No podcast this week. Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you for being my practice buddy!
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Chopin etudes 25/3 and 25/5 in (probably excruciating) detail; seeking the right tempo for the winter wind etude; a start on the harp etude (25/1).
How getting angry helped the Winter Wind etude this week; 25/3 and 25/5 in progress; a short improv with lots of rests.
This week’s podcast delayed till tomorrow due to sundry scheduled extras and a horrible night with a teething toddler.
Practicing in little bits, at tempo; why Chopin etudes are like yoga poses; memorized versions of most of 25/3, 25/5, and 25/11 (with some screaming); a slightly Halloweeny improvisation.
Why I can’t practice without my phone; strategies for Chopin 25/3; most of the left hand, and the first page, of 25/11; plans for 25/5; quotes about Liszt (look at him!); some great ideas from this terrific jazz pianist, leading to a plan that will surprise no one; an attempt at the blues.
Some thoughts on two very different performances from last week; concentrating on Opus 25: bits of some other Chopin etudes, a plan for 5, 9, and 3, and a promise about 11. Also some improv.
PIAS 39
Bits of a dozen etudes; some ruminating on art vs. craft, Apollo vs. Dionysus, and emoting vs. actually getting anything done. Plus an unapologetically (well, mostly unapologetic) cheezy improv.
Bits of a baker’s dozen of Chopin etudes after a rainy weekend of not much practice, plus plans for how I’ll practice them.
Just the thumbs version of 25/3 (and the whole thing, too); a report on my first time onstage in over a year and a half, including some thoughts on stage fright; an unfortunate side effect of motherhood; Scriabin’s prelude for left hand; most of 25/11, under tempo; 25/9 after an hour and a half’s practice.
Warning: I’ve been practicing in my office at work, so my home piano is desperately out of tune!
Play It Again Swig 