Piano recording: jury prep
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I have a piano jury coming up in about two weeks. This will be the “final exam” for my piano class this semester. Since my biggest challenge now is perfomance anxiety, I’ve been trying to record myself as a way to add some pressure to my practice.
So here’s my recording from yesterday. I kind of fell apart at the end, but it’s otherwise not too bad.
Miracles, by Alexis Ffrench
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I'm now on the 3rd and final op post Nocturne by Chopin in class: Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, KK IVb/8.
It's a challenge because it's very repetitive, the first half page is almost all I chord alternating with V7. I can't find the climax of the piece--I'm not even sure there is one! It's almost a meditative piece. In this regard, it's just as hard as any of the others, but in a different way.
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I'm now on the 3rd and final op post Nocturne by Chopin in class: Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, KK IVb/8.
It's a challenge because it's very repetitive, the first half page is almost all I chord alternating with V7. I can't find the climax of the piece--I'm not even sure there is one! It's almost a meditative piece. In this regard, it's just as hard as any of the others, but in a different way.
Thanks for listening everyone!
I'm now on the 3rd and final op post Nocturne by Chopin in class: Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, KK IVb/8.
Oooh this is such a lovely and compelling piece!
It's a challenge because it's very repetitive, the first half page is almost all I chord alternating with V7. I can't find the climax of the piece--I'm not even sure there is one! It's almost a meditative piece. In this regard, it's just as hard as any of the others, but in a different way.
I can imagine! Chopin is always devilishly hard in any case, but there’s something about this…maybe it’s what you said, the meditativeness, lack of obvious climax…
Have you tried recording yourself and listening to the story you’re telling, or trying to find the story you should be telling, but aren’t?
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Thanks for listening everyone!
I'm now on the 3rd and final op post Nocturne by Chopin in class: Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, KK IVb/8.
Oooh this is such a lovely and compelling piece!
It's a challenge because it's very repetitive, the first half page is almost all I chord alternating with V7. I can't find the climax of the piece--I'm not even sure there is one! It's almost a meditative piece. In this regard, it's just as hard as any of the others, but in a different way.
I can imagine! Chopin is always devilishly hard in any case, but there’s something about this…maybe it’s what you said, the meditativeness, lack of obvious climax…
Have you tried recording yourself and listening to the story you’re telling, or trying to find the story you should be telling, but aren’t?
Have you tried recording yourself and listening to the story you’re telling, or trying to find the story you should be telling, but aren’t?
Wouldn't you know! Some time after I posted yesterday, I went into the kitchen and was humming the piece. My humming became a bit more vocal and it just gravitated towards wanting to be an operatic tenor singing a serenade! I think that's the germ I need for this piece. An aria! Chopin loved bel canto opera.
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Have you tried recording yourself and listening to the story you’re telling, or trying to find the story you should be telling, but aren’t?
Wouldn't you know! Some time after I posted yesterday, I went into the kitchen and was humming the piece. My humming became a bit more vocal and it just gravitated towards wanting to be an operatic tenor singing a serenade! I think that's the germ I need for this piece. An aria! Chopin loved bel canto opera.
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