Day 191

Worked on p.7 of Method Book II.

Day 190

On p. 25 of the "Take the Lead" Book.
Did Hanon #1.
Method Book II, p.7.

Day 189

(Should have posted this yesterday)
Did "Take the Lead" Book p.24. Hanon #1. Method Book 2, p.7.
(I think!)

Day 188

Did "Take the Lead" Book p.24.
Hanon #1.
Method Book 2, p.7.

• Feeling better about my piano experiment. This isn't anything that's going to happen overnight, so just hanging in there. Its a hobby, not a critical issue!

Day 187

(Should have posted this yeaterday).
Did Hanon #1, "take the Lead" book p.24, and he Method Book #2, p.7.
Not a long practice session at all, but practice nonetheless.

Day 186

Did a little of p.24 of the "Take the Lead" book.
Frustrated piano times.....gonna have to sort out what to do regarding methods, goals, etc.....

Day 185

Here's an original song called "Late Summer." The main part was written about 23 years ago (!), and I put the new middle part in just recently:
http://www.box.net/shared/iga0vxdrdp

A bit of a frustrating piano day:
Worked on p. 7 of the Method Book #2 (Yawn....boring....)
Up to page 24 of the "Take the Lead" Book. (I need to have patience with myself on this stuff!) Did Hanon #1.

Day 184

Worked on p. 7 of the Method Book #2
Up to page 24 of the "Take the Lead" Book.
Did Hanon #1.

Day 183

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Played Hanon #1.
Up to page 7 of the Method Book #2.

Day 182

(This should have been posted two days ago).
Played Very Little...a tiny bit of Hanon #1.

Day 181

Up early with new puppy "Zoe."
Played Hanon #1.
Up to page 23 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 180

(Should have posted this yesterday)
Played Hanon #1 and some of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 179

Did Hanon #1
Practiced L and R hand major scales.
Worked on p.20 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 178

Here's a version of "All My Loving" where I kept it "jazzier" and experimented with adding some stuff with the right hand:
http://www.box.net/shared/fcsr99rf22

Worked on p.20 of Pete's book.
Worked on Hanon #1.

Day 177

Here's a closed voicing of "All My Loving" recorded today:
http://www.box.net/shared/9kbryqufig

Worked on Hanon #1.
On p. 20 of Pete's Book.
On p. 6 of the Method Book #2.

Day 176

On p.4 of the Method Book #2.
On p.19 of the "Take the Lead" book.
Worked on Hanon #1.
Played with "All My Loving" with closed voicings.
Worked on Left Hand Major Scales.

Day 175

Up to p. 18 in Pete's Book.
Up to p. 14 Jazz Book.
Worked on Hanon #1.
Played around with playing the beginning of "All My Loving" by ear using some Sudnow closed voicings.

Received Alfred's All in One Method Book #2 in the mail today....Looks like I'll be using that one for a while!

Day 174

Up to p.17 in Pete's Book. (Ithought this would be easier, but its a challenge!)

Up to p. 14 in the Jazz Book.

Worked on Hanon #1.

Waiting for the mail to deliver Alfred's Book 2.

So much to learn! Those Sudnow/Bill Evans closed voicings would sure be valuable to learn... Just think.....integrating those closed voicings with fakebook reading......

Day 173

Playing Hanon #1.
On p.14 of the "Take the Lead" book.
On p.13 of the Jazz book.

Waiting for the mail to deliver Alfred's Book 2.

Day 172

On p. 12 of the Jazz Book.
On p. 12 of the "Take the Lead" Book.
Practiced Hanon #1.

Day 171

1. Worked on Hanon #1
2. Up to page 12 of the "Take the Lead Book"
3. Beginning the "Beginning Jazz Keyboard" book by Noah Baerman. Up to page 10. (Just something I thought would be cool to try!)

Day 170

A BANNER DAY ! ! ! A BANNER DAY !!! A BANNER DAY !!!
Up at 4:30 AM, so what do i do? Practice piano! Practiced for about 1.5 hours.....
Went back to sleep, woke up, and went to piano. And finished "Amazing Grace."
YEA ! YEA! YEA ! Yea!YEA ! YEA ! YEA ! YEA ! YEA ! YEA ! YEA !
Waiting for Book 2 to come in mail.....Finishing Book One was quite an achievement!

Here is "Amazing Grace"
http://www.box.net/shared/ysqmzrul60

Day 169

Worked on "Amazing Grace." Almost there.....

Also received the "Take the Lead" book in the mail today, and it seems to be just about perfect for my level.

Day 168

Worked on "Amazing Grace."

Day 167

Working on, you guessed it, "Amazing Grace."

Day 166

(should have posted this yesterday)
Working on "Amazing Grace."

Day 165

Working on "Amazing Grace," the last piece in Book One.....Look out, Book Two.......you're next.

Getting intrigued again by Matt's Piano By Ear Course; waiting for Pete's "Take the Lead" book to come in the mail.