Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Day 24

More Chopin. This Nocturne is not easy to memorize but I am gonna get it!!! Focused practice reps 10 each finger. I'm doing it!

Day 23

Monday. Memorized Chopin and slowly played Haydn.

Day 22

Sunday Tulip (my Florida piano) arrived safely at my Hotel this afternoon. She was happy to see me and I played Chopin for my roommies till we fell asleep.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Day 21

21 days in a row. Played for Dave. Played for Finlay. Played for Stanley.

According to research the pattern is now in place. 21 days in a row.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Day 20

Got my hour in with Finlay today, the great student violinist. Dude named Seitz.

:p)

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Day 17

I'm really doing it! 17 days in a row practice. Just ask the neighbors.

Tonight Cello Etude by Chopin just listened to Murray P. Good stuff.

:p)

more practice!

Day 16

Monday Chopin Ocean all night long. Whew.

Day 15

Sunday. More Paul. More Chopin. Resting the wrists.

day 14

That was Saturday. I worked more on Paul Simon's American Tune and performed all of Haydn for my friends Nelson.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Day 13

When I wasn't eating, going to the bathroom, teaching one student, crying with my neighbor or taking a nap I was playing piano and learning Paul Simon's American Tune all day long. Good day.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Day 12

Tired brain and body. It's a fantastic fatigue, not a ferocious fatigue. Haydn from 8-10pm today. Detail work on the spots I let myself play poorly for years. Fixed that. Tonight will not cure my affliction, but I'm certain clean playing will be in my future!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Day 10 and 11

Okay, so here's what happened yesterday. I was going fine and dandy on my work and my friend called 45 min. into my practice and needed a ride home from the airport. Was gonna come home and work some more, but we needed to cry together for just a little bit. I count this as good practice. All a part of it.

And today. I did it. Really did it. My Haydn is better. All three movements. The first movement I will honor the theory tomorrow. I feel very proud of myself and I'm sleeping like a champion. Fantastic Fatigue.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Day 9

Haydn E flat 2nd and 3rd for 3 and 4pm students 30min

9:57pm Brahms 116, Ginastera tempo 2, slow slow slow 3

Sore LH thumb. Slow tempo all night right hand alone

11:03pm Basta

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Day 8

Just crawled out of bed to write this down. I did my work, just did not report.

3-4 Songwriting

8:30pm Arp, scales, my d minor thing
8:55 Haydn Run
9:10-10 Chopin C minor Nocturne memory on m 1-17

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Day 7

11:30am-1pm wrote songs
1memory check on Chopin Cello etude last two pages got it
1:30 Ocean

Listened to Martha Argerich Chopin C Minor Nocturne

Friday, January 6, 2012

Day 6

Songwriting with Dave Madden 12-1pm. Good.

Review of Chopin 4-5pm

Mini recital for three sweet neighborhood girls having a scooter play date.

"Wow! Classical music really is cool LIVE!!!" the girl with the sock monkey hat on

RIGHT!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Day 5

10:05pm-11:05pm

Memorized last two pages of Chopin Cello Etude on a fried brain.

Note to self. Practice first thing in the morning.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Day 4

8:45pm Haydn 1mvmt Sloppy
8:53 metronome on 80 clean
9:10 last Haydn Good spot still clean need to slow for domani
9:23 Ocean Etude Chopin Metronome work
9:33 Backbend break over bench
9:36 C Minor Chopin Nocturne 2 more measures by memory
9:50 Chopin Cello Etude Just gorgeous

Hard to get started, but once I did it was a great practice.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Day 3

9:53am 10x Perfectly the spot m. 231-246 only took 7 minutes today
10am p.1-2 mm 100, 104, 112, 116, 120, 126
10:15 Haydn Mvmt 1
10:30 Run Haydn up to temp I, III
10:53 stop


8:07pm Arp and Scales Cminor
8:15pm Chopin Ocean Etude
 quarter=84, 88
8:30 Review Chopin Cminor noc memory work first 10 bars
9:05 Stretch Break
9:10Mend piano/cello sonata II, III slowly
9:35 Chopin Cello Etude

Practice if feeling good still. I'm devouring bananas after practices. Weird.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Day 2

This is feeling really good.

Steinway B 1907 Austin TX USA

8:10pm Warm-up Hanon, Cminor, C major, Eflat Major
8:20 Haydn Sonata Eflat Major 1st Mvmt.
8:25 Breathe in Pran Mudra
8:30 10x perfectly in a row! Haydn last mvmt. m. 231-246 (this took a while)
9:03 Backbend over piano bench
9:05 Run Last m. my trick worked! Fixed the spot
9:10 Haydn 1st m. run Good
9:15 Tea Break
9:22 Chopin Nocturne review memory from yesterday got it. Added two measures of memory
9:45 Brahms piano/cello sonata in F Major 3rd m. m 1-24 lh alone 15x, rh alone 15 x metronome = 96
10 Chopin Cello Etude metronome=80
10:10 I WIN!!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Day 1




Austin Texas USA 1907 Steinway B

7pm Hanon Junior
7:10-7:30 Memorized first 8m. of Chopin Nocturne in C Minor
7:30-7:45 Slow work octave section Chopin
7:45-7:55 Mend. octaves MM 116 LH alone 8x
7:55-8 Bach Partita in G Major Praembulum and Corrente by memory review