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9 MarchThis afternoon study Mozart Sonata kv280/2  ..... ....the rest of the time......Mozart and eh Mozart.....and did I say Moz.......  Regards, Johan B
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10-13 MarchHardly time to play caused by my work....arghhhhh.....but there was no day that I didn't touched the keys for a little time........ Mostly playing some Mozart and today some Jazz standards.........friday afternoon made a visit at my pianostore for one hour.....playing several Kawai's......love that brand Regards, Johan B
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Great to see that you are getting back into it, Johan!
I'm reviewing, memorizing, and playing my 4th micro piece on both keys, voice, and the trumpet.
It's slowly evolving.
Getting side-tracked by music software also.
Will do some R&B for a while. Give the classical a break.
You can spend the rest of your life looking for music on a sheet of paper. You'll never find it, because it just ain't there. - Me Myself
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Great to see that you are getting back into it, Johan!
I'm reviewing, memorizing, and playing my 4th micro piece on both keys, voice, and the trumpet.
It's slowly evolving.
Getting side-tracked by music software also. Thanks for your words RKP! Always nice to see that we're not anonyme among menbers. It's not clear to me what kind of piece you're studying......... 14 MarchYears ago.......I think it was in 1971 or 1972.......I played Bach's Pastorale BWV590 in concert. I play the third part Air regularly in piano modus for it's a wonderful piece of music. Original it's written for organ. This afternoon I played the whole 'suite' on my Kawai CA95 several times in harpsichordmodus. I used the harpisichord + 4 and take the Kirnberger temper. I was back in the baroque period.....mmmmmmm Of course I played other things....but this experience I have share..... Best regards, Johan B
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14 MarchEvening playing....... Sonatas, Mozart.........I love it ......played one and half hour...... After that........some of the album.....Best songs ever  Best songs ever Regards, Johan B
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Didn't even to sit at the bench yesterday, too many home projects to complete.
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Didn't even to sit at the bench yesterday, too many home projects to complete. Hope today will be better.........a day without piano playing....arghhhhh 15 MarchToday lurking around and playing Bach music...........WTK some Prealudia......French suite C minor.......and some smaller works of this composer..... In the afternoon Mozart KV 280 & 281...... Regards, Johan B
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15 MarchIn the evening playing around in this book....... Gershwin Gershwin collection Best regards, Johan B
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Great to see that you are getting back into it, Johan!
I'm reviewing, memorizing, and playing my 4th micro piece on both keys, voice, and the trumpet.
It's slowly evolving.
Getting side-tracked by music software also. Thanks for your words RKP! Always nice to see that we're not anonyme among menbers. It's not clear to me what kind of piece you're studying.........14 MarchYears ago.......I think it was in 1971 or 1972.......I played Bach's Pastorale BWV590 in concert. I play the third part Air regularly in piano modus for it's a wonderful piece of music. Original it's written for organ. This afternoon I played the whole 'suite' on my Kawai CA95 several times in harpsichordmodus. I used the harpisichord + 4 and take the Kirnberger temper. I was back in the baroque period.....mmmmmmm Of course I played other things....but this experience I have share..... Best regards, Johan B Not sure myself sometimes either  Working on fluency and technique in accompaniment styles.
Will do some R&B for a while. Give the classical a break.
You can spend the rest of your life looking for music on a sheet of paper. You'll never find it, because it just ain't there. - Me Myself
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16 MarchLate at home from a meeting of the education Trade Union in another part of the country.....so....only little time to play......only about 45 minutes Sonatine album (Beretti, Diabelli, Reinecke) 17 MarchAgain much work to do, arghhh......  ....... one hour Etudes of BertiniRegards, Johan B
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March 16
The day before, I was up late working on Monday morning production problems (IT) so I took it easy the following day for work. Sat at the piano at 8PM and didn't leave until 10PM. Did a play-through of my existing repertoire and focused on the parts that always gave me trouble.
Started new music -- the Stones song from the Ultima games.
http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=File:Ultima_5_-_DOS_-_Stones_-_Sheet_-_1.png
The score itself seems to have been printed directly from the game MIDI files since I don't see how it's possible to hold down E1 with the left-hand pinky for the entire measure while walking up D2 G2 B2-flat twice. I experimented with using the middle sostenuto pedal to "hold-down" the root bass note -- works but seems a bit of a hack since not all acoustics have this pedal. Sustain pedal works but makes it all too washed out (in game, it's a harpsichord). Pretending it's 1/8th instead of a full note seems like the best option.
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18 MarchLittle time to play.....work takes a lot of my time this week..... Playing for 45 minutes.......among others my favorites at the moment: Mozart, Sonatas KV279/2, KV280/2, KV282/1+2 Bach, Pastorale BWV 590/3 Being happy with my new Kawai CA95 Regards, Johan B
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I'm onto my 5th micro-piece.
Quite a bit more challenging...contortionist style chord fingerings for the RH to enable legato phrases...a 16th note phrase in the LH...a couple accented notes only in the LH against 'normal' ones in the RH.
To top it off with a kind of 'prepared' note style in the melody, which has never come natural to me.
But I will likely fix that now with vocalization.
Will do some R&B for a while. Give the classical a break.
You can spend the rest of your life looking for music on a sheet of paper. You'll never find it, because it just ain't there. - Me Myself
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19 MarchBrrr.....after a day of hard work back home at 22.00h ( advice calls for students and their parents, two hours of colleges, and and marathon meeting work-council and management from 13.00-21.30h!!)........cooling down at the piano for 45 min..... Mozart, among others Fantasy D-minor, Fantasy C, Variations Dieu d'amour...... Mmmmm.....relax.....coming home....love my piano.... Best regards, Johan B
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Lucky you! I'll probably come home just as late, but won't be able to play since everyone's sleeping 
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[u][/u] Lucky you! I'll probably come home just as late, but won't be able to play since everyone's sleeping Moonsh1ne, Poor you.......feel sorry for you...... Silent system? Digital piano high end?.....my girl also asked me to stop or take the headphones........ but weekend is coming up....... All the best to you from the other part of the world, Moonsh1ne! Friendly regards, Johan B
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20 MarchTonight played music from this anthology of Margarete Babinsky......... Composers A-Z Babinsky.....beautiful pianist......... Margarete Babinsky among others......... Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Händel....... Really nice books to play.... Regards, Johan B
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March 20
I found a more organized version of Ultima Stones on Scribd. My initial version spilled over to 3 page. The compact version puts parts 1+2 on page 1 and part 2 on page 2 -- amazing how much better the progress has been with better mental organization.
I experimented with multiple methods of hitting the 4 sequence of notes on the left hand (A1 -> E2 -> A2 -> C3) from holding down sustain, holding down sostenuno, staccato, cross-over -- seems like the best option is to simply stretch with pinky on A1 to middle finger to E2.
I also installed Lilypond and Frescobaldi to convert a MIDI file of Ultima Exodus to a piano score. This is good stuff -- way faster to input scores by typing in C-B versus dragging notes onto a score.
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21 MarchIn the morning I played Sonatines of Benda and Vanhall........played them long ago....have to re-polish them.......  Afternoon, went to my adult son, who has his 35th birthday........about 200 km from here.....had a nice diner together with my wife and my three adult kids.....nice to have the whole family together........back home at 22.15h....... Played some jazz-standards for an hour........... Regards, Johan B
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Been practicing Turkish March by Mozart and Spring by Vivaldi. Couldn't come up with money for lessons so gona try to go at it alone for a while. Having really trouble making time though everyday and slowing my mind down.
music to me is kind of like putting together pieces of a puzzle
i call it the paino because its where i put all my pain
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