Piano Practice Diary: Week of 28 Aug 2022

• Clark – Tarantella in C major
• Purcell – Minuet in A minor (finished on Thursday)
• Le Couppey – Melody in C No 21 from ABC for the Piano (finished on Thursday)

Warm-up patterns in C (from Exploring Piano Classics – Technique Level 2)

Clark – Tarantella in C major

28 Aug — read through and worked on accompanying studies in the technique book

30 Aug — I pretty much have the notes under my fingers. Now I need to work on speed.

2 Sep — working on velocity mm (2 beats/bar) = 130; aiming for 156 (slowest vivace)

Purcell – Minuet in A minor

28 Aug — read through

30 Aug — starting to come together; on the first day, I thought this piece would take longer. Playing with ornaments.

1 Sep — finished and recorded; I’m pretty satisfied with my performance

Le Couppey – Melody in C No 21 from ABC for the Piano

28 Aug — read through and worked on accompanying studies in the technique book

30 Aug — starting to come together, but I’m not sure how much I like this piece. I think I could make it sound better if I was a better player, but it’s a little boring. I don’t do well with broken chords (triplet) LH accompaniments. And I can’t figure out how to fix it.

1 Sep — finished and recorded; this is as good as it gets

Mozart L – Burleske from Notebook for Wolfgang

1 Sep — read through

2 Sep — mm=70 (target = 88-104)

anon – Old English Air

1 Sep — read through, finished and recorded

Schubert – Ecossaise in C major D 299 No 8

2 Sep — read through; mm=80 (HT); mm=120 (RH only); target=104-120

Chopin – Waltz in A minor Op 34 No 2

28 Aug — Started working on Section A and B. Continued working on Section C. I find Section C much harder than A and B. My fingers need to dance. That isn’t happening yet.

30 Aug — All of a sudden, the notes are coming easier. Section C still needs a lot of work, but I think A and B will ready to start polishing in another week or so. Wow!

2 Sep — Continuing to work on A-C; no break-throughs