Week 1: Choose your piece!
Hello everyone and welcome to Week 1 of "The Adventures of Anya" challenge!
This week, the goal is simple:
1. Pick a movement to start working on.
2. Tell us why you picked it!
3. Optional: share your first sight-reading/practice on the piece!
4. Optional: Check out Orli Shaham's performance, storytelling, and tutorial on these movements below!
It could be either one of these FREE movements provided exclusively to tonebase:
Macarons (Score)
Tutorial video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnj9T14YZFY&t=167s
Magic Wand (Score)
Tutorial Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37HT51OstTs
Or if you choose to purchase the full set, pick any movement!
The discount code ToneBase can be used for a 20% discount on both volumes of the complete product.
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The Adventures of Anya is a musical fairy tale written and composed by Karen Tanaka, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke, and performed and narrated by Orli Shaham. It transports readers and listeners to a faraway land, where a charming bunny named Anya resides within the enchanted and mystical forest. Join Anya as she embarks on a journey filled with joyous exploration alongside her forest companions. Yet, destiny has a surprising twist when a distinguished messenger from the realm'smighty King disrupts the tranquility of the forest, setting the stage for an unforgettable adventure.
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Tanaka is such a fabulous composer! I’m very excited to learn about these Anya pieces and the latest ToneBase challenge! The webpage for purchasing the entire set of scores seems to be crashing right now (7/22 at 9:30 a.m.) but hopefully will be up again later.
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This is such a great idea, I don’t know this composer at all so I’m looking forward to this. I like the look of Magic Wand, it looks dramatic so I think I’ll start with that!
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This is great! As I live too far away, I'm gonna have to wait for a digital edition, but I will surely partake on the challenge. I'll try and learn Magic Wand at first, looks like it brings a very interesting sound and great momentum. But who am I trying to trick? I'm so going to read them both xD
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The link to both volumes of the product keeps crashing for me. Any idea's?
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Hey everyone- I've been behind in practicing and playing this week...Came down with COVID on Saturday. Just feeling human again. Here's my sight reading of the movements posted. That Magic Wand is SOMETHING!
Looking forward to purchasing the score and checking the other movements out!
Forgive the gym-active-wear!
EDIT- I just visited the publisher site to purchase...Is there not a digital download available? I try to avoid using as much paper as possible. (That's my small attempt at saving the planet...lol)
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Here's my week 1 entry...featuring a quick emergency unison tuning (at 10x speed) because an E was killing me...lol.
I sightread the first piece of the set and Macarons. My reading isn't super fast, and I need to write in fingerings for a couple spots, but I think they'll come together pretty quickly with a little work. Will probably do Magic Wand also, but maybe in the next week or two!
I'm loving the music--lush, accessible harmonies and not overly busy.
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Great job, Marc! Love your DIY skills and your delightful commentary. I’ll take a stab at this charming piece when I get a chance next week.