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Jackie's Practice diary
I am practicing Mozart D minor concerto, Bach Toccata in E minor BWV 914, Chopin B flat minor scherzo and Alkan Aesop's Feast at the moment. All of these pieces are at the early stages of learning…
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Group 1
ENHANCE YOUR INTERPRETATIONS THROUGH HARMONIC ANALYSIS WITH BEN LAUDE Led by tonebase Head of Piano Ben Laude, you’ll also be receiving direct feedback from two special guests:…
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Group 2
ENHANCE YOUR INTERPRETATIONS THROUGH HARMONIC ANALYSIS WITH BEN LAUDE Led by tonebase Head of Piano Ben Laude, you’ll also be receiving direct feedback from two special guests:…
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Group 2
Improve your Chopin Ornaments in Two Weeks with Jarred Dunn! When playing Chopin, we face a tremendous challenge in using ornamentation to enhance musical expression.…
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Sign-Up: Improve Your Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude
Enhance your Interpretations through Harmonic Analysis with Ben Laude Sign up now for a very special Two Week Intensive designed to level up your harmonic understanding and music analysis skills,…
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Improve your Harmonic Analysis: Public Space
ENHANCE YOUR INTERPRETATIONS THROUGH HARMONIC ANALYSIS WITH BEN LAUDE This is the public space for those who were not assigned a group for the two week intensive!…
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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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Group 1
IMPROVE YOUR CHOPIN ORNAMENTS IN TWO WEEKS WITH JARRED DUNN! When playing Chopin, we face a tremendous challenge in using ornamentation to enhance musical expression.…
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Week 2: New Applications
Thanks for joining me at the Zoom live check-in! Here's the assignment for our second week of Chopin ornaments: 1. Work on the Chopin ornaments from Week 1,…
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Group 3
Improve your Chopin Ornaments in Two Weeks with Jarred Dunn! When playing Chopin, we face a tremendous challenge in using ornamentation to enhance musical expression.…
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Group 4
IMPROVE YOUR CHOPIN ORNAMENTS IN TWO WEEKS WITH JARRED DUNN! When playing Chopin, we face a tremendous challenge in using ornamentation to enhance musical expression.…
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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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Week 3 Thread: Galant Style for Galant People 🕴
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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Bergmuller etude Op 100 n. 5 - Innocence
I'm exercising still separate hands. The tempo and the notes are not a problem, but I still sound like a robot, putting accents on every beat :(
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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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Sign-Up: Improve your Scales in Two Weeks!
Sign up now for our very first Two Week Intensive on "Improve your Scales"! We will focus on Czerny's Exercises no.61 and no.69 from his op.599 set, Burgmuller Op.100 no.…
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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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Public Space for Two-Week Intensive 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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Recording My Performance and Clinkers/Clunkers (otherwise known as wrong notes)
I am a returning adult (mid-sixties). Once upon a time (many, many years ago) I played at probably an early-advanced level. Coming back after not playing much for at least 25 years,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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