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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase? Tonebase is quite good already. I actually don’t mind the black background at all. It looks refreshing and classy (unlike masses of terrible corporate presentations I’ve been exposed to).…
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Re: Playing block chord notes simultaneously @Noah Hardaway Thank you Noah!
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Playing block chord notes simultaneously Hi Michael, I’ve had the same problem from time to time. Here’s one way to remedy the problem: For the sake of easy explanation, let’s just say you are playing a c major chord with 4 notes in root…
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Re: Life Coaching at Tonebase? For those who still aren’t sure why there is an issue with the term “Life Coach”, here is an article (and really there are many) that outlines the problems quite well.…
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Re: Life Coaching at Tonebase? Dominic, Thank you for taking the time to read my post and address my concern.
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Re: Life Coaching at Tonebase? Roy, As I stated before, I have no issue whatsoever with an expert musician providing advice/help with musical matters. Though I have advanced degrees in music,…
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Re: Life Coaching at Tonebase? @Marla Allisan I assume that as a lawyer, you are aware that some titles are legally protected- I believe “Lawyer” is one of those titles wherein not everyone can claim to have a JD without actually…
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- 2 mths ago
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Life Coaching at Tonebase?
Overall my experience with Tonebase has been a very positive one. Experts in the field of music, and my instrument (piano) have delivered content on the material they have expertise with/on.…
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Re: Best print edition of Rachmaninoff concerto? Yes, get the Henle. It’s beautiful AND authoritative. Though the price is just over $30, it’s well worth it..
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Biographies, autobiographies, memoir recommendations Hi Marc! I read Stephen Hough’s “Enough” just after Denk’s book. He also has a great collection of essays called “Rough Ideas”. Alfred Brendel’s “Music Sense and Nonsense”,…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Debussy (piano) editions? Hi Michael, Have you tried eBay? What about IMSLP? If neither of those options work, I would go with Henle. However, if it’s really good (and interesting) fingering/editing you are looking for,…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: changing piano technique Hi Alice, I agree with George’s comments. I don’t think a technique built on arm weight exclusively can lead to a comprehensive technique. However, to answer your question,…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Choosing a reconditioned grand piano Hi Aaron, Since both pianos are “reconditioned” you are essentially looking at two new instruments so the year of manufacture doesn’t really matter. If I were you, I’d pick the C3 as it is longer,…
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Re: Do I need to upgrade to an acoustic piano? Hi Della, There are many ways to reduce volume. The silent system is perhaps the most expensive. Some ways of lowering volume depend on what kind of instrument you bought.…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons? @Marc M I don’t think that the slight adjustment of one string or the other will solve the imperfect unison issue. Rather, I believe it’s just how things work out when we are trying to make a unison…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Tuning your own piano unisons? Hi Marc, I tune my own unisons every now and then. My piano technician has actually recommended that I do it more often as it is a fairly simple process and one of the first steps to becoming your…
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Re: Do I need to upgrade to an acoustic piano? Della, Even if you are not planning on becoming a more advanced player, or if you aren’t sure you will continue, you should still upgrade to an acoustic instrument if you can afford it.…
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings Peter, YES! You describe the same default reaction I have to held notes plus shorter notes played in the same hand. My suspicion is that this is a universal experience since our hand was designed…
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings Taylor, The Roskell book is a great resource! I agree with her ideas concerning ergonomic fingering for scales and arpeggios. However, as Peter G. points out above,…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Bach WTC fingerings Hi Taylor, Unfortunately, the reality of playing much of Bach’s music requires less-than ergonomic fingering. It is actually quite common to run into the kind of situation you noted where you might…
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Is there an edition of Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte that has NO mistakes? I’m with Simon, get the Henle. However, I think Edition Peters might have the most recent research.
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Software/app to learn music theory Hi Dave, I know what you're talking about with trying to sneak in some practice after a day's work and putting kids to bed! An app that I've found and really like isn't specifically a theory app,…
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- 10 mths ago
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Re: Choosing an edition @theoryman1 The Ekier represents some of the best scholarship with alternate fingerings and passages easily identified. However, their page-turns are awful.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Choosing an edition @theoryman1 I have heard that about Paderewski as well. Cool to have an edition by a great pianist, but it isn’t reliable.
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: Choosing an edition @theoryman1 Be careful with the Cortot. The exercises he provided are definitely helpful, and some of his interpretive advice is pure gold. However, his editing wasn’t always reliable with omissions,…
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- 11 mths ago
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