HP's Practice Diary
Hello everyone, I have some pieces on hand at the moment, and am jumping from one to the others depending on the mood. I do think this practice diary can help me keep track of what I am doing and what I've done.
This is really a good idea to have this forum. A big "thank you" to Tonebase. I am so glad to be part of this community.
Chopin Grande Polonaise (polishing... as always)
Chopin Ballade No 1 (memorized last month)
Balakirev Islamey (just started reading)
Bach Goldberg Variations (just started too, inspired by the community challenge)
Schubert/Liszt Serenade (reviewing)
I'll update the diary as it goes.
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Wow! Some profound pieces here. Congratulations! Best of luck. Can't wait to hear you play sometime! Bye for now.
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As Will said: huge pieces! Wow! I will learn a lot from seeing how you structure your practice.
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I am too scared to ever try the Balakirev, so I can’t wait to hear you play it. I know you will do a wonderful job!
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Felt like playing this piece today and just went through it. However, the playing shows the problems without practicing. I didn't finish it, but, at least, I could keep a record for myself to look back in the future.
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Practiced Grande Polonaise a little. Left hand part has a very beautiful musical line too. I practiced left hand once, and when playing hands together, I tried hard to listen to left hand and stay as the way it was as played left hand alone. As a result, I lost some right hand details. 😂
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Chopin Ballade No 1, the beautiful meno mosso part.
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HP, you are a poet at the piano and carry the beautiful long phrases on and on. I am grateful that you shared these stunning videos.
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Went over once the beginning of Grande Polonaise... it tells me that I need to spend more time on this piece :)
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I was trying to memorize the piece but failed at some points. Really need to pick up this piece again for coming performance.
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Hello all, I finally got chances to start working on Bach's Chaconne from Violin Partita No2 in d minor (arranged for piano by Busoni). For measure 94, as circled below, I've tried 4 different fingerings listed below, and still don't feel the one I like to go with. If you don't mind sharing your experience of playing this, would you please comment it. Thanks a lot!
4 notes as a group:
1) RH 1-5, LH 1-5 (LH over RH)
2) RH 2-5, LH 1-5 (RH over LH)
3) higher 3 notes played by RH, lowest note played by LH
4) higher 2 notes played by RH, lower 2 notes played by LH
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Hello, I haven't updated my log for a long time. Today, I started Bach Toccata BWV 911 and immediately had a question. The first note, lower mordent, should be played C-Bb-C by definition, but it was actually played as C-B-C from all the videos I've searched online. Any idea? Any input would be appreciated!
