Well I have to admit, this week I didn't practice as much as I usually do. I had a few days where I did not even sit down at the piano. I could use the excuse the that I was busy ( which I was), but then again I could have found more time if I really wanted to . . .
Anyways, these last two weeks I have been looking at three new songs. I got the first song -Chopin's Op.34 No. 2- down pretty well. I have been having some trouble with the other two though. They are both written in a minor key and are supposed to be really fast. I am not having any problems playing the right notes, but I just can't seem to play them as fast as I want to. That probably has to do with the fact that I have not practiced them enough. So these songs will be one thing I will continue to work on. I put Op.34 No.2 below:
I have been getting really tired of playing out of the lesson book. The songs in there are just fine, but I would like to have a song that will take longer to learn. At first I wanted to learn how to play a song called La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, or in English: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, by Claude Debussy. It is one of my favorite piano pieces. It is a slow song, and when listening to it I though it sounded fairly simple to play. I supposed would take a few weeks to learn. However, when I saw the sheet music, I found that it was way to hard for me to play. Like WAY to hard.
Here is a link to the song; it is very pretty sounding (also, I found this guy's facial expressions to be really funny). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSZPRk6aXA
I looked up some easy songs to play online. Most of the suggestions just seemed a bit boring to me. I never heard the majority of them before; most were Franz Liszt and Beethoven songs that never became famous. Instead I decided that I was going to try to learn how to play the Forest Gump Theme song. Here is a link to how it sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GFgwJiWaJE
It will be a challenge for me since it is quite long (3 pages) and I will have to keep a steady tempo, which I have never been very good at. It may take along time, but if I can pull it off I will be really happy.
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Well, I’ll try to keep this blog short and simple. Excuses aside, I only did one drawing this week so I will not write a ton about it. I...
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Well, I’ll try to keep this blog short and simple. Excuses aside, I only did one drawing this week so I will not write a ton about it. I...
Sounds like you have been making a lot of progress Heather! I applaud you for picking such challenging pieces. I learned the piano a long time ago but have forgotten a lot of it. You have done a good job sticking with it and I would say it is worth it. The Forrest Gump piece is long but it is a classic in my book and makes the movie as good as it is. It would be really cool if you were able to play it. Have fun progressing in your skill!
ReplyDeleteI think it is awesome that you have been learning so much that you feel like the book it boring.I hope you are able to playn the other two Chopin songs faster! Good Luck!
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