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(update 2022.11.26) Hi all! Thank you for joining me along my practice sessions. A quick summary about me -- I played piano for 11 years before stopping in college.…
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I've recently found a duet partner. In between live practice, we send each other videos. It's a lot of fun to listen to her recording on my earbuds and play along with her.…
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Still very much a work in progress, which seemed appropriate for this practice discussion group. Working casually on all three of the Opus 117 and this is the first one that is together enough to…
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WELCOME TO OUR LATEST TONEBASE PIANO COMMUNITY PRACTICE CHALLENGE: The Music YOU Love! Here is our NEXT Community Challenge: "Music YOU Love!" For the next 3 weeks we will work on music that has a…
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1 yr ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Hi, I’ll be posting clips/audio clips of my playing, please if got advice/criticism to improve that would be lovely.
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Rebecca Penneys - Ask me anything!
Professor Emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, Rebecca Penneys is a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral soloist, educator, and adjudicator, known for her unique pianistic vision.…
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Public Space for "Becoming an Orchestra" with Daniela Bracchi
In this two-week initiative, we’re moving beyond the black and white of the keyboard and into the colorful spectrum of instrumental timbres. In week one,…
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Juliana Han's Hand over Hand drill -- fingering question
Hi -- For all the triads and their inversions, are we meant to keep the same fingering? For example, is the root position diminished triad still fingered as 1 3 5?…
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Hi, I recently signed up for Tonebase. I've already completed the Taubman Technique series and have to say there was immediate improvement to my playing after applying the principles described by…
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What is your Favorite Rachmaninoff Concerto?
Rachmaninoff's Birthday is coming up next year (150 years!) and lots of performers are programming his music to celebrate. Just this month I have personally played Rach 3 and Rach 1 with orchestras…
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Hello all, I am a master's student in piano at the University of Oregon. I figured I would finally get Tonebase so I can use it both for myself and my students this year.…
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Leah Olson
1 yr ago
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Harmonic analysis of Schumann’s Kleine Studie
I am following the Tonebase lesson on Kleine Studie by Scumann. As an exercise in harmony, I am attempting to do an analysis. Would anyone have that worked out to share with me so I can check my work?…
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Week 3-4: Playing Comfortable for someone!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge!
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Does anyone know why some editions have an A Major chord at measure 134 and some have A minor? I did a bit of research but would love an answer from folks on here who know more than I.…
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What is your favorite Beethoven Piano Concerto?
In anticipation of Garrick Ohlsson's Livestream on Beethoven's Piano Concerti THIS Thursday at 5:30pm PT, I thought I would ask which one is your favorite!
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I would like to make my bass clef reading as automatic as my treble clef reading. I spent most of my early years learning to read through violin, and that treble dominance makes my bass clef reading…
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Improve your Chopin Mazurkas with Jarred Dunn!
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