Long Sunday Afternoons
I do lead a pretty boring life. I woke up at 9:45 this morning and was at church by 10:00. Accompanying went by slowwwwly, but I got paid today!! I have two cheques I need to deposit, I just must get to a bank, ASAP.
I practised maybe 2 1/2 hours total today, I work on technical hand stuff and played through some good 'ole Hanon before working on the Mozart. I noticed an improvement in ease of play at the Allegro, and I actually managed to play through the Piu Allegro 32nd notes smoothly, so I'm starting to up my practise tempos. I then took out the Bartok Sonatine (Sz55) and worked on a few troublesome spots, I don't know what's wrong with me, I can't seem to memorize the first movement, there's something funny in the left hand harmony that just doesn't stick in my mind.
I played through the Scriabin Prelude (first time in weeks) and crashed through the octave bass part harder than I've ever hit the keyboard. That's a good thing, I need to play those octaves louder, they're under the dynamic marking "FFF" and have "sfz" attached. It really makes the piece interesting. It's the prelude in c#- if you're curious, it's a short piece, maybe 16 or 20 bars total but moves through atmospheres pretty quickly. It starts off rather slow and tranquill, slightly building until the second line, but still in a serious melancholial setting. The third line is animato, but still reflective, with exaggerated phrasings. The fourth line has the crashing octaves, the melody is furious and crashing by this point. The final line is similar to the first, very calm, very quiet, and the final cadence is rather chilling, completing the song, but not satisfying. (If that made any sense at all I deserve a cookie)
I have this thing for "easy" Bach. I pick a piece or so a week, a grade or so under me and read through it daily. I'm going through 2 and 3 part inventions. I looked at the little preludes a couple weeks ago. I found a few that are really interesting to pick at. It's strange I barely played ANY Bach during my intermediate studies, and absolute none in my primary studies, now I'm going back and seeing all the good stuff that I missed out on. It's great because I can play through pieces with ease and have fun picking out the melodic lines (which I still need a lot of practise in)
I practised maybe 2 1/2 hours total today, I work on technical hand stuff and played through some good 'ole Hanon before working on the Mozart. I noticed an improvement in ease of play at the Allegro, and I actually managed to play through the Piu Allegro 32nd notes smoothly, so I'm starting to up my practise tempos. I then took out the Bartok Sonatine (Sz55) and worked on a few troublesome spots, I don't know what's wrong with me, I can't seem to memorize the first movement, there's something funny in the left hand harmony that just doesn't stick in my mind.
I played through the Scriabin Prelude (first time in weeks) and crashed through the octave bass part harder than I've ever hit the keyboard. That's a good thing, I need to play those octaves louder, they're under the dynamic marking "FFF" and have "sfz" attached. It really makes the piece interesting. It's the prelude in c#- if you're curious, it's a short piece, maybe 16 or 20 bars total but moves through atmospheres pretty quickly. It starts off rather slow and tranquill, slightly building until the second line, but still in a serious melancholial setting. The third line is animato, but still reflective, with exaggerated phrasings. The fourth line has the crashing octaves, the melody is furious and crashing by this point. The final line is similar to the first, very calm, very quiet, and the final cadence is rather chilling, completing the song, but not satisfying. (If that made any sense at all I deserve a cookie)
I have this thing for "easy" Bach. I pick a piece or so a week, a grade or so under me and read through it daily. I'm going through 2 and 3 part inventions. I looked at the little preludes a couple weeks ago. I found a few that are really interesting to pick at. It's strange I barely played ANY Bach during my intermediate studies, and absolute none in my primary studies, now I'm going back and seeing all the good stuff that I missed out on. It's great because I can play through pieces with ease and have fun picking out the melodic lines (which I still need a lot of practise in)