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Replicating a concert pianist's practice routine for average Joe
I have played piano since 8 years old with a 5 year hiatus during my later tertiary education and first job (currently 33 years old). I still have ambition to be able to play demanding pieces…
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Prokofiev, visions fugitives op. 22 no 7 pittoresco
Hello, I would appreciate any further suggestions (besides what it’s written) on the use of the pedal in pittoresco. Thank you in advance!
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Week 1: Voicing, Texture in Schumann's Music
Welcome to Week 1 of the latest Two-Week Intensive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RJ1WsNPulY This week, you’ll choose one or two pieces and study the harmonic colours, voices, and texture.…
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Ballade bender
Hi folks. I'm Ken, in Toronto, Canada. I've been intrigued with this part of the platform since I joined. However, I didn't really understand how the diary was supposed to work for a while,…
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What are you most looking forward to at Piano Camp (Adamant, VT)?
What are you most looking forward to at Piano Camp (Adamant, VT)? Check out last year's event! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZLzFFnzFvg
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11 Russian Chords
Hello everyone, I'm Dan from Kent in England. I'm new here and I'm going through Level 1. The quality of information and the teaching methods are superb - just what I was looking for.…
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Prokofiev Sonata no2
Can I put in a request for a lesson on Prokofiev Sonata no. 2 and the Scherzo in particular? I started to practice the Scherzo but it’s a lot harder than it looks!!…
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Struggling with small hands
Hi! I can just about reach a nineth, so I'm really struggling in the following passage. I realise I should use some kind of rotation for the arpeggios, but they feel too extreme?…
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Help with tough passage
Hi everyone, don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I would like to ask for some tips. I'm currently studying the first movement of the Clementi Sonata Op 40 N 2,…
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Any tonebase lessons on polishing for performance?
Has anyone seen any tonebase lessons on getting the final polish on pieces to be performed? I'm 5 weeks out from giving a recital and always looking for ways to maximize my efforts instead of…
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Chopin Etudes
Hello! Just wanna get some recommendation on a plan of attack for all Chopin etudes. Which ones do people generally start with? If you had to rank all etudes in terms of level of difficulty from easy…
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Week 2: How to Achieve Left Hand Balancing at the Piano with Dr. Eloise Kim!
Welcome to Week 2 of the latest Two-Week Intensive! For Week 2, Eloise has curated an assignment to work on below. 1. Please view Eloise's video 2. Work on the exercises! 3.…
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Embarrassing tech question re embedding video links
Hi, This is embarrassing to even ask. Whenever I embed a link in a post, it leaves a ton of extra space because the preview of the post shows that a videoclip is also included below the link.…
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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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Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
Welcome to Week 1 of the latest Two-Week Intensive! For Week 1, Piotr has curated an assignment to work on below. 1. Please view Piotr’s video 2. Work on the exercises! 3.…
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Very few time for practice
I'm intermediate self-taught (level 8 on the Tonebase scheme). Used to have like 2 to 3h for daily practive (15 to 20h weekly), but know I've had to reduce this schedulo to less than an hour a day…
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The School of Virtuosity
I'm really loving Sara Davis Buechner's work on Jonas' Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity. But I hope she's not done. Sara, please cover Octaves!
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Recommendations for software to transcribe audio to sheet
Greetings. What do you recommend for automatically transcribing audio files to sheet music? Klang.io's workaround for Musescore input is a bust; also subpar is AnthemScore.…
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“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”
“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?” Optional: Post a video of their playing so that we can hear!
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Can someone share insight about Debussy L.113 no.1 Doctor gradus ad Parnassum score?
I currently learn L113. no.1 taught by Claire. The score from download library has some discrepancy from other source. In the middle section of the piece (bar 37-44),…
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New Year's Resolutions 2025
🎹 New Year’s Resolutions 2025: Let’s Make This Year Musical! 🎶 Happy New Year, tonebase pianists! As we kick off 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect, dream,…
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Tonebase vs Pianote for late beginner
Hi, I took advantage of the BF sale and signed up for lifetime access even though I don't think I'm quite ready yet for Tonebase. I was thinking about also doing one year of Pianote,…
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Tech Question - Note Taking On Audio
Hi! I want to record myself practicing and then take notes that get time stamped to the exact moment in the audio recording. I envision myself tagging mistakes and areas that need improvement with…
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Piano part for a tune I wrote for horn & piano
Hi everyone! I'm a much better horn player than piano player. Would anyone like to have a look at the piano part I wrote for my tune and let me know what you think?…
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