Return To tonebase
How to enable Javascript
Sign Up
Login
Home
Latest Posts
Re: 88 years loving 88 keys with Peter Frankl
@Roger Ward those are such great questions.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
7 days ago
1
Live Calendar
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Khaled - Did you have your performance yet? How did it go?
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
2 wk ago
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Gail Starr it really takes a lot of time to begin to master any of this stuff
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
2 wk ago
2
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Khaled I think the best way to practice is any way that gets you engaged with what you are doing as much as possible - so yes, mechanically playing through pieces without consciously paying…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 wk ago
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Linda Gould what is most challenging to me is keeping my concentration going throughout each piece and then through the entire program. Weird little blips happen in unexpected places.…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 wk ago
1
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Tanya I need to try this.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 wk ago
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
@Gail Starr always a good idea. Hard to stay in that mindset under pressure, though.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 wk ago
1
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
I am in the same boat right now. I have a 45-minute recital coming up with five different pieces on it, and I am going back and forth between feeling confident and feeling scared to death!…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 wk ago
2
General Discussion
Reported - view
Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio @Vidhya Bashyam is really the composer; the rest of us provided embellishments.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 mths ago
4
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
Reported - view
Re: Group 1
A waltz by our group (still in progress). Contributors so far: @Vidhya Bashyam @Andrea Buckland @Harriet Kaplan
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
3 mths ago
7
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
Reported - view
Re: Group 1
I don’t know if my scribbling will be clear or if the files uploaded correctly.
Attachment
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
4 mths ago
4
TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
Reported - view
Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Peter Golemme thanks - I’ve been working on this all year because I’m prepping for an audition. So yes, it’s memorized. There are about a million ways one could play the prelude,…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
4 mths ago
1
Your Practice Diary
Reported - view
Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
A quick version of P&F in A minor from WTC II. It still needs direction and shaping. https://youtu.be/EU6WsanuymE?si=dxezceae72-JOsZX
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
4 mths ago
6
Your Practice Diary
Reported - view
Re: Kick off to the Holidays Concert!
I would like to play Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
5 mths ago
4
Community Concerts!
Reported - view
Re: What is your daily practice routine?
Though I’m not very methodical, I usually start by playing a piece of music to warm up (and check how well I can play something cold!); then if I have time, a scale and arpeggios,…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
5 mths ago
5
Discussion of the Week
Reported - view
Re: How to mark up your score for secure memorization and faster “re-learning!”
I have trouble in ForScore marking in the top and bottom margins - the tools bar covers up the blank space. Is there a way to work around this?
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
8 mths ago
1
Live Calendar
Reported - view
Re: How to mark up your score for secure memorization and faster “re-learning!”
@Gail Starr The sound has been okay for me on my laptop.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
8 mths ago
Live Calendar
Reported - view
Re: Group 4
Is there a link to a recording of the zoom session? I couldn’t be there at that time.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
1
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Reported - view
Re: Group 4
@Jarred Dunn here is my attempt at the left hand. Thanks for any feedback.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
5
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Reported - view
Re: Group 4
@Jarred Dunn I will try Op. 6 No. 2. One thing I'm wondering is about the accents: how strong should they be in the left hand? Should they be exaggerated or subtle?…
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
1
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Reported - view
Re: Public Space for: Improving your Chopin Mazurka with Jarred Dunn!
Question: when you say to clap the rhythm, do you mean the rhythm of the melody or of the accompaniment? Is it possible for you to demonstrate? Thank you!
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
1
Public Spaces!
Reported - view
Re: Group 4
Hi, thanks for including me. I’m looking forward to getting a better idea of how to play a mazurka.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
3
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Reported - view
Re: Sindre's practice diary
@Sindre Skarelven very nice! A little bit Chopin, a little bit Grieg, a little bit modern. Do you have a written score for it?
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
2
Your Practice Diary
Reported - view
Re: "Clara Schumann: A Musical Pioneer and Composer You Should Know" (feat. Orli Shaham and Romanze op.21)
This is the book by Eugenie Schumann. She was the youngest child and never met her father. https://www.amazon.com/Schumanns-Johannes-Brahms-Schumann-Daughter/dp/0359747779
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
9 mths ago
Live Calendar
Reported - view
Re: Piano Extravaganza: An Exploration of Beethoven's Orchestral Style (feat. a performance of the "Pastorale Symphony"
I also enjoyed this! Very well done, both the discussion and the performance.
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
10 mths ago
Live Calendar
Reported - view
1
2
3
4
5
7
Next
Harriet Kaplan
Harriet_Kaplan
160
269
1
Joined: Fri Dec 31 01:01:24 UTC 2021
Follow
Home
Start Here
Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Piano Level System
General Discussions
Tonebase Lesson Discussions
Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
General Discussion
Your Practice Diary
Discussion of the Week
4-Hand Piano Hub!
Live Streams and Events
Live Calendar
Community Concerts!
Community Suggestions
Community Challenges
A Fresh Start!
The Practice Plan Challenge!
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
Unfinished Business Challenge!
Mini Challenges
Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
Celebrating Tchaikovsky's Birthday!
Challenge Archive
The Pillars of Piano Technique (Mini-Challenge)
Celebrate Rachmaninoff's Birthday Challenge!
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!
Improvising Classically with George Ko!
The Music of France!
"Improve your Technique!" Month
February: Discovering Schubert Month
Bach in March
LONGTERM ONGOING - Bach's Goldberg Variations
tonebase Community Concert Challenge
Brahms Waltzes Challenge!
Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
Tonebase Holiday Challenge!
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
Handel G-major Chaconne
Two Week Intensives
Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Mentorship
Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
Jarred Dunn Mentorship
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Narrative Musicianship w/ Konstantin Soukhovetski
Sara Davis Buechner Mentorship
Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
General Information and Sign-Up!
Public Spaces!
Two Week Intensive Archive
Lesson discussion archive
"Improving your rhythm!": Beyond the Metronome
"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
Bach's Polyphony Intensive with Magdalena
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
Improve your Arpeggios with Claire Huangci
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
Improve your Scales!
Ask a Friend
Recommendations
View all topics
Return To tonebase