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Improving your ability with the Left Pedal
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Improve your Cantabile Playing with Dr. Garritson
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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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Improve your Scales!
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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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I regularly follow Yuja on Youtube, and have listened to her recordings since she was around 18 years or so. The jump in her technique from her graduation recital from Curtis Institute into a…
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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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I have arthritis in my hands, in the middle knuckles of the four fingers (but not in the thumbs). This causes me some pain when I play the piano, although I try not to focus on it.…
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I'm too timid when I play :o
Hello All. I am prepping The Maple Leaf Rag for a recital in January. My teacher tells me that I am too timid when I play it. Too prim and proper. I am generally not a timid person - she wants my…
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5 mths ago
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READ ME FIRST: INFO regarding this unique challenge!
Hello Everyone! Due to popular demand I am starting this new section on the forums for a practice challenge involving Bach's Goldberg Variations! I just want to personally invite you to participate…
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Week Three: Vive la musique française!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge!
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WELCOME TO THE LATEST COMMUNITY CHALLENGE! For this challenge "A Fresh Start" the goal is to pick a BRAND-NEW piece to work on this month. This is the time to finally open that score that you have…
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Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for setting this up, Dominic and Hilda. It really helps with the motivation! Here is my current practicing hot list. I categorized them into different buckets as I like…
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Public Space for: Improving your Chopin Mazurka with Jarred Dunn!
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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Rebecca Penneys - Ask me anything!
Professor Emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, Rebecca Penneys is a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral soloist, educator, and adjudicator, known for her unique pianistic vision.…
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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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Week One: Pick your Piece!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge!
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1 yr ago
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Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Tonebase Holiday Challenge!
This is the place for the first week of submissions!
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Hello and welcome to the WEEK ONE Main Thread for this challenge!
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Hi all. I've been playing piano for 7 months. Just 4 months with a great teacher. Practicing seriously (e.g. 2-3 hours a day, with good focus), and enjoying it quite a bit.…
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DON'T JUST PLAY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, GIVE AN OSCAR-WORTHY PERFORMANCE THAT IS RAW, INTENSE, AND AUTHENTIC. Konstantin Soukhovetski's Narrative Musicianship,…
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We’ve probably all been told, “Practice slowly!” or, “Don’t rush!” and almost certainly, “Use the metronome!” These statements can be valid, but how we treat time, rhythm, and meter in our playing,…
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Welcome to the latest TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! For the next two weeks we will be working through assignments given by Ben Laude to improve your playing and understanding of Schubert!…
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What role does improvisation or composition play in your musical journey? Care to share with us?
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Welcome to the latest TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase! For the next two weeks we will be working through assignments given by Lindsay Garritson to improve your Cantabile Playing Pianists of all levels…
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Challenge: Share the Pieces You've Mastered This Year!
Who's Invited? All Community Members!
Duration: Now until January 15th!
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What's the most challenging piece you've ever learned and how did you tackle it?
We have all had a very difficult piece that we wanted to, or HAD to learn. What kind of strategies did you employ to reach your goal?
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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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!
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Two Week Intensive Archive
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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!
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Improve your Scales!
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Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
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Community Concerts!
Community Suggestions
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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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