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WELCOME TO OUR LATEST TONEBASE PIANO COMMUNITY PRACTICE CHALLENGE:

Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey (Feat. Grieg)

Let's Explore Grieg's "Lyric Pieces" one of the greatest collections of pieces (66!) by ANY composer!

These are character pieces, each with a title, suggesting what story Grieg was thinking about when composing!

Feel free to choose any number of these pieces to work on, and as always try to submit videos of your practice/eventual performance so we can celebrate in a watch party on:

June 15th - Grieg's Birthday!

When does this take place?

Challenge start: May 22

Challenge days: May 22 - June 15
Watch Party of selected submissions: June 15 at 11am PT

(Link coming soon!)

HOW TO START:

1. Are you playing/have played one of Grieg's lyric pieces? If so, then let's start practicing it and post an update on what you are working on!

2. Looking for inspiration? Take a look at some of the suggested pieces below by level!

3. Practice every day and try to post 2 videos a week!

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE FOR "EASIER" Lyric Pieces!

Patriotic Song, op. 12 no. 8 – RCM Grade 6, Henle 2

Waltz, op. 12 no. 2 – RCM Grade 5, Henle 3

Watchman’s Song, op. 12 no. 3 – RCM Grade 6, Henle 3

Folksong, op. 12 no. 5 – RCM Grade 6, Henle 3

Bell Ringing, op. 54 no. 6 – Henle 3

Sailor’s Song, op. 68 no. 1 – Henle 3

Arietta, op. 12 no. 1 – RCM Grade 6, Henle 4, ABRSM Grade 4

SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE FOR "more famous but difficult"

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65 no. 6 – RCM Grade 10, Henle 6
March of the Dwarfs, op. 54 no. 3 – Henle 6

To the Spring, op. 43 no. 6 – RCM Grade 9, Henle 6

Bonus: Grieg's FAVORITE Lyric Piece

Arietta op.12 no.1

AND transformed into a waltz for the FINAL piece of the 66 set!

Remembrances op.71 no.7

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!