will be taking my Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Prep B-level exam on May 29, 2023, and The Calico Cat (composed by Helen Marlais) is one of my three exam repertoire pieces.…
Laura K.
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Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op.9 No.1
This is my first Chopin piece. I heard this piece on a classical playlist and immediately felt the song's story and also became a fan of Chopin. I was happy to see that there was a workshop here on…
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Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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