My "final exam" for piano class this semester
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I think I might have mentioned that I'm taking piano lessons on campus this semester. It has been great! I love my teacher and I love the structure. We were supposed to have a "jury" (I would perform for three instructors) but the head instructor is on maternity leave, so I have to upload a video instead. I think I'm done, my piano teacher said it doesn't have to be perfect, and if I finish it this weekend, we can spend the last two lessons on Christmas music and other fun things, so I think I'm going to go with this:
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Congrats on taking lessons! It's great that you've found a teacher that you like, so important.
What an interesting piece you played. Who is the composer? I think you did a great job!
My piano is being tuned Tuesday and I'm thinking of recording the piece I worked on this semester as well.
The industrial revolution cheapened everything.
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Congrats on taking lessons! It's great that you've found a teacher that you like, so important.
What an interesting piece you played. Who is the composer? I think you did a great job!
My piano is being tuned Tuesday and I'm thinking of recording the piece I worked on this semester as well.
@Bernard said in My "final exam" for piano class this semester:
Congrats on taking lessons! It's great that you've found a teacher that you like, so important.
She’s a PhD candidate in the piano performance program here. And she’s easily one of the best teachers I’ve ever worked with, which is. Saying a lot since I’ve had a lot of teachers over the years!
What an interesting piece you played. Who is the composer? I think you did a great job!
Thank you!! There are two places I really flubbed in this recording, and if I worked on it for another two weeks (both in terms of practicing and in terms of jus taking more recordings over several days) I think I could do much better, but there is a deadline and also I am ready to move onto other things!
The composer is Tonic Huljic, who I know exactly nothing about! The piece was made popular in/around 2003 by the pianist Maksim, who is a kind of cheesy “pop classical” pianist who got a lot of attention in Japan but I don’t think attracted much attention in the U.S.
My piano is being tuned Tuesday and I'm thinking of recording the piece I worked on this semester as well.
I would love to hear it if you do! Am I remembering correctly that you’re working on something Chopin?
I want to get my piano tuned as well, it also has a bit of work to be done. There’s a clicking noise in one spot in the action when I pedal, my tuner told me that the keyboard and the action behind it (if I’m remembering that right) both have to come out to fix it. He said it’s a half day job. It’s more noticeable when it’s drier, so he recommended waiting until mid-winter when the internal humidity has been consistent for several weeks. He’ll do that work and then tune it…
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Glad you're continuing to play!
You know, I remember a very long thread on PW about that Croatian Rhapsody and all of its variants many moons ago!
@Piano-Dad said in My "final exam" for piano class this semester:
Glad you're continuing to play!
Yep! Sometimes I can barely get 15 minutes to practice, but those 15 minutes make it possible to continue, and then when I have, I can actually make meaningful progress.
You know, I remember a very long thread on PW about that Croatian Rhapsody and all of its variants many moons ago!
You have an excellent memory! I’m pretty sure I started that, and it was probably 20 years ago now! I think I sent some people physical copies of the piece in the mail even?? But I never got the piece playable, so even thought there are still some rough patches, it’s nice to be able to play it now.
