Poldi and I
Currently working on:
- Maple Leaf Rag, Trio and End are on the 100x challenge for June, I am at 60x now.
- Brahms Waltz in d minor. Had lessons today and my teacher did his best to motivate me. I am so unhappy, because it is slow and barely any notes on the page, but I can't read it, because of all those big leaps. So I do my best to memorize it, which makes me angry, because my bad reading Limits my progress. 80% of my brainpower are needed to remember what's next, so I can't focus on interpretation.
- Haydn German Dance 2. Basically because I am so angry about the Brahms
- A Boogie, to get in touch with different styles. Need to work on the transitions and get rid of some sloppy notes
- Scale A Major
and Wholtetone 1
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Glad to read your post. Is the Brahms D minor waltz from the Op.39 waltzes, #9? The leaps are a challenge, but they'll open the door to a lot of amazing pieces. Enjoy practicing it hands separate. In the LH; play the bass note, then mentally feel the upcoming chord in your head before you even play it. Practice so slow that your hair turns completely gray and 30 years pass. Pick a tempo that gives you full freedom from all wrong notes. Fully relax in this process, deep breathes, deep peace. No frustration. This builds a super solid foundation of clean and confident playing. One of the skills we learn with piano is to slow down. And it pays off big time in all of life.
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Giovanni V. yes. I don't have trouble with playing the leaps, but I need to look down to target the right key, so I can't read the sheet. Memorized and looking down it works fine. Right hand "blind" a lot better because the leaps are smaller and less often...
But it frustrates me. Because there really are not many notes on the sheet...
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New week:
Maple Leaf Rag, Trio and end are now at around 100x. Still not as secure as I want them, but need to record my final 100x video for June soon. Am at 60bpm with still some glitching or lost notes.
Brahms Waltz in d minor is memorized now, so I csn work on it musically. Both endings in part B are troublespots, part 1 develops nicely
Haydn German Dance 2 still WIP, we didn't have time for it last lesson. Articulationhas improved and I tried to find ways to alter the repetitions.
The Boogie is as mediocre as it was
I play it but don't really focus on intense practice, so no wonder it doesn't show huge improvement. Started to work on Minuet III in G by Bach. B section needs practice and I find it hard to find ways to vary the repetitions.
Also started a L盲ndler by Schubert from Trinity grade 2 book as 40x piece and for reading practice.
Have to work on Sostenuto in Eb by Chopin for the Lyric challenge here on tonebase... phew... so many construction sites... a bit too much, need to find my focus!
New scale: Bb - meh... everything is weird here
need to go slow and concentrate where fingers 4 go.And I quickly learned Mexican March in 2 sessions as piece 22 this year. (Trinity 2015 grade 2, but really, that was easier as some grade 1s...)
