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WELCOME TO OUR LATEST TONEBASE PIANO COMMUNITY PRACTICE CHALLENGE:
The Music YOU Love!
Here is our NEXT Community Challenge: "Music YOU Love!" For the next 3 weeks we will work on music that has a deep meaning for us, culminating in a watch party on...you guessed it...February 14, Valentine's Day! You DON'T have to work on music that represents romantic love, but could pick pieces that made you fall in love with music in general, the piano, a composer, or anything! You DON'T have to share WHY you picked a particular piece - this is simply an opportunity for us to come together and practice with renewed vigor!
Start by picking your piece, and then each week I will provide a different objective for you to try in your practice!
The Watch party of February 14th will be of RECORDED videos from the challenge, NOT a live community concert! So make sure to submit your videos and work!
When does this take place?
Challenge start: January 23rd (check out the KICKOFF livestream here:)
https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/q6h0598/kickoff-music-you-love-community-challenge
Challenge days: January 23 - February 13th
Watch Party of selected submissions: February 14th at 11am PT
(Link coming soon!)
HOW TO START:
1. Pick a piece that has alot of meaning for you! It could be a brand new piece, or one that you have already started working on! Dream big, and pick the piece that's right for YOU!
2. Follow each week's practice advice starting on January 23rd!
3. Practice every day and try to post 2 videos a week!
Why are we doing this?
Because we want to challenge ourselves to practice every day
Because learning together is more fun than learning alone
Because we get to share our progress with others (whether video or just text)
Because new music is wonderful and these pieces were written especially for us!
Because we want to meet our fellow tonebase community members
Because we get to hear new music which we might not play ourselves
ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE BELOW!
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I'm not yet sure what I'll learn for this challenge, but I well-remember the music which caused my heart to skip a beat when I first heard it: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated). I was perhaps 11 or 12 years old and found this album in my parents' stack of records. I listened to it, and fell in love with "classical" music.
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Michelle R You have GREAT taste, Michelle! I wonder if there is a 2-piano version? That would be so cool to do together.
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Gail Starr there’s this: http://en.instr.scorser.com/D/59098.html and there are a few others I found.
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Gail Starr Thank you, Gail! I still have that album and play it on occasion. It could be fun to do a 2-piano version together. The trick would be finding one that is easy enough for me. I might be able to pull off the Promenade section if I adapted it somewhat to fit my level - though I don't think I could play it at tempo in three weeks. Maybe I'll ask Thurmond if he could put together a 4-hands/2-piano version for us?
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Thurmond R Thanks so much!
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Michelle R I LOVE this piece!!! How beautiful!!
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I am in the process of learning Beethoven’s Pathetique sonata. I plan on learning/playing the second movement for this challenge.
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Vidhya Bashyam Yay!!!
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Vidhya Bashyam Fabulous! Can't wait to hear you, dear Vidhya.
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Vidhya Bashyam I look forward to hearing you play!
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Vidhya Bashyam I love this sonata! And the second movement is so beautiful and something really special. Looking forward to hear you play it!
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Vidhya Bashyam It has a gorgeous melody to sing, great choice Vidhya!
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Juan Carlos Olite Looking forward to hearing your Beethoven sonata too!
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Vidhya Bashyam You will play it so beautifully
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Vidhya Bashyam that's a beautiful piece! Can't wait to hear it.
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Hi there! This is my first time contributing. I recently learned Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Op. 27, No.1) and I would like to play this.
Sindre Skarelven I saw that you're playing Op. 27 No. 2! Our performances should flow well then! I'm excited to hear your performance!
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Khoa Phan Howard Perfect! It’s so nice to have the flow from the first to the second nocturne.
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Khoa Phan Howard How beautiful. :)
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Khoa Phan Howard I can't wait to hear you!
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I’m thinking Samuel Barber’s Nocturne. I should buckle down and nail the handful of measures that always trip me.
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The first movement of Moonlight Sonata holds a special place in my heart. I would like to share it with you all. I hope the timing on 2/14 works for me.
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I'll be going with Brahms Op. 118 No. 2. Looking forward to hearing everyone play!
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Maybe I´ll challenge myself working on Chopin´s nocturne in F.
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Dominic Cheli
So the weekly video posts are to show our progress? And then we post our final performance on Feb 14?
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Darrell Yes! Post your progress and then post your final video in the last week.
I will compile the videos together for a watch party on February 14!
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Dominic Cheli Hi Dominic!
Can I participate, although I won‘t finish the piece? Start Chopin Ballade Nr. 4 last Sunday.
LG Kerstin
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