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Re: Duos! 4-hands, 2-pianos, and more
@Maria Speaking of Schubert, has anyone played the F minor Fantaisie? I worked through it (as primo) with a friend (over 10 years ago!) but could possibly rehabilitate at least part of it with a…
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- Tonebase Piano Camp 2026 at Adamant!
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Re: Meet and Greet
@Barbara Sunseri As I remember, the beds are wider than twin (3/4?), but seems to me they’re a standard length (caveat: I’m not a reliable witness on the length as I’m 5’3”!).…
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- 1 mth ago
- Tonebase Piano Camp 2026 at Adamant!
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Re: Meet and Greet
@Barbara Sunseri Flying redeye from Victoria BC to Montreal and taking a shuttle to Burlington.
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Meet and Greet
@Barbara Sunseri Hmmm, I haven’t played the Scriabin for several years, but as I recall, I had many of the same struggles-it really isn’t easy to pull off a good performance.…
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Re: Meet and Greet
@Noam W Hi Noam-I’m bringing two Debussy preludes (bk. I no 4 & bk. II no. 7, and Images II no 2) and am looking at Ballade no 3 to work on this fall, so will look forward to meeting you😀I was at…
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- 2 mths ago
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- Tonebase Piano Camp 2026 at Adamant!
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Re: Meet and Greet
@Barbara Sunseri Your Grieg piece was part of a piano program played by a dear friend at my home wedding way too many years ago. I have played and loved that Scriabin prelude and have been reading…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Debussy Prelude "La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune" is just not ready for prime time😐. I've accomplished quite a lot in the past few weeks, but can't get a reasonably clean recording to…
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- 4 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
Link to Week 2! https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/35ygj6t/week-2-first-steps
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Dustin Anderson As I didn’t get around to posting in Week 1, I was wondering too, but haven’t seen anything yet.
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Maria I’m usually ok with a 9th, but those 5 note inverted dominant 7th chords with black notes are out of reach. As I’m, shall we say, a mature pianist, stretching exercises aren’t too helpful!
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Ken Radford I circled the LH chords I have to break by playing the bottom note just before the rest of the chord (but not creating an arpeggiated sound).…
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
Book 2, no. 7 ( La Terrasse des audiences…). These ones don’t work rolled-kind of shatters the atmosphere. Some of the intervals are 10th or more, and lots of black keys complicate things.…
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- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Ken Radford “Painful” is generally not good. I’ve more than once crossed the line between painful and injured, and wouldn’t wish it on you or anyone else😢 I’m currently struggling with the demands…
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- 5 mths ago
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Stephanie Reuer A great choice! I learned and performed it for a Royal Conservatory Diploma exam many, many years ago and revived it last year, just because I love it.…
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
There are indications in my two different editions of Debussy Preludes, Book 2, that I once worked on no. 7, "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune".…
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Expression over Perfection
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- 1 yr ago
- Schubert Challenge
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Re: Week 3: Expression over Perfection
Hi everyone-so sorry that I'm woefully missing in action in the terrific participation of this group's members. However, a terrific Tonebase masterclass video with Leon Fleischer gave me some great…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Schubert Challenge
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Re: Week 2: First Impressions & Trouble Spots
@Astrida I've been working on the Impromptu Op 90 No. 1 (Not the same Schubert piece I'm prepping for this challenge) for a week long Schubert immersion next week.…
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- 1 yr ago
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- Schubert Challenge
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Re: Piano Extravaganza from the Colburn School!
Wonderful collaborative musicianship among everyone who joined in this extravaganza-thank you so much to all of you for this exhilarating performance!
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- 1 yr ago
- Live Calendar
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Re: Announcing the Schubert Challenge – Learn a Piece this month!
My local piano immersion runs from July 5-13, but I’m going to enter the challenge anyway as it’s too good an opportunity to miss! Schubert, Sonata, G Major, D.894, 1st movement.
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- 1 yr ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Unlocking Schubert’s Style with Dominic Cheli
I'm playing Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1, c minor for a workshop this summer, and looking for suggestions about how to handle the recurring three note pattern.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert!
If there’s time, I’d like to play Chopin’s Nocturne No. 16, E flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2. (I played it last week at the final concert of the inaugural Tonebase Piano Camp at Adamant, Vermont, ,…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: How to start a piece, phrase, or passage properly!
I played, or rather tried to play, a Scriabin etude (Op 42, No 4) in front of a large masterclass last week. I had prepared it quite thoroughly, although it was not memorized.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Live Calendar
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Re: June Recital!
@Alexander Weymann So sorry you're not playing - please play next time!
- cdales
- 2 yrs ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: June Recital!
@Bryan Sable All of them? I was given the title "Queen of the Nocturne" in my late performance group, but I certainly don't haven't mastered Op.9 No.3, Op. 48 No. 1 and, strangely, Op. 15 No.…
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Community Concerts!
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