Reinagle Op. 1 No. 1 Minuet
I've been practicing this beautiful piece for a while and have it really polished, but once the Big Red Button was on, I simply couldn't get a good recording. 🎥🔴 Sheet music for this piece: Keith Snel...
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Piano progress: 6 months
Six months learning piano. Still very much an adult beginner. Still very excited about it. I'm still committed to Piano Career Academy (PCA) and the Russian School of Piano Playing (RSPP) method book,...
Madama Butterfly: 4 months piano progress!
Four months learning piano! My progress has slowed down a little this past month, because of work and family. Still, I continue practicing every single day and I can really feel the benefits of consis...
Can't Help Falling in Love, by Elvis Presley (3 months piano progress!)
To celebrate my 3 months piano anniversary, I decided to stray away from method books and learn an easy arrangement of Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. Recording is hard. I filmed 19 takes to get th...
3 months piano progress!
I am learning so much from Ilinca and her PCA course (piano career academy). I'm really happy I discovered this so early in my piano journey! Here are some of my favorite pieces I worked on this month...
Piano progress: 2 months
After about six weeks with the Faber method I realize it'd take me forever to progress if I continued entirely on my own. Also, the arrangements all sound the same and it was starting to get under my...
Piano progress: 6 weeks
I keep practicing 1 to 2 hours a day and can feel my speed reading music is improving. I am still working on Faber Adult Piano Adventures and I also bought Keith Snell Essential Piano Repertoire Prepa...
Piano cover: Yakety Yak, by The Coasters
Yakety Yak, by The Coasters (1958). Loved learning this one! It finally feels like I'm playing real music! Sheet music arrangement from Faber Studio Collection: Selections from Showtime Piano (Level 2...
Piano: Egyptian Ballet Dance
This is the first piece I worked on that is not from my Adult Piano Adventures method book! Egyptian Ballet Dance is an easy arrangement of Danse Bacchanale from the opera "Samson & Delilah", by Camil...
Piano progress: 1 month
To start my piano journey, I opted for Faber Adult Piano Adventures books, rather than the ubiquitous Alfred's. The reason being, Alfred focuses too much on left hand chords and (very ugly and outdate...