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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…

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).…

Major I-IV improv practice

The Major I-IV progression is one of my favourites for practicing improvisation. Not too much to think about with the left hand, which lets me focus on the right hand. https://youtu.be/vZWiOWpkuYo

Dennis's Practice Diary

Hey gang! I'm a software engineer by day and lazy amateur pianist by night. Going to use this space to track my repertoire and look back on progress. Focusing on right now: Beethoven op 2 no 2,…

Miyoung's practice diary - Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60

Hi, I'm new to toneBase. I'm currently working on Chopin's Barcarolle. It's been about 2 months focusing on practicing this piece. I just caught up with the speed,…

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…

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.…

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…

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) 😊

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.…

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...…

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.…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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.…