Maybe it was good to take a break!

I sat down and played today and it felt good—Dr. Parnassum is laying nicely on the fingers! I sat down and played through the first two pages of the piece without stopping- a few minor booboos and unevenness here and there, but for having stepped away for a few days, I actually felt I made progress with the way the finger memory was going on certain sections! I am excited!

Also, I have noticed my sight reading ability is coming back nicely to me as well. Sat down and played “Christmas Time is Here” from the Charley Brown special and was actually able to sight read it smoothly, unlike my fake pianist extraordinare husband who can play beautifully with chords alone but can’t sight read worth beans. That was a big big step for me. I really CAN play- I just need to practice and play more!

The healing process has begun!

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You know you're enjoying it when....

I used to dread…I mean..absolutely DREAD piano practice time…always getting nagged about it growing up…

Well…I must say I am actually enjoying it right now—I just logged in an hour of practice at once, and seemed I could have sat there awhile longer enjoyably. I am practicing my exercises/scales , Debussy, and started messing around with “America” by Bernstein. I am almost comfortable with playing the first page of Debussy smoothly…next will be working up the speed for that section as I learn the other sections.

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Got my practice charts up and running!

Today I printed off some free practice charts from the web so I can keep track of how much time I spend practicing. I put in an hour of time today-divided up- it almost didn’t feel like enough time, as I found just playing scales and exercises most enjoyable for the first 30 minutes. That left poor Debussy the majority of the measly remaining 30 minutes, and about 5 minutes playing “America” from Westside Story (much easier than Debussy!).

Oh well.. I figure if I can keep doing this daily I’ll still see some improvement. With the scales I am up to 90 BPM, so that is exciting. I can feel the strength in my fingers returning!

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