Week Two: Joie de musique!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK TWO Main Thread for this challenge! 
Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
Twice a week between May 16 - 23 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):
- Piece you worked on:
- One thing you found easy:
- One thing you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
Sample daily update:
- Piece you worked on: Ravel's Prelude
- One thing you found easy: Learning the notes, and rhythms were rather straight-forward, and not challenging!
- One thing you found difficult: Shifting the Hands was a bit tricky to get smooth!
Feel free to make these updates as short or long as you wish!
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Piece you worked on: Faure鈥檚 Romance Sans Paroles Op 17 No 3. Made it to the end of the piece this week (with a few blips of course).
One thing you found easy: Memorizing the piece. A lot of patterns (especially in the left hand). Also has very clear sections so it鈥檚 easier to learn in small parts.
One thing you found difficult: Maintaining the tempo, especially in parts where it got louder.Next week hope to get more secure with the notes and incorporate better dynamics.
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Sindre Skarelven Thanks Sindre! I would have never known about Faure or this lovely piece without this month鈥檚 challenge.
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Juan Carlos Olite Thank you!
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Finally got to record and upload my week 2 practice video. I haven't been able to practice piano as much as I'd like to as things have gotten really busy with work work and house work. But I love this month's theme and wanted to learn something new for this month's challenge.
- Piece you worked on: Debussy's Reverie (1890)
- One thing you found easy: I've gotten a better flow on most of the piece now. I especially enjoy playing the high G octave triplets (with the F and E held down) in measures 69-70. It took me some focused practice, but once I got it, it became one of my favorite parts.
- One thing you found difficult: Still working on measures 19-26 as I still take some time to search for the notes to play. Also, need to learn to play measures 76-81 more smoothly. These measures are marked with the LH crossing over, but I find it easier to play without the cross-over. Just needs to be ironed out a bit.
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Anthony Miyake Great job! You are really getting the feel for this piece.
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Gail Starr , thank you!
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Anthony Miyake Well done! Very nice piece!
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Anthony Miyake Very good job, Anthony! Very delicate piece!
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Sindre Skarelven , thanks! I've grown to really love this gem of a piece by Debussy.
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Juan Carlos Olite , thank you!
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My week 3 Clair de lune practice upload. I learned this piece about 20 years ago, but since then, I had never played it until I found the tonebase lesson by Jean Efflam Bavouzet. I decided to practice it again. I watched the lesson video repeatedly. It's wonderful, and I have learned a lot from his lesson. The more I practice, the more difficulty comes up, but I'm enjoying the music.
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Meiko Beautiful playing Meiko! Clair de lune never gets old no matter how many times you listen to it. Glad you decided to relearn it and share it with us.
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Vidhya Bashyam Thank you!
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Meiko Great playing Meiko, beautiful and intense!
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Juan Carlos Olite Thank you!
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