Day Two

Woke up early and decided to get some work done first thing.

Ran through the C Major scales (Right and Left hand versions)
I played each one eight times at crotchet = 60
I then did the same with G major.
C and G Major arpeggios eight times. Dotted crotchet = 46

In future practice sessions I may start with a new scale/arpeggio before running through the ones I have already covered.

I spent about an hour getting stuck into the Duncombe Gavotte and feel like I'm actually getting somewhere now. I can just about get through the piece at crotchet = 40... It is meant to be at 100!

I need to try and get into the habit of looking at the music and reading it rather than memorising the thing and staring at my hands.

As an experiment I tried playing the piece with the two hands seperately. I was surprised to discover that I can do this up to the marked tempo whilst reading. I find it trickier to get the correct fingerings when using both hands together - even at ultra slow speed.

In a moment of rest I discovered that the NP 30 has a halfway decent Fender Rhodes type sound - even the ugly sound when you really lay into it. Spent about two minutes pretending to be Chick Corea and then got back to work.