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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Happy New Year EVERYONE! I so look forward to connecting with you and hearing you and learning from you all
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Catherine Thank you, Catherine!
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Catherine Catherine Happy New Year, Catherine! Can't wait to hear your pieces.
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Catherine Welcome!! Hope your new year has been filled with great piano music!
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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. :)
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CHAN ZI YIN Hello, Chan Zi! Your favorite food sounds delicious to me! Welcome to our piano community!
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CHAN ZI YIN Welcome, Chan Zi! We are so happy you are here! We love coconut rice.
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CHAN ZI YIN Welcome! We are happy to help pianists of all levels. As a beginner, are there any things that you are struggling with or have questions about? let me know!
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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 !
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Samir C Tanjar Thank you, Samir! God bless you, too! Happy New Year! Welcome!
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Samir C Tanjar Welcome! You are playing fantastic and very difficult repertoire. So impressive as well as your work as food critic and more!
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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.
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Mark Goodhart Welcome, Mark!
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Mark Goodhart Welcome Mark! Let me know if you have any questions or requests :)
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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.
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Harriet Kaplan Hello, Harriet! We have already had conversations in chat. I am now getting to read some of these interesting introductions!
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Harriet Kaplan Welcome!! You are playing such wonderfully diverse repertoire. Hope to hear some of the Ives at some point. If you have specific questions about the Goldbergs let me know! I have performed all of them
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Dominic Cheli thanks! I've appreciated all your work in building up the interactive content here. I watched your performance of the Goldbergs, and it was impressive. Do you have any advice on how to build up to playing the whole piece? When I started it 2 years ago (at my teacher's suggestion), I didn't think I could play any of it, but it turned out to be a little more approachable than I expected so I ended up working my way through all of it. I can more or less play each individual variation after some dedicated practicing, but stringing them together is a lot harder.
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Harriet Kaplan This is a GREAT question. I have many thoughts on it. I might actually feature this as a livestream topic because it might be easier than typing everything out. But What I can generally say is this: Begin by playing the work in manageable sections (5 variations at a time). When that feels ok, start trying to create 10 variation chunks or other types of selections (playing all canons back to back is great). That hopefully can get you started!
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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.
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vbashyam Hello, and Welcome, Vidhya!
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Vidhya Bashyam I don't know this Ashkenazy transcription! Please share it with us when you are comfortable - so curious!
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Vidhya Bashyam Welcome!!! :)
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Dominic Cheli will do. Will be on the lookout for the next tonebase concert.
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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 :)
