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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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Welcome to the NEW FOUR WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! This special FOUR-week workshop is a journey into the heart of piano composition, tailored for both beginners and seasoned pianists. Dr.…
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READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge!
Hello Everyone! Welcome to our second tonebase Community Practice Challenge!
Are you ready to learn some delightful music together?! THREE WEEKS OF LIszt's "Soirees de Vienne No.…
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2 yrs ago
Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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What do you think about the tonebase Practice Plans?
Dear piano family! We've been hard at work to enhance your learning experience and provide a structured, personalized approach to mastering your piano skills.…
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2 mths ago
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WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
WELCOME TO THE MAIN THREAD FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF "END OF THE YEAR" PRACTICE CHALLENGE! Select Your Piece(s): Choose one or more pieces that you've learned this year.…
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
Read Me First and FAQ: Schubert Discovery Month
Welcome to our latest tonebase piano Community Practice Challenge: Schubert Discovery Month! Schubert would have celebrated his 225th birthday on January 31st and we’ll show him some birthday…
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
Week 3: Final Submissions!
WELCOME TO THE MAIN THREAD FOR THE Final WEEK OF "END OF THE YEAR" PRACTICE CHALLENGE! This week is simple: Share your submissions of the the pieces you worked on/recorded for the challenge!…
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
What Apps you're using to structure your practice?
Let me know what apps or other little helpers you are using to structure or improve your practice! My collection includes: forScore I use this to scan and import all my scores and have them ready on…
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Welcome to the latest TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! For the next two weeks either start learning OR take a Chopin mazurka in your repertoire to the next level through guidance and assignments from…
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8 mths ago
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Claire Huangci's iPad Mount
Does anyone know what mount Claire's using and how she's mounted it to the piano?
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2 yrs ago
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Should I set passing the Royal Conservatory examinations as a learning objective?
Hi Tonebase friends! As an adult, after self-taught for one year now I’m interested in learning piano from scratch. I have a teacher, she has me starting with Czerny 599.…
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4 mths ago
Ask Me Anything - New Guests Every Month!
Bach WTC fingerings
I am revisiting some of the WTC pieces by Bach and working on revising the fingerings for more ergonomic fingerings. I am using the ABRSM edition and find the fingerings suggestion quite awkward with…
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Welcome to the NEW TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! Back by popular request, Leann Osterkamp leads a crash course on the technique behind controlling dynamics! This course is highly technical focused,…
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Read Me and FAQ
WELCOME TO OUR LATEST TONEBASE PIANO COMMUNITY PRACTICE CHALLENGE: Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey (Feat. Grieg) Let's Explore Grieg's "Lyric Pieces" one of the greatest collections of pieces…
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10 mths ago
Lyrical Miniatures: A Sonorous Journey feat. Grieg
WEEK 3 Practice Updates, and a harmony micro-challenge: Cadences
Dear Pianists, We've made it to week three of Bach in March!! Some of us started sooner and others of us started later with our pieces and it's all good - progress is persistent and always available.…
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2024 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!
Happy New Year and welcome to 2024! I hope that you have had a wonderful, merry and bright start to this new season and want to hear all about your New Year's resolutions!…
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3 mths ago
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How many pieces do you work on at a time?
What is the "right" amount (if there is such a thing) of pieces one can work on learning at a time? I find I get bored easily if I'm only working on 2 or 3 pieces, but am I just being impatient?…
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7 mths ago
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As we enter week 2 of Bach in March, I'm pleased to share that I've finished memorizing my Bach Toccata in D minor and I can't wait to play it for you on March 20 in my upcoming livestream,…
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What advice would you give your beginner-self? Be kind!
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Week 1: Rhythm, Scales, and Leaps!
Hello Everyone, welcome to week 1 of the Practice Plan Challenge! This week we will focus on Rhythm Scales Leaps Optional: Sightreading HOW TO START: 1.…
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Anyone can improvise! When classical pianists hear the word "Improvisation," they often think of learning fancy jazz scales or studying the rule of the octave.…
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Public Spaces!
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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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Welcome to the latest TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! What is that pedal on the far left used for? In this Two Week Intensive, Dr. Leann Osterkamp He will join you in exploring the function and…
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Community Concerts!
Community Suggestions
Community Challenges
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
Two Week Intensives
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
Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
Improve your Scales!
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Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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4-Hand Piano Hub!
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Community Suggestions
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A Fresh Start!
The Practice Plan Challenge!
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
Franz Liszt Birthday Challenge!
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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
Two Week Intensives
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
Improve your Chopin Ornaments with Jarred Dunn!
Improve your Scales!
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