Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!

Happy New Year EVERYONE!  I so look forward to connecting with you and hearing you and learning from you all

Hi everyone. This is Ziyin from Malaysia. I am an adult beginner currently in my second month of learning the piano in my local studio. 

I am currently finishing the first book of Alfred Adult Piano Course and now working on Pachelbel's Canon (made into C).. 

I am not sure is this a suitable platform for a total beginner like me (I just joined tonebase today) but I wish to expand my horizons and this platform definitely opens up opportunities for me to expose myself with the insights of many world class piano masters.

Oh talking about food. My favourite food is Nasi Lemak (coconut rice) a local classic breakfast in Malaysia. Comprising of rice cooked with coconut milk and spices, topped with crispy anchovies and egg. :)

hello everyone, I'm Samir Tanjar  

• I'm Born in Lebanon from a Lebanese Dad and a Filipino mother, I'm currently living in the Philippines, I am a civil engineer who recently graduated and still studying the piano as it's my life time hobby. I am considered as a Food Critic, specially that I own a restaurant and resort in Calatagan Batangas Philippines having a wide variety of international food, ranging from western, Asian, Japanese, Indian and Lebanese food that I all love and monitor quality personally. Do check up "Lago De Oro" my resort online ;)  
• Currently I am working on most Chopin etudes trying to master all of them someday, doing Bach English suits specially no.2, Beethoven op.2 no.3 Sonata, tackling also the Mozart Concertos 20,21 & 22 and Bach piano Concerto in D minor, and Chopin Scherzo no. 1&2 and Ballade no. 1&4 and Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan...
• I'm Hopping to connect and learn from the experts and the best renowned pianists internationally, and to take my performance to the higher levels of professionalisms and musicality, I have been playing for 10 years, I'm Just 24 years of age and believe that my real Piano journey have just began.    

Thank you for reading my message, nice meeting you, God Bless you and Happy New Year !

Thanks for kicking this off Dominic Cheli.

• I was just introduced to Tonebase by Ghassan Shehadeh and the timing was perfect as I just retired and have great expectations of getting back to the piano.
• I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, went to school (non-music degrees) in Boston, and have lived most of my adult life in Chicago and Ann Arbor, MI. 
• Currently working on some old pieces (back when I was taking lessons and practicing seriously).  Bach Italian Concerto and French Suites, Beethoven (early Sonatas and Waldstein) and miscellaneous Brahms pieces.
• I am looking forward to getting more regular in practice discipline and bringing some pieces to performance level.  So glad to discover this community. 

I'm Harriet, originally from Washington, DC, and now live in a nearby suburb. Food-wise there's a bit of everything here, but when I go out to eat I like to get something I wouldn't make at home, like falafel or sushi or Ethiopian food.

At the moment, I'm working my way through the Well-Tempered Clavier. I started this in April 2021 and intended to spend a week or two on each prelude and fugue, enough to get familiar with them and play through them fluently at least, but have been hovering on the E major set (from Book 1) for the past month. I also have been learning Chopin Ballade No. 3. A couple of pieces on the back burners: Chopin Ballade No. 1, the slow movement (The Alcotts) of the Ives Sonata No. 2, and Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8, along with a multiyear endeavor, learning the Goldberg Variations, with which I've had many frustrations and setbacks.

What am I hoping to get out of tonebase? I suppose inspiration and connection with other piano people. I've been feeling unhappy about my playing and how I learn music for some time and would like to move away from that mindset. This forum and the possibilities for sharing performances and getting feedback are appealing.

Hello All-

This is Vidhya. I grew up in NC, but have lived in northern Virginia for many years. My favorite food in NC was my mom’s home cooking, but loved the local peaches and salty boiled peanuts too!
 

I am currently working on Mozart’s sonata 331 (theme/variations) and Vladimir Askenazy’s transcription of Rachmaninoff’s Zdes Khorosho. I am also working on polishing up Schumann-Liszt’s Widmung. I got the confidence to try out Widmung thanks to some of the tonebase live events. 
 

I love all the great (constantly growing) content on tonebase- repertoire, technique, interviews. The live events, feedback and community are great. I am thankful to have such a great resource to supplement my interest in piano.

Hi everyone!

Riche here! I'm originally from the Philippines but am in Singapore right now. Favorite food has always been Kare-Kare: stewed oxtail in peanut butter :) 

I've been learning the piano for about 5 months now, my first instrument! Learning as an adult so looking for a community to keep me motivated.. :) Currently working on Mozart's Sonata 16 in C Major, and Gymnopedie No1 :) 

Hi everyone!

My name is Anthony and I currently live in New Jersey.  But I grew up in Hawaii where I first started taking piano lessons from grades 5-12.  I love all kinds of food, so would prefer to say that there's no food that I strongly dislike.

I've returned to the piano about 6 months ago after several decades of absence, although I continued to play as a casual hobbyist during that time.  6 months ago is when I made the switch to more serious hobbyist, so started taking piano lessons again and got the piano tuned (several times) to get it to A440.  I just joined Tonebase yesterday (Jan 28, 2022).

I'm working on the Preludes and Fugues of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, book 1 and am learning them in sequential order.  I'm in various phases on the first 9 pieces and learning the Prelude #5 in D major now.  Those pieces take up the bulk of my practice time, but I would like to add at least one other piece from a different composer to my current repertoire, so have been reading through Brahms Intermezzo #2, op 118, Tchaikovsky's The Seasons #6 June (Barcarolle), and Gershwin's Prelude #2.  But haven't decided which of these 3 I want to take on first.

From Tonebase and the Tonebase community, I'm looking to get guidance from experts and professionals.  I'm happy with my piano teacher, but he specializes in jazz piano, so I need additional support on learning my classical repertoire.

Hi, there.

Hello! 

I was born in Thailand but am a Filipino by descent. My favorite Thai food is Pad Krapao—a sautéed basil dish of onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and fried tofu. (You can choose your meat option)

Have chosen to work on Schubert’s Bb Sonata (1st movement) for the Schubert challenge for the month. (Just saw the invitation this morning. Thank you!) Got to perform the work some 5 years ago at school... Haven’t played it much since. I’d like to revisit the work and be able to play it well again.  Hopefully better than before.

Am delighted to be in this very inspiring community. I hope to learn much and to inspire as well.

Hi,

My name is Kyle.

- I was born in Atlanta, Georgia and I now currently live in Columbus, Ga. Picking a favorite food is hard because we have a very diverse culture here. If I had to pick I guess it would be a grilled steak or anything fried.

-Currently I am working on Beethoven (Piano Sonata No. 14, Op.27). I usually only work on one piece at a time.

- I am hoping to become a better pianist overall. I am a piano technician as well as a pianist. So, by improving my skills as pianist, it will help me to be an even better technician. I am hoping to learn from everyone’s experience and wisdom in the community.

Hi all,

I'm Kah Kit, based in Melbourne, Australia. 48YO and played piano in my youth but gave it up for a couple of decades as I was busy travelling the world. The pandemic grounded me so I worked on some personal projects, bought a top of the range Roland digital piano to make recordings to go with my travel footage. The tutorials on Tonebase have been an invaluable resource as I'm largely self-taught as a pianist. 

Concentrating most on : Schubert Impromptu Op 90 G flat and Brahms Rhapsody G minor.

Also working on

Chopin : Etudes Op 10 #1 & #12, Fantasie Impromptu, Ballade No 1, Raindrop prelude

Liszt : Rigoletto paraphrase

Debussy : Clair de lune, Reflets Dans L'eau

Bach : Toccata in C minor

Beethoven : Pathetique sonata

My partner wants me to sing backup for her pop songs, so she signed me up for lessons, so I've got that on my plate too LOL.

Hi and a warm hello! I'm Natalie from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

I love having spicy curry noodles, with lots delicious and juicy meat, vegetable and tofu toppings, as well as Korean fried chicken.

I'm working on:

- Hanon, exercise no 3, each day playing in a different major or minor key

- scales, 6 or seven different scales

- Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue II in C minor

- Martinu's It isn't bad, now is it, to pick some flowers, for the February piano jam on the piano sub-reddit group 

Most days, where I have extra time on my hands:

- Beethoven's Kursfursten Sonata WoO 47, No 1

- cover of Sincerely, a track from the anime series Violet Evergarden 

I am a working adult, and last November, I bought a baby grand piano on a whim. Didn't even test it out, bought it and it got delivered in a few days. I hadn't played for well over 30 years. I think my last piano lesson was probably when I was 17! Returning to playing the piano has been a very interesting and a very satisfying journey so far, and whilst I am slowly starting to recall a lot of the theory and regain some of the dexterity, i would love to learn how to make the most out of each practice session as well as improving on my playing generally and for the specific pieces I'm working on. I also look forward to participating in the forum and interacting with other pianists.

Thanks, I am truly grateful to have access to so much knowledge and teaching by such amazing pianists and teachers.

Hi! I’m new :) any advice?

Hi there,

• Originally from México, living in Miami. As you would imagine, my favorite food is... you guessed it, tacos.
• I'm not working on any pieces at the moment. I'm literally starting from scratch. I am emptying my mind and putting aside what I think I know about piano. 
• Looking forward to getting back to basics and learning from all of you. 

• Hello!  Pleased to join this group.  I am Giuseppe from Rome (Italy) but I was born in Naples where I studied so many years ago music in the local "conservatorio" (high school of music).  Happy father of two children and husband of a beautiful wife I have dedicated my time mostly to family and work (I am a teacher).  Now my love for music has returned and I am practising again.
• My favorite food of course is pasta!
• Mostly I am currently working on the jazz repertoire but I am also working on Debussy, Bach and Villa-Lobos.
• I would like to discover  other composers and to improve my tecnique