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Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
Hey everyone - this is Dominic from tonebase 🙂! 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!…
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Week 2: Clarity and Articulation!
Welcome to Week 2 of the Mozart Challenge. Now that the notes are starting to settle, this week we shift our focus to something essential in Mozart’s style:…
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Partimento for beginners
Hi folks, I'm really into partimento but a I can't understand very well the explanation of the tonebase course about how create a good partimento, so I was wondering if someone knows another site,…
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Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
Hello Everyone! Here is a place for us to chat about our favorite pianos, questions, and general conversation! What instruments have you loved playing lately?…
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Tonebase Bach Stage
This thread is dedicated to J.S. Bach keyboard music. We would like to renew the inspiring spirit of the old thread "Group-Journey through J.S. Bach" based on the inventions and extend to the entire…
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“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”
“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Optional: Post a video of their playing so that we can hear!
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How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
I have a problem staying focused when I play in front of people. even when I play in my own home. I play okay, but I find that I lose my focus because I keep wondering how I sound to those listening…
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Week 1: Select your piece!
Week 1 — Pick Your Piece Welcome to the first week of our March Challenge! This month we’re celebrating Mozart — his clarity, elegance, and incredible sense of musical conversation at the keyboard.…
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Hand Health: Ergonomic (computer) keyboard Recommendations
I've been having some hand pain recently and during my attempts to figure out and address the cause(s) so I can continue to have a long and healthy life as a pianist,…
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Welcome!
Welcome Everyone! I know how lonely it is playing the piano all by ourselves, so I wanted to open up this thread where we can share and talk about 4-hand piano music!…
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Contemporary Piano works
I know that our community is mainly “classical” repertoire based, so I do not know if this post is appropriate here? But I wanted to share this beautiful composer/musician FKJ (French kiwi juice) lol.…
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What are your difficult passages?
Hey Everyone, Let's talk about difficult passages. What are you playing this week that is making you sweat and work hard?
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The unofficial Tonebase-piano-wide Liszt Complete Transcendental Etudes project!
My dear piano friends, It is with trembling hands that I am writing this. But this HAS to be done, if only because I'm getting old and in a few years I won't be able to tackle this repertoire anymore.…
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What is your favorite recording from this past week?
Hey Everyone! What have you been listening to this past week? Share below so we can hear and learn some new music!
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Tell us about your favorite memory performing for an audience (of 1 or more people!)
Tell us about your favorite memory performing for an audience! This could be any number of years ago, for any number of audience members!
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When is your favorite time of day to practice?
We all have very different practice schedules and I am wondering what time of day YOU enjoy practicing! Different times of day can yield different results! For example,…
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The digital piano thread
Do you own one? Is it in addition to owning an acoustic piano? I own a Kawai ES920, which is my main practice instrument. I do own an acoustic piano as well, as many of you know,…
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Reducing hand tension at the piano to improve speed
Looking for teaching videos / tips here to assist with reduction of hand tension at advanced level, to improve speed of eg tremolo, very rapid passages in thirds etc.
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What pedagogy book is recommended?
Hi there, what book would you recommend for learning how to teach kids?
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"Last Tears", piano solo
Good day everyone. I just wanted to share one of my compositions. I hope you like it. https://on.soundcloud.com/5vcXex16VPNR2NBXFo
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What's your favorite music-related book or movie?
There are some fantastic books and movies about music! Let us know some of your recommendations so we can check them out!
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What's your favorite piano literature/book?
Dear all, I'd like to start a discussion (or information exchange) about piano literature. I like books. And I love piano 😄 and I think both would be a great combination.…
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