Day 214

Practiced 4 finger Chord Drills.
Practiced: "Yesterday," "Embraceable You," "Misty."
Learning (slowly) interchangable dim 7 chords.

Day 213

Practiced/Played:

Four note chord drills in circle of fifths
"Yesterday"
A little diminished chord stuff

Taking lessons will be beneficial to the extent I put the work in.

Day 212

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Had my first lesson with Mark on 7/27. Good stuff!

Day 211

Kind of in a "holding pattern" until lessons start this Monday. Played a little since last post. Today, played chord drills and the song "Yesterday."

Day 210

Chord drills, and played a bit with "Misty" using such chords.

Day 209

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Chord drills!

Day 208

Chord Drills!

Getting to know:major, augmented, minor, sus 4, diminished, 6th, minor 6th, min (maj7), maj 7, min7, dim 7, and 7 chords.

Day 207

Working on chords!

Getting to know:
major, augmented, minor, sus 4, diminished, 6th, minor 6th, min (maj7), maj 7, min7, dim 7, and 7 chords.

Interesting and cool, playing "Yesterday" and "Misty" with this stuff.

Day 206

Practiced triadic chords.

Day 205

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Practiced triadic chords.

Day 204

Practiced some chords.

Day 203

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Worked on "Guantanamera."

I will also be starting distance piano lessons probably starting July 27.
I will probably put other methods on hold when these lessons start. Lessons will focus on playing songs.

Day 202

Worked on "Guantanamera."

This came in the mail today and it looks too good to be true: http://www.alanswainmusic.com/four-way.html

Day 201

Worked on:

P. 30 of the "Take the Lead" book and "Guantanamera" from Method Book II.

Day 200

I did practice the past couple of days a little, but didn't post it. I'm going to try to get better at posting.

Today, mostly practiced "Guantanamera" from Method Book II.

Bored. Questioning. Discouraged.

Exploring this: http://www.pianoweb.com/index.htm

Also, ordered book one of this: http://www.alanswainmusic.com/four-way.html

Wondering if Sudnow's method might work better for my indiviual learning style if I was to not try to learn it in the context of songs, but with more memorizing of chords and note degrees.

Tried playing a little of Charlie Brown Christmas stuff. Frustrating.

Also working on p.30 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 199

On p. 10 of the Method Book II.
On p. 30 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 198

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Worked on p. 25 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 197

(Should have posted this yesterday).
Working on p.25 in the "Take the Lead" book.

Day 196

Some work done today on p.25 of the "Take the Lead" Book.

Day 195

Seeing its the 4th of July, I finally am celebrating Independence Day from "Here Comes the Bride!"

Looks like today is shaping up into a mega-piano day...stay tuned.....

Working on p. 25 of the "Take the Lead" book.

Decided to stop using Hanon.

I always liked how the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and Dylan's "Fourth Time Around" sound similar.....here's an attempt of merging them, using the Beatles lyrics and musical theme, some of Dylan's music, and .....ahem.....my singing debut on this blog.....
http://www.box.net/shared/k7g8qubspt

Day 194

P. 7 of Method Book II
p. 25 of the "Take the Lead" book
Hanon #2

Day 193

Working on:
P. 7 of Method Book II (it's getting there)
p. 25 of the "Take the Lead" book (tricky)
Hanon #2 (the backwards part is tricky)

Day 192

OK, I haven't been very accurate since my last post regarding reporting here what I've practiced daily. I believe that since my last post, I've missed one day of practicing completely, and practiced a small amount of Method Book II, p.7.

Today:
Played Hanon #1
Started Hanon #2
Method Book II, p.7
Page 25 of the "Take the Lead" Book