Saturday (2nd Edition)

After my loooong sleep I went to the piano in my p-jays and hoodie this morning with a mug of tea.

I spent 30 minutes on the Study in F. I started off by working through the tricky part (bars 9-12) over and over. I started off without the metronome and then started to play the section in tempo working gradually up to 40 bpm. Once I had done this I tried the whole piece through a few times at crotchet=40. I'm now almost ready to start working the piece up to speed.

This piece has been a challenge but I also feel it has really helped me to improve. I have had to really read the music rather than memorise the piece through extensive repetition. It is quite an expressive piece when the dynamics are observed. I also feel it is helping me to develop my touch and the balance between the two hands.

After my breakfast/coffee/reading the Guardian routine I sat down and ran through the whole piece at crotchet=40 for another 15 minutes.

This afternoon:

10 minutes - Top Cat at 60bpm trying to look at the music and not my hands.

10 minutes Bach at 80bpm as above

I finished up with a quick run through the Study in F... it was better this morning!