Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Hey everyone - this is Dominic from tonebase 
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As the lead of tonebase PIANO it's such a pleasure to welcome you to the tonebase community. We would love to get to know you! Please introduce yourself in a post below with the following format:
- Where are you from and what's your favorite food from there? ;)
- What are you currently working on?
- What are you hoping to get out of this community?
I'll go first:
- I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and you better believe that I love my barbecue! It is hard to pick my favorite food between ribs, brisket, or a beautiful grilled steak, but if I have to decide...nothing beats a juicy, fall-off-the-bone rack of baby back ribs!
- Currently working on some old favorites of mine by Carl Vine (Piano Sonata No.1), Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.4) and Scriabin (Fantasy op.28) but also adding some great repertoire by H. Leslie Adams (Etude in A-flat minor Book 2), Laura Kaminsky (Alluvion), and Clara Schumann (Romanze in A minor Op.21 no.1)!
- I am hoping to getting to know and helping all of you achieve your musical and artistic goals. Let's have some fun and get to work!
Now over to you (after some participation from our tonebase team members!)
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Hi everyone.
I'm Alessandro, pianist, conductor and singing teacher.
I was born in Italy, but I live in Switzerland (when I'm not traveling, so for 1 month a year, when I'm lucky).
My favorite food? Pizza (with spicy salami) and lasagna (I know: I'm Garfield inside).At the moment I am working on Liszt's Sonata and "Gaspard de la nuit" (in addition to Chopin's etudes: op. 10 n. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12 and op. 25 n. 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12).
For many years I played the piano dealing exclusively with the chamber repertoire, mainly with singers, but a few years ago I decided to take up the solo repertoire again and improve my technique. What I would like to find in the community is a place to exchange opinions, find suggestions and new ideas on how to improve my approach to the keyboard (technically and, above all, musically).
And if you need singing advice, I'm here :D
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Hi guys!
This is my first discussion within Tonebase, but since I really like this platform, it's time to jump in!
Where are you from and what's your favorite food from there? ;)
I'm originally from Houston, Texas (now living in northeast TX), and fajitas from Pappasito's are hands-down the best Tex-Mex meal. I also second the creamy jalapeno dip from Chuy's- it is delicious.
What are you currently working on?
I love Mozart, so I've been working on Sonata 12, K 332, for about a year now. It's been a labor of love between work and having two little ones! I'm also currently working on Schubert's March Militaire, Op 51 no 1, because I'm exploring other Romantic composers who are not Beethoven ;). There's also usually a "pop" song for fun so this semester's is a duet of Carmen I'm doing with my teacher. Next up will be Chopin's Preludes, and I'm excited for that.
What are you hoping to get out of this community?
I love the technical explanations from the instructors and have already grown a lot from those videos. I hope to be more engaged with live discussions and hear from others how their music is going, help others and myself stay accountable to their goals. Basically, as one of my favorite Peloton instructors says, "train hard, train smart, and always have fun"- great advice for a run and learning piano! Happy playing, everyone!
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Nicole Sneed Hi, Nicole! Welcome!
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Hi I'm Aida from iran but currently living in Germany.
My favorite food is ghormeh sabzi
I've been playing piano for almost three years and I'm working on Rachmaninoff prelude op. 3/2 and chopin etude no 9 and no 21.
I hope i can improve my techniques here and learn new things because the level of music education is very low in iran and music is somehow banned from the government.
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Ayda Hi Aida, nice to meet you! I live in Germany, too. Where are you located?
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Andrea Buckland I'm in Rheinland Pfalz (mainz)
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Ayda Bavaria here - close to Regensburg. Welcome on Tonebase, Aida!
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Ayda Hi, Aida! Welcome!
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Hi everyone - I'm Maija from Finland.
1. Finnish food is pretty unassuming. I love some fish (salmon, brown trout, perch or pike-perch) with new potatoes, muurinpohjaletut (a kind of crêpe), korvapuustit (a Finnish cinnamon roll) and wild bilberries and strawberries fresh off the forest/meadow.
2. I'm currently working on building repertoire for an exam that I'm planning to take by the end of this year. I just started learning Sonata K. 213 by Scarlatti, Allemande from the French Suite in b minor by J. S. Bach and Etude Op. 76 No. 2 by Jean Sibelius. I'm also working on some Finnish lied repertoire by Oskar Merikanto, Erkki Melartin and Toivo Kuula.
3. I'm a passionate and somewhat ambitious amateur whose history with the piano is a little patchy. I've played since I was a child but my education was pretty lackluster, and as an adult I had a long period when I played rarely if at all. A few years ago I got into playing the piano again and started to take lessons with new teachers. I'm trying to patch up my uneven education and improve my technique, skills and musicianship so that I can hopefully progress to more challenging repertoire. Tonebase courses have been really helpful so far. I'm looking forward to learning more and being inspired by everyone! :)
