Classical Sonatas: A Two-Week Intensive with Jarred Dunn

STEFAN SCHAUFLER here’s the list: https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/m1yjmnc/important-general-information

Angela Fogg I believe the Bach one is just created under the "Practice Diary" section where you can add your own discussion topics, so you could create one called "Tonebase Sonata Stage" =)

What Dustin said - instruction here https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/h7hjs84/introducing-your-personal-practice-diary

Priya Viseskul thank you both Priya and Dustin for this

Ursina Boehm I am learning the "Little A Major" sonata! I am not doing the intensive, though. 

Maria That is such a beautiful Sonata! Please do share a recording of your playing 🥰

Sindre Skarelven wow 🤩! That must be amazing to be able to study with him in person. 

rebecca LAM Rebecca, Im in the same boat. My teacher wanted to know what new piece I wanted to start, but I said I wanted to get back to the Pathétique and really polish it up. This is all very timely. But in going back I see how very different each movement is from the other, and each brings in different technique.

Victoria Macdonald yay!!! We can walk through this process together and share notes!!! So excited. Still working on a lot of details with first movement but able to bring all three somewhat together. 

rebecca LAM I took a lesson with Ben Laude at the NYC Intensive on the first movement. I recorded the lesson and will have to review it. Ben did a wonderful TB video on the first movement with Leon Fleisher. There's also a TB course with John O'Connor covering all three movements. Right now I'm focusing on the third.

rebecca LAM Victoria Macdonald 

That’s fantastic, I’m in with this sonata too! We’ll be having a little Pathétique corner here. 😊

I’ve also learned the whole sonata at various times, but it was never really consolidated or properly refined. I might not get very far with it during the intensive, but I still think it will be worthwhile, even if only to gain more clarity about the structure and how the whole sonata fits together.

Victoria Macdonald I watched both video and they are excellent. wow!! how wonderful you had the chance to work with Ben. I can't wait to hear all the things you learned. 

Astrida I love that we will be sharing and learning together. I know what you mean since I did not learn them together. It does not feel like a whole sonata together but 3 separate pieces to me right now. This is my first sonata that I am playing seriously all the movements, so I don't really know how to think of it as a whole. I think it will really help us moving forward with learning this sonata. Maybe we can get together on zoom and exchange notes later. 

rebecca LAM good idea! Let’s keep in touch!

Astrida rebecca LAM Victoria Macdonald may I join your corner or will it get way too pathetic? 🙂

Jarkko Janhunen of course, please join us. The more the merrier. We can all learn from each other. 

Jarkko Janhunen absolutely! You are very welcome! And thank you for bringing up that joke. The association has occurred to me too, when reflecting on my struggles in this piece. 😆 If we must, we will allow ourselves to be pathetic, but we will also work to overcome it and grow.

Jarkko Janhunen Absolutely! A reminder "pathos" comes from ancient Greek, meaning "suffering," "experience," or "emotion". Aristotle said it was an appeal to the audience's emotions.