Week 4 – Play Through & Share
Welcome to Week 4 of the Romantic Music Challenge.
This week is about letting go of the microscope and trusting the arc you’ve built. You’ve worked through notes, texture, and character. Now it’s time to experience the piece as a whole.
This week, your goal is to play through your piece—or your chosen section—as a complete musical thought.
Practice Prompts
Choose one or two and explore:
- Play through without stopping, even if something goes wrong
- Decide where the emotional high point of the piece lives
- Notice where your attention drifts, and gently bring it back to the narrative
- Imagine you’re performing for one specific listener
Sharing for This Week
When you’re ready, share a recording of your full piece or selected section. Audio or video is welcome.
We’ll begin compiling submissions for our Romantic Watch Party on February 13, where we’ll listen together and celebrate everyone’s work.
Press record, play it through, and let it be what it is!
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Thanks Dominic! Good advice to sit down, play and record. Chopin part od op. 61 - 1:34min. https://youtube.com/shorts/8pmqvwj-yVo?si=76qF8CBSTzhn8Z94
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Hey everyone, there is some really fantastic playing here. Makes me want to go back and practice about 100 more hours before posting, but , well....
Here's my piece as it stands on Week 4. I'm behind schedule as usual. Hope to finish my Week 3 comments and assignments soon and to post them here.
I couldn't resist playing around with the "transitions" available in my video software (LumaFusion). Hope it's not too distracting! :