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Re: Request for advice...Keyboard for Practice (when piano unavailable)
@Bren Warner One more reply and I promise I'll stop... One of the benefits of the digital... Jason and I can both practice. And then a picture of my 3 babies... I apologize for the mess...…
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Re: Request for advice...Keyboard for Practice (when piano unavailable)
@Bren Warner Oh, also Just so you know... I was told by my piano store that the Mellow Piano sound on Yamaha Clavinova is recorded from a Steinway, but they can not call it a Steinway ...…
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Re: Request for advice...Keyboard for Practice (when piano unavailable)
@Bren Warner Your grand and I are soul sisters ;-) born the same year. My grand is a 1965 Baldwin L. I lusted after a Steinway A or B. I couldn't find a rebuilt B that felt or sounded right that…
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Re: Request for advice...Keyboard for Practice (when piano unavailable)
The Yamaha p-45 is not very expensive, p-125 is a step up... My significant other uses one as a gigging piano. Lightweight and stores in a closet or the garage. Action is decent.
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Re: Piano Teacher Water Cooler...
Kind of a big deal for me... after nearly 14 years of completing my bachelors degree in music, with over 10 years of teaching, I have finally applied and been approved as an active member for MTAC…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Heng-Pin Chen I am in CA and joined for similar reasons! I also teach, and want to better my skills for my students. I am in San Diego! Also joined as a Lifetime member :-).
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Alexandros Papakostas HI Alexandros! :-) I, too, am 50! Welcome!! Love fresh fish with olive oil and lemon. I have been to the Island of Crete. I wish to some day visit Athens! Nice to "meet" you!
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Re: Duet/Pedagogy Question
@Dominic Hey Dominic, Sorry for the delay. First I wanted to check with Alex and Paulina's parents to see if it would be ok. (yes, they are thrilled that they are considered).…
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Duet/Pedagogy Question

My sibling duo (7 and 10) - are prepping for our studio recital... and I always have them do a duet. Yesterday was my first in-person lesson with them since the pandemic started...…
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Re: Dealing with Frustration
Thanks Mat. Interesting idea!
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Dealing with Frustration

Just venting... Who gets frustrated with practicing that seemingly goes no where? I teach my kiddos to practice smarter. Look for patterns. Isolate trouble spots. Never start from the beginning.…
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Re: CALL FOR RECORDINGS for upcoming Virtual Masterclass with Dominic Cheli
This is really a great opportunity. I would like to try this. Right now I am banging my head and ready to burn my piano! HA! Every time I move on from a Bach piece, and play a new one...…
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Piano Teacher Water Cooler...

Would love to swap stories, anecdotes, etc... with fellow piano teachers :-) - I KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE! I teach part time. I used to limit my studio to 10 students, but I am up to 16.…
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Re: General Live Stream Suggestions! (Megathread)
@Grace I’ve been meaning to ask this very question! I thought I was not loading the replay correctly! The chat would be awesome indeed!
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Tyrone Boyle I finished my music degree at 36. Jason was playing professionally since he was 12. He studied for a time at USC for jazz studies and couldn't afford to finish up,…
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Re: What music are you working on?
Practiced a bunch yesterday and today. Jason goaded me into memorizing... pushing my brain to oblivion. Granted, very helpful in passages with lots of leaps and such.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Mat WELCOME! Everyone knows it's the classical pianists that get the girls ;-) !! Montreal is so pretty!! I haven't been there since 1987, but I was supposed to visit in 2020 - dang it! Oh pandemic!…
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Re: What's your favorite piano literature/book?
@Santiago Thank you. I grew up in NY (state - not the city) and while my mom paid for my piano lessons, when I suggested I major/minor in college - I was told it was unacceptable.…
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Re: What's your favorite piano literature/book?
@Santiago I just received my copy about a month ago... "The Complete Pianist". An endearing novel I read in 2004 when I took a literature course was Oslo in April by John Slade.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Santiago What part of Germany are you calling home? I spent time in Bavaria when Jason toured with jazz all stars about ten years ago. Then summer of 2019 I flew into Frankfurt.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Celine I LOVE spice! The spicier the better! I had a wonderful Thai chili plant in my yard last year. I saved some seeds and will grow another. I also have jalapeños, habaneros,…
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Re: Who is your favorite pianist?
Such a difficult question to conjecture... I suppose it depends on what composer the pianist is playing. For example, I really love how Misuko Uchida plays Mozart Sonatas.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Hi Celine! I have been to Singapore!! Beautiful and HOT! I enjoyed about a month and a half there in fall of 1997 while I was doing US Naval reserve time.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Santiago, I am so very jealous! Living in Germany must be a dream... I have been to Germany twice. Once, Jason (my other half) did a jazz gig in Bavaria, and we were able to tour Austria,…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Hi Sindre! I have to just say I LOVE Norway! Greig's Concerto in A Minor is what woke me up in my piano journey when I was 10 or 11 years old! I love the Lyric Pieces...…
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