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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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Polyrythm in Chopin Nocturne nr 20 tips?
Hi, I decided I wanted to give Chopin Nocturne nr 20 (KK IVa Nr 16) a go. I use a Henle edition. In bar 21-22 the right hands goes in 3/4 and the left hand is goes in 4/4.…
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Welcome to Week 2! Goal: Work on a challenging excerpt or section of your Beethoven piece. Challenge: Pick a passage from a Beethoven piece you admire (or struggle with!…
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Beethoven Birthday Challenge
Lost Waltz
I am so glad to see this new forum. Thank you, Dominic. I was fortunate to attend Tonebase's first piano camp at Adamant, Vermont and meet their excellent teachers and players.…
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Week 1: Beethoven Birthday Challenge – Choose Your Piece!
Welcome to the first week of our Beethoven Birthday Challenge! In celebration of Beethoven’s genius, we invite you to select a piece from his repertoire to explore and perform this week.…
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Hi folks hope is everyone is fine and enjoying xmas. I know this forum is for piano, but I'm interested on the tonebase flute classical repertoire from basic to advance if someone has it it would be…
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Hello Tonebase community, The Glocal Piano Project 2024 is in “audience vote stage” that may help some pianists to get into Ferrucio Bussoni competition.…
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INTRODUCING: Your Personal Practice Diary!
Hello and welcome to our brand new Practice Diary!
We want to offer you a place where you can share your progress on a piece you are currently working on! Just follow these simple steps:…
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How has playing the piano enriched your life, and what are you thankful for in your musical journey?
How has playing the piano enriched your life, and what are you thankful for in your musical journey?
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Level 5 – Repertoire, Course Lists & Discussion Space
Level 5 description You’ve built a solid foundation at the keyboard and you’re ready to develop your skills and expand your repertoire. Get serious about counterpoint by studying Bach’s 2-part…
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Week 3: Share your performance with us!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge!
Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.…
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Hi everyone! It was such a joy to work on the newest video for the Tonebase YouTube, featuring the fabulous Yulianna Avdeeva. In the video she answers questions both insightful and silly from Reddit.…
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Hello all, I wanted to ask for advice on the logistics of pursuing professionalism in the music world and successfully supporting a family. I am a recent dad of a young daughter and happily married…
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Hello! I'm new to this forum, so I might post in the wrong section. Pardon me if that's the case. I'm not sure what level of pianoplaying I am since I've had a break for almost 2years after a very…
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Melody: Album for the young
I just joined the platform today and I'm a beginner. I'm looking at the lesson on "Melody" from the Schumann: Album for the Young. Is this symbol "<>" ,…
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Level 3 – Repertoire, Course Lists & Discussion Space
Level 3 description You’re continuing to build new skills and try out music in different styles at the keyboard. Level up your technique and keyboard skills with our recommended courses and practice…
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What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why?
What piece of music never fails to make you smile or feel uplifted, and why? Feel free to share the recording with us below!
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
tonebase member concerts!
Community Challenges
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
Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
"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
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Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer!
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4-Hand Piano Hub!
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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
Two-Week Intensive: Exploring Robert Schumann
Improve both Hands in 2 weeks with Piotr and Elois
"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!
Public Spaces!
Two Week Intensive Archive
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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