I was asleep. Believe me, until I woke up with a bad tummy ache. Consecutive efforts made me use up all the toilet paper there was in one toilet and I had to get reinforcements from downstairs. So abrupt. But now, I am wide awake (more or being startled awake). Not a very pleasant feeling.
Anyway, it's down to twelve days or so. Not a very pleasant feeling either. I'm on gear one on piano again. Barely doing the one-two hours per day survival mode. Can't really feel the urge to catch up on new repertoire and I don't think I will be able to deliver my promise. And I feel very very bad. Suddenly I have so many things to play. I have yet to begin that Pathetique Sonata which I intend to use for exams. But I think it should be quite easy by now. I finished the G flat major etude (at least three quarters up to full speed and memorization) in just two weeks. I know that is fast and I merely practiced it about 30 minutes alone a day. It's not an easy etude but I think I'll manage it just fine. Black key arpeggios. Woots. I can play it totally comfortably and I feel quite happy with my technical "leap". Yes, it's the one Jay chou plays on Secret. The original, full fledged harder version which lasts 1 minute and 40 second on average. Not that it is short, it is being played about three times faster Jay chou plays it. And yea, I reached that speed.
Just when I am making improvements by the leaps and bounds, I have to leave everything aside for awhile. I was watching Liszt Sonata in B minor and Chopin's Scherzo and I think I might be able to attempt then. Etudes no longer seem really very scary. They all seem quite pianistic and comfortable after awhile. (more from a optimistic viewpoint). Though mastering them is another story, or reaching concert standard is also out of reach for now. I take solace in being able to play what I want to play. Having more or less, the freedom of control I want. Though that is a very ambitious goal for now, I am also appreciating my improving other skills such as memorizing and sight reading. I think learning an entire etude in two weeks plus is a feat that demands certain amount of celebration.
My La Campanella is back after one week or so of being stuck in the snow. For that one week, whenever I play it, my forearm aches and tenses a lot. Now it's back to the relaxed mode again. Though I never consistently got to the end without tension at all, it is a first step because I can play through most of it without tension now. I don't know why. I never changed anything and only leave it aside to rest for sometime.
Yes. lack of repertoire is really sad. Maybe when I have the time I shall dig some Chopin Waltz. Maybe easier Beethoven Sonatas should be nice as well.
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