12 days until my 100% memorized goal...

Progress on Tuesday 7/5:
Beethoven 8.66/11 pages
Chopin #4 1.66/3 pages
Ravel Waltz #3 1.6/3 pages
Ginastera mvt 1 5.17/7

Progress Today, 7/6:

Beethoven: 9/11 pages or 82%
Ginastera mvt 1: 5.66/7 pages or 81%
Chopin #1: 0.8/1.6 or 50%
Chopin #4: 3/4 pages or 75%
Ravel Waltz #3: 100% MEMORIZED!!!

Today I think I practiced around 7 hours. That's on the long side for me, and I was tired, but pushed through and managed to practice every composer! Ludwig, I didn't forget you today.

Anyway, exciting update - I finally got my package with my Polish National edition of the Chopin Mazurkas and the Durand edition of the Ravel Waltzes! The Ekier (Polish) edition has already proved helpful, as the print is large (yay!) and there are performance notes for all the pieces. I guess I had forgotten that most ornaments and grace notes are to be played on the beat in Chopin. After comparing the Durand and Alfred editions of the Ravel Waltzes, I have to say, the Alfred edition really is basically exactly like the Durand, in terms of notes and articulation. However, the Durand does not have any pedal markings or finger numbers, so the page is much clearer, which can make the music a little less overwhelming.

I don't know why, but I have a mental block against these Ravel Waltzes. I am finding them so hard to memorize, but I just keep telling myself they aren't hard. haha. I freaked out today when I realized I have 16 pages of Ravel left to memorize, and only 12 days left until my memory goal, which means I'd need to memorize more than 1 page a day. I am going to try my hardest to do it. I think Ravel is going to be my main memory focus for the next week.

Luckily Chopin is pretty easy to memorize (most of them, #1 is a bit tricky) so I guess that balances out the Ravel.

Also, I've been too lazy to paint my nails this week. But I swear, I'll do it soon, because I know we need a new photo here!