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Hi there, Just as I promised one year ago, I'll help you to remember the goals you set for 2013. Have fun to see what you promised yourself................. CHECK YOUR GOALS OF 2013 I am curious..... MERRY CHRISTMASCheers, Johan B
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One of my goals for 2013 was playing the organ of the St.Willibrorduschurch at Kloosterburen. Several times I played there during the summeropening.... ChoralpartitasPlayed also much of Haydn Haydn And of course some Bach Aria&variationen Bach (BWV989)(Harpsichord modus)
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Thank you Johan B for saving our commitments in print/type "Ah for 2013 my goals include: 1. practice 1-2 hours a day 2. memorize 3-5 pieces (they can be short easy pieces) 3. bring a level 6 (I guess it could be a 7 or 8 for that matter) piece up to speed 4. play scales with smoothness and speed 5. upload a piece for each e-cital 6. sight read more fluently 7. Go to Summerkeys and enjoy"
Some I achieved and others not as much. Certainly practiced AND enjoyed playing 1-2 hours a day...often more. Memorized sections but not whole pieces. Doubled my speed from last year. Played all the scales and learned the minor scales. Did not do all the e-citals but did upload a contribution to the Mendelssohn and 2 for Grieg. My sight reading is better and I experienced Summerkeys and gained from the experience. All in all a pretty good year.
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Hi Johan - thanks for getting this thread started! My goals last year were: 1. Play/practice every day (except when sick or away from home). CHECK! 2. Play longer pieces CHECK! 3. Further improve sight reading, reading in general CHECK! 4. Develop techniques which allow me to play faster pieces. (small) CHECK 5. Get started on the jazz and blues!!! ...TO DO Things I'd like to do but which aren't 100% up to me... a) play in a live recital - (DOES THE EUROPEAN PIANO PARTY COUNT? b) play some duets - CHECK. Well, not bad, not bad I think I'm (finally) Learning to practice "better" not just "more". Goals for this year: 1. Stick to MOYD (this will be my fifth year!) 2. focus more on technique and improved practice sessions 3. increase practice hours per week. (currently at about 8 per week, I'd like to get up to a full hour and a half a day at least. I think I can manage that.) 4. get Chopin Waltz in Amin post up to performance level 5. perform for audiences more - I have to actively seek out opportunities. 6. participate in at least 1 recital (again..does the European Piano Party count?: ) 7. ...I'll put my jazz and blues work back on the list and get some ideas rolling about how to make it happen! My teacher isn't very keen on this type of music in the lessons so I think I'll either have to insist or work on it independently... I'm not sure which route I'll take at the moment. Good luck to everyone with their new goals!
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Thanks Johan for remembering to check our goals!
Mine were: 1. practice every day (signed up MOYD) 2. learn 10 new pieces (I'm a very slow learner!) 3. improve sight-reading 4. learn how to record myself and submit something for one recital 5. play in front of a small public of friends (I have problem also with my teacher!) 6. practice on scales/ arpeggios at least once a week
And the results: 1. OK - I'll sign up to MOYD again because it worked 2. I did - not all the pieces perfectly polished and up to speed but I'll give myself a pass on this 3. I forgot to work on this until a month ago - since then I improved i little bit but it's not enough! 4. got a zoom recorder for Christmas and submitted on Ecco Fatto Cafè - next year I'll try a real e-cital 5. passed - I also played in a real recital (with children and teens) 6. failed for nine months, now I'm doing my homework
Overall, not too bad...
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My 2013 goals:
1. Achieve RCM 7 technical proficiencyall = Mostly. I have all of the requirements learned, but I have held back the tempo until goals 2-4 were achieved. However, I worked scales and chords in all keys, not just the required ones. 2. Improve hand position: fix thumb, raise the bridge = Major improvement. 3. Continue working on relaxation and arm movement (in out, up down, side to side) = Major improvement 4. Well voiced chords and even attack = major improvement. 5. Sight read at grade 4 = achieved. 6. Play in all 4 AFB recitals = achieved, plus the Grieg recital and Chopin Mazurka recital 7. Post to the piano bar once a qtr. = I posted to the bar eight times.
Other 2013 achievements:
I played in a live recital for the first time since I was eleven years old, plus two piano parties, and the European Piano Party. As a result I am fairly confident playing for others. I practiced everyday, and will end up with over 1000 practice hours for the year. I don't know if this is an achievement, but I purchased a grand, which has seemed to accelerate my learning.
All in all, 2013 was a wonderful piano year for me!
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WiseBuff Memorizing.....good job...I always need sightreading Casinitaly Playing Duet......nice....I looking fo somebody to play duets. Colleague at my school can do it, but he does not want to.... And yes European tour.....of course!! Torquenale Real recital......nice job SwissMs 1000 hours practize at the Bechstein......mmmmmm....your year was great..... I read your signature.......Kuhlau......besonders schöne Sonatinen....hat der Mann gut gemacht mit einem Auge...... Best regards, Johan B
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Thanks Johan Here's my goals and results
(1) force myself to record and play in front of others / recorded 4 pieces albeit it was done at the last minute. Played for others at my piano party, school studio classes, mid term, end of the semester recitals and at the monthly piano club meeting (first time in December) (2) focus on playing musically / working on it every day. I think I made a progress in this department, at least I've been told by others. (3) practice 2 hours a day / I completely sucked in this department. Lots is execuses. I'm simply too tired or sleepy at night. I can barely practice an hour. I may need to stop drinking wine before practice.
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FarmGirl, The correct order.......playing piano, practize.....drinking wine....play piano for fun....another drink...and sleep Cheers, Johan B
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Record and post the larghetto from Chopin's op 11 concerto, and Chopin's nocture op 9 nr 3. Both of these goals will likely be met this year as these are the two pieces I'm planning to summit to the summer and fall ABF recitals. Both of these pieces are in the polishing stage. I became obsessed with Chopin's op28 nr 24 prelude in February and managed to learn it from scratch and record it in time for the November recital. That detour worked out well for me so I feel like I did accomplish something even though not with the pieces I'd originally chosen.
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I didn't post any goals for 2013, but I did do a lot that I set out to accomplish. I have many more goals for myself for the coming year - always moving on to the next project! I'll definitely be posting my 2014 goals when that thread pops up. This is such a neat idea!
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Ouch, I had totally forgot this! Let's see... - practice 4-5 days a week, at least 1 hour a day I'm currently averaging 1 hour and a half 6 days a week - start Alfred's AIO book 3 in February and finish it by the end of the year Nope, I got half-way through and dropped it, but it was a good decision after all! - practice sight reading once a week (ideally Bartok's Mikrokosmos I-IV) I think I've done a bit more than that, but I only finished Mikrokosmos 1 (the others are way too hard to sight-read). I did Hannah Smith's book and Improve Your Sight-Reading level 1, plus other random stuff. - I also have in mind to get an acoustic upright, but that might have to wait a bit more. I got my Wally in September Can't wait to set my goals for next year!
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Frycek Chopin....I love it....but for me......too difficult Morodienne There are new opportunities, find it here..... New goals 2014 I am looking forward to it. Johan B
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Sinophelia,
Thanks for sharing your piano experience of 2013 And....perhaps a new upright in '14
Cheers JohanB
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You can post your new goals for 2014 just here New goals 2014
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My 2013 piano goals: 1. Faithfully complete MOYD 2013 2. START and COMPLETE Alfred's Adult AIO Course Book 1 3. START Alfred's Adult AIO Course Book 2 (started but dropped after starting with a teacher) 4. Journal my practices (accomplishments, struggles, pieces, page notes, hours, etc) (excellent tool)5. Upload selections as they are "mastered" (youtube or other site) (AIO1 material) 6. Seek constructive criticism of my work AND accept what is offered to me so I can grow as a piano player (hope to think I have done so with humility) 7. Submit at least one offering to ABF Recital (believe it was May 2013 recital)8. Take care of my piano, as it will take me to places I have always dreamed about... (my magic carpet!) The bonus was getting a teacher in September. My lesson is like therapy; I may go to the lesson a little stressed about what I did or did not accomplish for the week, but I always leave with a smile and a great feeling! I really need to think about my goals for 2014. Honestly, I am a bit at a loss for specific goals. I need to really think about it over the course of the next week.
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I did I little better than I thought before reviewing everything...although I didn't get them all. Plenty of room for improvement. 1. Reading. Read something new every day, whether it is sight reading easier fare or slogging through a few measures of more advanced material, just keep reading. Continue with the Read/Sing/Play of Bach's Invention #8 as per the reading exercise suggested by one of our members. Ran out of gas on invention 8 when recital crunch time intruded, didn't get every day but read on lots of days. Did more fake book reading/improv plus throw aways instead. Grade=B-
2. Technique. Continue working on tension and relaxed concentration/focus. Continue speed work in scales. lots of improvement, but still have a ways to go. Last year I was kind of stuck on 70bpm playing 4 notes to the beat on my scales...up to 92 now, but been stuck again for a bit and working on the underlying tension holding things back. Grade=B+
3. Practice habits. Continue MOYD at 2-3 hours a day. STOP practicing when it isn't working and do something else for a while. Reduce everything to smaller and smaller steps. GO SLOWER. I put the hours in, missing no days except travel away from home. Still have days I think are inefficient in retrospect. More focus and walk away when its not working still required. Grade=C
4. Performance. Participate in my teacher's spring recital and host pre-recital "practice session" for the adult students. Submit more things to the piano bar or ABF recitals. Jam with one of my guitar-playing buddies. Got most of these done. Could have done a few more submissions and I never got the jamming session in. Grade B+
5. Pieces. I think I may be better off not setting a time-related goal for getting to any particular piece of music.... I will get there when I'm ready. Despite my best intentions I had to constantantly check myself against setting artificial time-related limits/goals that I believe only screw up my learning process. Grade=D (I'd make it an F, but at least I'm aware that I do it)
6. New this year. I have decided to start holding on to more of my pieces and will see if I can have a little more of a repertoire at this time next year. As the pieces get harder and time invested in each longer, it seems a shame to just let them go when completed to my teacher's satisfaction. She agrees and thinks it will be good for me. A handful of jazz standards and two or three of my harder classical pieces would be a good start and something to shoot for by year-end. I'm not sure how much time I will have to give to this effort, but it will come in the evenings, which I usually reserve for "playing". Managed to retain three classical pieces, a jazz piece I already had retained last year, plus the revival of a jazz piece from a prior year. I have found I can let them slip for a week or two and they come back easier each time. Approach and schedule for keeping up could be more organized Grade=A-
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Scorpio Nice you found a good teacher.......go on with the therapy... Set goals for 2014. Music goals 2014 Cheers, happy Xmas Johan B
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JimF Next year.....grade D? Set your new goals Music goals 2014 Cheers, happy Xmas Johan B
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Next year.....grade D?
Huh??
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