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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.