Week 1: Getting down to Business
Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge! 
Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
Twice a week between July 31st - August 7 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Here is this week's assignment!
1. Pick a piece you want to revisit!
2. Let us know how far you got with it, what is "unfinished" and what your goal is for this challenge!
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I'm at the beginning of my piano journey, so I don't really have any "unfinished" pieces. But before I had to take a piano-break, I had just learned the G-Major Minuet in the Anna Magdalena Notebook. I'd like to use this challenge to learn how to play the repeats in a non-boring fashion.
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Gail Starr Juan Carlos Olite Natalie Peh Thank you. I'm happy to be able to join in!
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Today I played through the G-Major Minuet to be sure I remembered it (I did). Now to decide how to play the repeats. I think I'll play no ornaments first time and add ornaments on the repeat. If that goes well, I'll see what else I can do. I'll record on Monday, most likely. My teacher just gave my a new piece, and we've already been working on the g minor minuet just after the G Major one, so I'll be playing lots of music over the next few weeks! I look forward to being inspired by everyone's submissions.
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Hi all,
I鈥檓 glad to join a tonebase community challenge after a few months away from the piano due to other commitments.
A piece I would like to finish is Chopin鈥檚 Grande Valse Brilliante Op.18.
I have made attempts at learning parts of it before but never managed to get it together. I think this challenge will hopefully help me to get it to a playable state. I would estimate I am starting from about 30% but the piece has its challenges, especially trying to make it sound stylish!
I hope to post an initial update of the opening pages in the next few days.
Derek
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Derek McConville how wonderful! That piece was on the Chopin/Rubinstein album my parents gave me as one of my very first LPs; I must have been 12 or so. I listened to it countless times as a teenager - and now I somehow feel as if it just isn't performed as often anymore. Can't wait to hear you play it!
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Alexander Weymann thank you! Rubenstein also one of my absolute favourites and I'm looking forward to this challenge now :)
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Derek McConville Good choice, Derek! Wonderful Chopin!
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Derek McConville Great choice! Such a cheerful but elegant Waltz. Looking forward to hearing it.
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Derek McConville Welcome back, Derek! Can't wait to hear your Valse.
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Derek McConville Great to see you back, Derek. I look forward to hearing your progress!
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I simply can't believe the thrilling lineup of pieces folks have chosen for this challenge (and we're just a couple of days into it, so there's probably even more to come)! What a month this is going to be... wow!
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Alexander Weymann This line-up is insane!! Can鈥檛 wait for the un-real watch party!!
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As Alexander Weymann says, what a thrilling set of pieces in this unexpected challenge. I want to join this brave group.
Among others..., one of my "eternal unfinished business" is Chopin First Ballade op. 23. I know, I know... But nothing is lost by trying. A curiosity: I have read the date when I bought the score (August 7th 1982), no words.
My goal: make a video playing the entire piece (in the last week of the challenge, of course).
Let's go and good luck everyone!!
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Juan Carlos Olite just when I thought it couldn't get any better.... my best wishes are with you, brave friend! Very exciting.
Oh, and maybe don't get too obsessed with it...
I'm sure you are aware of this book, aren't you? -
Juan Carlos Olite good luck, Juan Carlos!
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Juan Carlos Olite Looking forward to your performance of this classic!
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Juan Carlos Olite looking forward to following your updates on this gorgeous ballade, and video too!
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Juan Carlos Olite Oh - looking forward to hearing your progress on this! Best of luck.
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Juan Carlos Olite bravo with this choice - so dramatic! A fantastic challenge and look forward to hearing the updates!
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Before the Mazurka TWI that just took place, I scratched the surface of the first page of Rachmaninov Prelude in D-major Op 23 no 4, so that is very unfinished business!
Week 2 of Mazurka TWI I started the Op 59 no 1 (Chopin), and got threw the first section before I got under the weather.
Now I want to finish these two pieces!
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Sindre Skarelven As always, looking forward to hearing your playing, Sindre!
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Sindre Skarelven More Rachmaninov and Chopin! My favorite composers. Looking forward to hearing both!
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Sindre Skarelven Can鈥檛 wait to hear you play these pieces!
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Juan Carlos Olite Vidhya Bashyam Andrea Buckland Thank you my friends! I wonder if this will just be more unfinished business at the end of the challenge!
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Sindre Skarelven Can't wait to hear these! I'm so in love with Op 59, that I will try to start #1 or #3 after I work on my Chopin Etude.
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Sindre Skarelven very happy to see that Chopin's mazurkas will be featured in this amazing line-up of pieces! The choice of Rachmaninoff piece is gorgeous too!
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