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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase? Dominic, Thank you for putting the workbooks together. What a great resources. I must admit I overlooked them till you pointed out. re:workbooks: It would be nice to have it organized or…
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Re: How do you memorize music? Lots of interesting points. I like the breakdown of the 4 modes of memorization. For me, definitely the auditory part is the most important, especially initially,…
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Re: How do you memorize music? @Randi Re:cutting it up line by line. That's a very interesting method!! I'll have to try it out and report back. Like you, memorization comes to me easily.…
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Re: Group 1 Hi fellow tonebase groupmates and Dr Di Giulio, So great to be here. What great timing to have this intensive. I recently started composition class, and was sad that the class hasn't cover much on…
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- 3 mths ago
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- Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Improving your Dynamic Control with Jarred Dunn What a great topic of discussion. A few tangetial aspect of dynamic. 1) dynamics in relation to hall acoustic. do you recommend a overall different dynamic peaks/low when performing at larger hall vs…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano Dominic had a live stream that talks about buying piano, and has some recommendations on digitals/hybrid. Try this recorded livestream (around 50min mark is where he takes about digital) https://app.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Group 2 @Ben Laude What a brilliant way to describe the weight transfer of slurred notes. And yes, please do a live stream on D960!
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- TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
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Re: Group 2 Hello everyone, Looking forward to be part of this TWI. I was just thinking back to the last TWI challenge I participated - coincidentally, on Harmonic Analysis with @Ben Laude .…
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Re: Improving your arpeggios in every way! with Dominic Cheli @Randi 11 Russian Chord was a recorded live event. The forum has the file. https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/g9hknfh/russian-arpeggios-and-the-11-chords-to-practice
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Re: Improving your arpeggios in every way! with Dominic Cheli Great timing. Please share some tips on LOUD fast arpeggios. I'm working on Debussy Reflets dans l'eau for a recital. Measure57 with the double arpeggios is giving me lots of trouble.…
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Re: Ricardo Iznaola: What is "Good" Practice? @martin Thank you for this wonderful livestream, and for all the wonderful questions & discussion. So many good thoughts/quotes. What hit home with me is this idea - Teachers are not just to crank…
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- 6 mths ago
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Re: Training your eyes to overcome technical challenges with ease! @Dominic Cheli Thank you for bringing this very good topic up for discussion! I wholeheartedly agree with everything you say. There's definitely a 3rd eye in our brain that can be developed over time.…
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Re: Improve your sightreading with Claire Huangci Thank you for a wonderful live stream! SUPER HELPFUL! It is really insightful to hear Claire's thinking process as she's doing sight reading. I noticed that she never once look at her hand even for…
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- 7 mths ago
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Re: How has your taste in music changed over the years? When I was younger, I like the Beethoven, Schuberts, Chopin, Strauss in orchestra, chamber as well as piano/violin solo. That remain unchanged. On the other hand, as a kid,…
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Re: What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? Papagena. especially opening few measure - Just the opening itself makes me laugh out loud. The funny costume and gaits appears in my head as soon as the music plays.…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self? two more: RYTHM - Develop this skill independently from the pitch. Learn to LISTEN!!! - Not just for the pitch, tone COLOR, breathing etc.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What advice would you give your beginner-self? As others mentioned, teachers is really important. I'll add to that to get multiple teachers as one develops (or felt stuck), at least a lesson or two (eg. masterclasses).…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What is the most memorable moment in a music lesson you’ve ever had? @Ruth Price I've been polishing on that movement. How Interesting. I'll try that with the advice in mind.
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: What is the most memorable moment in a music lesson you’ve ever had? @Dominic Cheli That's awesome. You clearly have good techniques. It was quite the opposite for me. My teacher stopped me a few measures into the first movement of D960, and had me start over.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr wow!! I didn't know about the Stretto Festival! How exciting! I had been asking around and checking the website but never could figure out how to try one.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: How far can your hand stretch on the piano? @Gail Starr I'm in the same boat of maybe an octave (on edge of the keyboard, or I'll have to bend the pinky). This was a good improvement compared to when I restarted in my mid 20s.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: If you could master the technique of any pianist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @geraldw thank you for sharing the video. I'm huge Sokolov fan and it's so nice to see his precise movement up close. He makes it looks simple and yet the nuances of musical details are so great.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: If you could master the technique of any pianist, living or dead, who would it be and why? @Dominic Cheli I'm with you! Sokolov name came straight into mind when I read the question. His handle of tones are just incredible. He doesn't ever seem to get tired either!…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Alexander Weymann Haha. "broke apart in her hands". How funny. I always try to think of serene winter lake that look like it has thin ice, and out appears magical creatures.…
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- 9 mths ago
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Re: What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it? @Albert thanks Albert. Good to hear i am not alone in finding the beginning of 4th ballade infinitely challenging yet mesmerizing. I still try to keep that up from time to time.…
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- 9 mths ago
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