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Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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New Year’s Resolutions 2025: Let’s Make This Year Musical!
Happy New Year, tonebase pianists! As we kick off 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect, dream,…
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4 days ago
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“Trying out tonebase? Ask your questions here!”
Hey everyone - this is Dominic, the lead of tonebase piano
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7 days ago
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Practice Strategies, Dmitri Murrath
Dmitri presented a very interesting practice method. But, the thing is, it is based only on anecdotal evidence. That is, of him and some of his students (we do not know how many).…
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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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How much do you depend on the scores provided by tonebase, provided that there is no fingering?
I am a lifetime member of both the violin and the piano. So far, I think all the courses and materials presented are very great. There is time when I finish a lesson,…
Taylor Ma
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Summer in Mondsee by Alma Deutscher
Hi tonebase! I finished my "holiday break" project to record this lovely little piece by Alma Duetscher. I found it surprisingly difficult to play well.…
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Looking for Borodin Piano Trio in D
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Tips on Shostakovich Quintet in G
Hi, I am planning to play Shostakovich's quintet for piano and strings in October this year at the conservatory in my city, can anyone give me some general recommendations about the piece?…
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13 days ago
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Schubert Wanderer Fantasy
I'm crazy enough to attempt this piece. What would you say is the slowest acceptable mm for the first movement? Thanks!
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Score -Marina Lomasov - Etude op 10 -8
Hello Tonebase, I believe that in Bar 1, the B after the trill is not "naturalized". Can you please confirm ? Thank you...
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A Fresh Start!
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
Unfinished Business Challenge!
Mini Challenges
Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
Celebrating Tchaikovsky's Birthday!
Challenge Archive
The Pillars of Piano Technique (Mini-Challenge)
Celebrate Rachmaninoff's Birthday Challenge!
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!
Improvising Classically with George Ko!
The Music of France!
"Improve your Technique!" Month
February: Discovering Schubert Month
Bach in March
LONGTERM ONGOING - Bach's Goldberg Variations
tonebase Community Concert Challenge
Brahms Waltzes Challenge!
Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
Tonebase Holiday Challenge!
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
Handel G-major Chaconne
Mentorships and Two-week Intensives
"Phrasing like a Singer" at the Piano
Fast Track Program
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
Mentorship with Jarred Dunn
TWI: Improving your Scales!
Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Mentorship
Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
Jarred Dunn Mentorship
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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tonebase member concerts!
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Beethoven Birthday Challenge
The Adventures of Anya Challenge!
Let's Play Schubert's Waltzes!
A Fresh Start!
The Practice Plan Challenge!
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
Unfinished Business Challenge!
Mini Challenges
Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
Celebrating Tchaikovsky's Birthday!
Challenge Archive
The Pillars of Piano Technique (Mini-Challenge)
Celebrate Rachmaninoff's Birthday Challenge!
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
Finding Colors in your sound (Mini Challenge!)
Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!
Improvising Classically with George Ko!
The Music of France!
"Improve your Technique!" Month
February: Discovering Schubert Month
Bach in March
LONGTERM ONGOING - Bach's Goldberg Variations
tonebase Community Concert Challenge
Brahms Waltzes Challenge!
Beethoven Variations Community Challenge!
Tonebase Holiday Challenge!
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
Handel G-major Chaconne
Mentorships and Two-week Intensives
"Phrasing like a Singer" at the Piano
Fast Track Program
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
Mentorship with Jarred Dunn
TWI: Improving your Scales!
Crash Course on Controlling your Dynamics!
Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
TWI: What makes Schubert GREAT with Ben Laude
Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska Mentorship
Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
Jarred Dunn Mentorship
Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
Narrative Musicianship w/ Konstantin Soukhovetski
Sara Davis Buechner Mentorship
Improvising a simple ABA Piece with Jeremy Siskind
General Information and Sign-Up!
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Lesson discussion archive
"Improving your rhythm!": Beyond the Metronome
"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
Bach's Polyphony Intensive with Magdalena
Improve your MOZART sonata with Orli Shaham!
Improving your Sightreading with Leann Osterkamp!
Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
Improve your Arpeggios with Claire Huangci
Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
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