Hope you had a great 4th weekend. Mine was ok. I definitely slowed down a bit this weekend on the practicing, partly because I actually didn't have the time, and partly because it is a holiday weekend after all.
Saturday's memory progress (July 2, 2011):
Chopin Op.17 Mazurka, no.1 - 0.4/2 pages or 20%
Op.17 no.4 - 0.33/3 pages or 11%
Ravel Waltz No.3 - 0.4/3 pages or 13%
Ginastera Mvt 1 - 4.5/7 pages or 64%
Beethoven - 7.66/11 pages or 70%
Sunday I basically just maintained what was already memorized.
Today (July 4, 2011):
Chopin #1 - 0.6/2 pages or 30%
#4 - 1/3 pages or 33%
Ravel Waltz #3 - 1/3 pages or 33%
Ginastera mvt 1 - 4.83/7 pages or 69%
And... Crap! Writing this, I just realized that I forgot Beethoven AGAIN. Poor Ludwig. I have to stop doing that. Tomorrow I will start with Beethoven and learn the rest of that 8th page!
Decided to wait til tomorrow to paint my nails again. That Essie I used last week was kind of a fail. It needed pretty constant touching up/redoing. Sometimes it would just peel off! I'm back to a Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polish this week. Stay tuned to see what color!
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
WOO HOO!!!
Yippee! The Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #11 is memorized!The picture shows me very happy, and a little tired, at the end of my practicing today.
I'm still waiting for the Polish National edition of the Chopin Mazurkas and the Durand Ravel edition. Apparently the Chopin has been ready since last week, but it's the Ravel that's holding up the mailing. Not wanting to wait any longer for the Chopin, I remembered that the Catholic University library has an online database of classical scores. I checked, and printed off Op.17 Nos. 2 and 3 of the mazurkas.
Memory Progress as of today, 6/28/11:
Liszt - 100% MEMORIZED!!!
Ginastera mvt 1 - 1.5/7 pages or 21%
Ravel Waltz #2 - 1.2/2.6 pages or 46%
Chopin Mazurka Op.17 no.2 in e minor - 0.8/2 pages or 40%
Mazurka Op.17 no.3 in A-flat Major - .33/2 pages or 17%
STILL MEMORIZED:
Ginastera mvts 2 and 4
Ravel Waltz #1
NAIL POLISH NOTES:
The Essie does not seem to stay on my nails as well as the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure did last week. I also found the Sally was easier to apply, due to the flat brush. I'll probably have to redo at least the thumbs tomorrow. (They take a beating on the piano.)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Memorization Progress
I plan on having my entire program memorized by July 18th (Happy Birthday, Mom!) One way of calculating this plan is to count the total number of pages, and then divide that by 30 to figure out the number of pages I would need to memorize each day to meet that goal. The other day I tried to count the pages, but the number was getting so high (and scary) that I stopped. But I've found my courage, and I'm going to start posting my memorization progress in terms of page numbers. I tried to create some graphs but it was way too hard, so you'll have to read the numbers and imagine the pie charts yourself.
As of today, 6/21/11 (Happy Summer btw!) I have memorized:
Liszt Rhapsody - 4 of 9 pages (44% including the coda!!!)
Beethoven Variations - 4.5 of 11 pages (41%)
Ginastera movement #2 - 4.5 of 6 pages (75%)
Ginastera movement #4 - 6 of 7 pages (86%)
Ravel Waltzes - 1.5 of 25 pages (6%)
Today was a good day, and I finished memorizing the coda of the Liszt! Learning this Rhapsody has been interesting. I've always been kind of scared of Liszt, but I'm finding it very pianistic. Pianists use this term to describe music that "fits" well under the hands - it's almost like you just put your hands on the keys and they know how to arrange themselves to play the music. Not all music written for piano is like this. It is often the case when the composer is also a great pianist.
The coda was a little confusing with the middle notes in the right hand octaves, but it's up in the old noggin now!
Nail polish update: It's starting to fray a bit at the edges and will need a touch up tomorrow. I'm honestly pretty impressed with its staying power.
As of today, 6/21/11 (Happy Summer btw!) I have memorized:
Liszt Rhapsody - 4 of 9 pages (44% including the coda!!!)
Beethoven Variations - 4.5 of 11 pages (41%)
Ginastera movement #2 - 4.5 of 6 pages (75%)
Ginastera movement #4 - 6 of 7 pages (86%)
Ravel Waltzes - 1.5 of 25 pages (6%)
Today was a good day, and I finished memorizing the coda of the Liszt! Learning this Rhapsody has been interesting. I've always been kind of scared of Liszt, but I'm finding it very pianistic. Pianists use this term to describe music that "fits" well under the hands - it's almost like you just put your hands on the keys and they know how to arrange themselves to play the music. Not all music written for piano is like this. It is often the case when the composer is also a great pianist.
The coda was a little confusing with the middle notes in the right hand octaves, but it's up in the old noggin now!
Nail polish update: It's starting to fray a bit at the edges and will need a touch up tomorrow. I'm honestly pretty impressed with its staying power.
Monday, June 20, 2011
So far, so good...
I got my program last week, and had a bit of time to procure the sheet music. I've been averaging about 5 hours a day so far, which I think is a great start. I've learned quickly, however, that I need to get lots of sleep right now, because memorizing makes me so tired! Yesterday I didn't accomplish much, because I was very tired, and I kind of felt like this:
(I love that picture.) Needless to say, I went to bed early last night and slept 9 hours! Today I was back to being a memorizing machine! So far I've memorized parts of the Liszt, Beethoven, Ginastera and Ravel.
I've also decided to practice with painted nails. The bright polish is giving me energy! This week's color is Fairy Teal by Sally Hansen. The bright color really gave me a boost today, plus I'm doing it kind of as an experiment to see how long various polishes will last when subjected to extreme wear and tear (practicing.) After 5 hours today, it's still looking pretty good. I did also use Poshe' quick-dry top coat. (Hm, I guess I should have gone to Sally's.)
(I love that picture.) Needless to say, I went to bed early last night and slept 9 hours! Today I was back to being a memorizing machine! So far I've memorized parts of the Liszt, Beethoven, Ginastera and Ravel.I've also decided to practice with painted nails. The bright polish is giving me energy! This week's color is Fairy Teal by Sally Hansen. The bright color really gave me a boost today, plus I'm doing it kind of as an experiment to see how long various polishes will last when subjected to extreme wear and tear (practicing.) After 5 hours today, it's still looking pretty good. I did also use Poshe' quick-dry top coat. (Hm, I guess I should have gone to Sally's.)
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