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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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Missing Content
I just signed up for a free 14-day trial. I am very interested in the techniques area: exercises, mechanics, musicianship, and etudes. THEY ARE ALL BLANK...EMPTY.…
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Polyrhythms in Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau
Hi there, I'm hoping someone can give some advice on how to play these bars from Reflets dans l'eau with the conflicting rhythms between hands: In this one,…
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Week 2 Thread: The Era of Haydn and Mozart!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century" challenge! Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (<- click) Watch the kickoff…
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Sign-Up: Improve your Chopin Ornaments in Two Weeks with Jarred Dunn!
Sign up now for our very first Two Week Intensive with Jarred Dunn on "Improve your Chopin Ornaments"! When playing Chopin, we face a tremendous challenge in using ornamentation to enhance musical…
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Help with ornamentation timing for Minuet in G major
Hi, I'm new around here (and a beginner pianist), hope this is the right place for questions. I'm learning to play Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 from the course "Intro to J. S.…
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Minuets in G major and G minor, BWV Anh. 114 and 115
Just joined ToneBase and will start with learning these two pieces by following the course "Intro to J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Music" by Magdalena Stern Baczewska.…
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Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century" challenge! Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (<- click) Watch the kickoff…
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Help regarding Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Major (Does the right hand need to be mathematically precise?)
Hi everyone! I've been trying to learn the Prelude in G Major by Rachmaninoff and have just finished watching the excellent lesson by Boris Giltburg. I'm just wondering if the melody on the right…
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Repertoire List!
You can work on any work for piano (keyboard) written during the 18th century by any composer. Repertoire’s Suggestions: Galuppi’s Keyboard Sonatas Haydn’s pieces: (easy) German Dance in D major,…
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FAQ for "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!"
Welcome to the 18th Century! What do we know about the music written during the Galant style, or better… during the 18th century? Most of the time, the music for keyboard instruments written during…
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Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century!
Current Practice: 1. Mozart Fantasy, No 397, Chopin Prelude No. 45, and Shubert Moments Op. 94, #3
The Fantasy is coming along nicely to the first glissando. The Shubert is easier than anticipated. If I practice during the day, I don't have problems changing keys between pieces.…
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Week 4: Improvise Like Debussy & Ravel
Welcome to the third week of "Imagination on the Piano: Improvising Classically with George Ko"! This is the thread for posting the submissions and assignments for the fourth week.…
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Maintaining growing repertoire in good shape
The more music you learn, the bigger your repertoire grows and the harder it becomes to maintain everything in good shape. To me it feels like a challenge because we tend to focus our practice time…
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Two pieces: Mozart & Chopin
I'm working on Mozart Fantasy in D Minor, K 397, and also Chopin Prelude in D Minor, No. 24. I've been away from learning new pieces for some time, so I'm reviewing fingering, expression,…
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Mozart #397 in D minor
Quick to get into, with a few technical review spots and difficult passages.
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Welcome to the third week of "Imagination on the Piano: Improvising Classically with George Ko"! This is the thread for posting the submissions and assignments for the third week.…
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"Wrong notes" in Haydn A-flat sonata, II. Adagio.
Let's consider this a test of how wonkily specific questions can get. I'm playing Haydn A-flat Major Sonata, Hob XVI:46. In the Henle urtext edited by Georg of the 2nd movement, bar 14,…
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IMPROVE YOUR SCALES! Scales are integral to your technique - all of music is built on them! They are singularly one of the most important things to master for piano playing!…
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Hi! I am really struggling with this one... although I am getting better. I am currently approaching this very methodically, think, ATTACK, relax... repeat ad nauseam...…
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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
Two Week Intensives
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
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"Improving your rhythm!": Beyond the Metronome
"Becoming an Orchestra" TWI with Daniela Bracchi
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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
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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
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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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"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
Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
Improve your Scales!
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