Day Off - About 90 Minutes Piano

I really needed my day off today!

I slept late and did about an hour before breakfast. I did 20 minutes each on the Mintzer and Reinecke Pieces, 10 minutes on the three scales and 10 minutes on the Biehl piece.

This afternoon I went through the same routine but spending half as much time on each area.

I think when I get some time at the weekend I'll try to sketch through to the end of the Mintzer and move onto a new Grade 2 piece. I need to keep treading new ground in order to continue making progress.

I had to waste a load of time backing up all my computer files, re-setting my laptop and then re-installing everything. This has eaten up quite a bit of potential practice-time but at least its done now.

I need to re examine my time management and factor in some regular (hopefully daily) time to work on writing and arranging. I've neglected this a little recently but if I make it a part of my daily routine as I do with drum/piano practice I should get back into the swing of things.

More of the same

Today's routine was very similar to yesterday:

10 mins Mintzer bars 1-16

5 mins Scales - A major, G Major and G Major

10 mins Reinecke all the way through

5 mins Biehl

I'm tired today. Hopefully I'll get a lot more done tomorrow when I'm off work!

Piano - 1/2 Hour

Only managed half an hour this evening:

10 minutes Bob Mintzer Etude One - Working on bars 13-16 and reviewing 1-12

10 minutes Reinecke piece at quaver = 60 - Mainly working on the first three lines aiming to play them through with fewer errors

5 minutes G major and D major scales at crotchet = 60

5 minutes Biehl Allegro - 5 tempos from 76 to 92

I felt like I was fighting a losing battle today!

I'll have a bit more time to devote tomorrow evening so hopefully I'll do a little better then.

I also did about an hour of drum practice this morning - more trading fours with myself at faster tempos.