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Re: What pedagogy book is recommended?
@Ed Chang’s book is helpful in some ways, and helped me a lot personally when I was starting out, especially for figuring out how to practice new pieces.…
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2 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes!
Here’s a reference video for my starting point for the Chopin Etude Op 10 No 4. I took it last week. It’s messy and needs a lot more speed, so I recommend a sense of humor if you watch the video,…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Springtime Recital
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks Vidhya!
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2 mths ago
Community Concerts!
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Re: Springtime Recital
I'd like to submit a few shorter Scriabin preludes...here they are, with some notes! https://youtu.be/m804aa5steE?si=kxNnhotYuRkm59DP Will try to attend,…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Community Concerts!
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Re: How to make piano sketches?
@Alberto I haven't gone through all ToneBase's courses, but there was a recent "intensive" on composing your own piano piece. The instructional videos are useful for the purpose,…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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ToneBase Scriabin Stage
I made a Scriabin video and thought, hey, why not make a place for us to share any of our Scriabin performances/works in progress? I wonder how many Scriabin fans we have here at ToneBase! (I know,…
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite @Andrea Buckland @Ursina Boehm @Michelle R @Vidhya Bashyam @Gail Starr Thank you for the kind words! Typically they'll let me play for a little while and then they make me stop.…
Marc M
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Your Practice Diary
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Ursina Boehm Lovely tone!
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Re: Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps!
I’m going to use this challenge to improve my Chopin Op. 10 No. 4. It has scales, arpeggios, leaps, etc, so every item in the practice plan series ought to help me with something!…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Michelle R I'm late to comment on this, but lovely piece, and nice terraced dynamics!
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
Somehow I didn't see this thread till now, but I'm excited to join in! Here's Bach's F major 2-part invention. I got a little tense at the end, due to trying to balance a dragon mask on my head (and…
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Re: Where is Piazzolla?
@Letizia ooo I forgot about that one, thanks. Libertango would be cool, as well as something on his fugues, which I think are some of the coolest music written.
Marc M
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Marc_M
2 mths ago
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Re: Where is Piazzolla?
@Superblonde DotOrg Cool. Can you recommend any pianists who play Piazzolla solo? I’d love to look into their work. Always on the lookout for good stuff that I haven’t heard before…
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2 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
@Gail Starr Ha, I just learned what xml files are. Here is the score, slightly touched up! It's a rough score with no phrasing or dynamics. It's also not exactly what I played because there was a…
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2 mths ago
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Where is Piazzolla?
I’m not an authority on this question, but as someone who loves Piazzolla…piano for him usually takes back stage to bandoneon and strings. Piano solo arrangements of his works tend to be very…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Thank you, they were great fun to write and play! Now I need to re-work the sheet music based on some last minute edits I made while practicing the piece...…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Sindre Skarelven Thanks, Sindre!
Marc M
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2 mths ago
Live Calendar
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
@Thurmond R Great work! So good to see you’re contributing to good sacred music and that your parish is using it. I especially liked the mortem tuam resurrectionem.
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
I'm not sure where the best place to put this for the watch party is, so I'll put it on the livestream thread and here also. Here's a go at Riko's Variations! https://www.youtube.…
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2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Music YOU composed Watch Party!
Here's what I've got. I added some random text commentary here and there in the video, for fun's sake (like Nahre Sol, except not as good haha). Also, my 1.…
Marc M
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2 mths ago
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Re: Group 1
@Gail Starr great playing. It’s a fun piece so far! I look forward to hearing the latest and greatest version when it’s ready.
Marc M
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3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Juan Carlos Olite Lovely! I thought the quieter variation at the end was particularly poignant.
Marc M
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3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Thank you, and thank you for leading this course. It was a great inspiration and motivator!
Marc M
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3 mths ago
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio OK, I reworked it a bit, and here's what I've got! It's pretty silly but I'm hoping people will find it fun. The Lord of the Rings variation at the end sounds a lot better on a…
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Rainer Joos Soooooo I ended up trading in the worker bee mics because (1) one broke due to bad mount construction, and (2) they were too heavy and unwieldy to use with my clamp setup.…
Marc M
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