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Re: Group 1 @Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you so much for the feedback! I have a lot to work on now, haha. When we drop on each note, do we drop with the whole arm,…
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- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Group 1 Here's a late week 1 submission: https://youtu.be/9A-WMlGx71k I'm working on Chopin's Op. 10 No. 4 and find that my left hand is struggling in various places.…
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- 7 mths ago
- Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
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Re: Week 3: Start Preparing your submissions! OK, super last minute...here's my submission (chopin 10 4): https://youtu.be/wOciCHLlS00 Still a work in progress, so nevermind the errors throughout!
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- 7 mths ago
- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Group 1 @Gail Starr Hmm, I just got an email about this reply you made 2 days ago, haha. Interesting thinking of it as an "under" arc...hmm. In fact, I found out yesterday that Clair Huangci teaches the…
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Re: Group 1 @Dr. Leann Osterkamp He Thank you, this is helpful clarification. I'll try to apply this to the Chopin 10 4 (maaaaybe beyond my skill level, haha) and little Scriabin prelude I'm working on!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Gail Starr I just checked out Paul Barton's channel, and wow, Emilie is really good! Haha. Eventually the kiddos may join in also--we'll see.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Group 1 I listened through the video and plan to revisit it soon--there's a lot there! I also have a question about the recommendation against "rainbow"-type arcing and for sliding across the keys.…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Juan Carlos Olite I love it! Thanks for posting.
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Gail Starr @Juan Carlos Olite @Natalie Peh @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you, you are all very kind! I was wondering what images might accompany the music well, and somehow a dinosaur chase came to mind.…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Alexander Weymann Thank you for the kind words! :) Maybe a ToneBase Scriabin challenge will pop up one of these months, and you'll have a good excuse to work on that gnarly White Mass sonata, haha.…
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes! @Alexander Weymann Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind, and try to think of it more as a march. I haven’t played this etude in front of a teacher or anyone experienced, so I appreciate the feedback!
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- 8 mths ago
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- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps! @Alexander Weymann I love it! The rhythms all sounded natural. I’d totally stress out about the mathematics of the 5:3…haha. I’m going through a little Scriabin phase myself—recently recorded 4…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Week 2: Arpeggios, Dynamics and Repeated Notes! @Alexander Weymann Thank you for the encouragement! It's looking like upping the speed will eventually become the main challenge...I definitely can't play 180 bpm, even with the left hand alone.…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Springtime Recital @Letizia I enjoyed it--very assertive!
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- 8 mths ago
- Community Concerts!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage Here's the 3rd movement of Bach's transcription of Marcello's oboe concerto in D minor (BWV 974). I still need to iron out some unevenness here and there. For fun, I added some dinosaurs...…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Thurmond R Sounds great! Nice handling of the middle voices.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: ToneBase Scriabin Stage @Juan Carlos Olite and @Will Green : thanks! Juan Carlos—I look forward to hearing you play some Scriabin also! I’m sure you’d do his work justice.
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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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- 8 mths ago
- General Discussion
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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,…
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- The Practice Plan Challenge!
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Re: Springtime Recital @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks Vidhya!
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- 8 mths ago
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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,…
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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,…
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- 8 mths ago
- Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
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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.…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage @Ursina Boehm Lovely tone!
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Marc_M

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