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1. Waltz Op.69 No.2 - Frederic Chopin (Recording)
2. Over the Rainbow - George Shearing (Recording)
3. Mice on Venus (Minecraft) - C418 (Recording)

1. Song of the Gondolier - Joy of First Classics
2. Beauty and the Beast - Alfred Greatest Hits Bk. 1
3. Simple Gifts - arr. G. Benedetti
4. Circus March - Alfred Adult AIO Book 2
5. White Sails - Joy of First Year Piano - Denes Agay
6. Alexander March = Joy of First Year Piano - Denes Agay
7. Ladybug Boogie - Mier
8. Melody With Varied Accompaniments - Joy... Denes Agay
9. Snowboard Boogie - Mier
10. Chimichanga Cha Cha - Mier
11. Moody Twins - Joy of First Year Piano
12. Wooden Shoe Dance - Joy of First Year Piano
13. On With the Show - Piano Adventures 2A
14. Bartok's Study - Piano Adventures 2A
15. Rock of Ages - Traditional Jewish
16. I Love a Lassie - Scottish Folk Song
17. Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Traditional Hymn (Arr.)
18. All Creatures of Our God and King - Gmajor Free Piano Music
19. Beautiful Dreamer - Stephen Foster (Arr)
20. Yankee Doodle Dazzle - Alfred Premier 2A
21. Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond - Scottish Folk Song
22. The Birch Tree - Joy of First Year Piano - Denes Agay
23. Carillon Bells - Piano Adventures 2A
24. All Things Bright and Beautiful - Traditional
25. Fantastic Tales - T. Gerou

My update for July in bold face, thank you!

-----------------------------------Feb 2018------------------------------
1. Robots - Anne Crosby Gaudet, RCM Level 1
2. Bears - Linda Niamath, RCM Level 1
3. Ecossaise in E flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven, RCM Level 1
4. Lost - Elissa Milne, RCM Level 1
5. Menuet - Christian Petzold, BWV Anhang 114
6. Menuet - Christian Petzold, BWV Anhang 115
7. Czerny Op.599 1-16
-----------------------------------Mar 2018------------------------------
8. German Dance in D Major - Franz Joseph Haydn, RCM Level 1
9. Polonaise - C. Ph. E. Bach, BWV Anhang 125
10. Czerny Op.599 17-22
-----------------------------------Apr 2018-------------------------------
11. Dance of the Martians - Mike Schoenmehl, RCM Level 1
12. Spring Light - Stephen Chatman, RCM Level 1
13. Praludium - C. Ph. E. Bach, BWV 846
14. Menuet - BWV Anhang 116
15. Czerny Op.599 23-27
-----------------------------------May 2018------------------------------
16. A Starry Night - Italo Taranta, RCM Level 1
17. Dream Journey - Christine Donkin, RCM Level 1
18. Solo Per Il Cembalo - C. Ph. E. Bach, BWV Anhang 129
19. Melody - Schumann, Op. 68
20. Czerny Op.599 28-30
-----------------------------------Jun 2018------------------------------
21. Menuet - BWV Anhang 132
22. Menuet - BWV Anhang 121
23. The Sick Doll - Tchaikovsky, Op. 39
24. Czerny Op.599 31-32
-----------------------------------Jul 2018------------------------------
25. Menuet - BWV Anhang 132
26. Slow Dance - Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos vol. 1
27. In Phrygian Mode - Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos vol. 1
28. Free Canon - Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos vol. 1
29. In Lydian Mode - Bela Bartok, Mikrokosmos vol. 2
30. The Sick Doll - Tchaikovsky, Op. 39
31. Chorale - Schumann, Op.68
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You've learned these twice ?

I mean, it's a beautiful piece.

Last update for July 2018. Revised my goal to 75 pieces this year.

51 [P.24 Melody : Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2]
52 [P.25 Light and Dark: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2]
53 [P.10-11 Trumpet Tune: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2]
54 [P.13 Frolicking : Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2]
55 [P.14-15 The Swing: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2]
56 Blue Suede Shoes: Alfred's Greatest Hits Bk 1
57 Serenade from String Quartet, P. 26-27 Alfred's AIO, Lv 3

Have a great week everyone!

32. In His Time, Diane Ball
31. Panis Angelicus, St. Thomas Acquinas
30. Lift Up Your Hands, Maria Cecilia Azarcon
29. Precious Lord, Take My Hand, Thomas A. Dorsey
28. O Sanctissima (keyboard acc. By Randall DeBruyn)
27. Hail, Holy Queen (choral arr. By Randall DeBruyn)
26. Blessed Be the Lord Almighty, Bob Fitts
25. I'll Walk with God, Nicholas Brodszky & Paul Francis Webster
24. Wings of a Dove, Bob Ferguson
23. Alle, Alle, Alleluia, Fr. Richard Ho Lung
22. For God So Loved, Stuart Dauermann
21. Pie Jesu, Marcy Pyrtle
20. Not for Tongue of Heaven's Angels, Timothy Dudley-Smith & Michael Joncas
19. Pie Jesu, Andrew Lloyd Webber
18. Song for a Young Prophet, Damian Lundy
17. Abba Father, Carey Landry
16. Tanging Yaman, Philip Gan & Manuel Francisco [/quote]

I like this idea. I'm looking at the last I did for 2016, perhaps I'll do them again for 2019. Actually, I went back to the very first piece I did in that list, BWV 114. I just recently added the trills. Can I count it twice

22. Struttin' (Microjazz #3)
23. New Confidence (Microjazz #4)
24. The Can Can by Offenbach (Alfred pg 113)

29. Hummingbird by Rick Robertson. . This is the piece I also submitted for my August recital.
30. Swan Lake - Theme from the Overture to Act II. Arrangement from Adult Piano Adventures ( book 2 )
31. House of Rising Sun Lead sheet from Adult Piano Adventures ( book 2 )

August Update:
58 A Little Porcupine: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2
59 A Little Dance, D.Kabalevsky: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2
60 Russian Dance, A. Goedicke: Masterwork Classics Lv 1-2
61 Folk Dance, B. Bartok: M.C. Lv 1-2
62 Song, Bela Bartok: M.C. Lv 1-2
63 The Trumpet and the Drum, D. Kabalevsky: M.C. Lv 1-2

Books I use: Essential Piano Repertoire, Keith Snell Prep Level (KSPL), Essential Piano Repertoire, Keith Snell Level 1 (KSL1), First Lessons in Bach (FLB1 and FLB2), Russian Music for Piano Book 1 (RM1)

1. Sonatina Minuet, C.H. Wilton (KSPL)
2. Minuet, Gurlitt (KSPL)
3. Trumpet Tune, Gurlitt (KSPL)
4. Relay Race, Gurlitt (KSPL)
5. Five Note Sonatina, Bolck (KSPL)
6. Allemande, Schein (KSL1)
7. Minuet, Telemann (KSL1)
8. All of My Love, Jones and Plant, duet Arr. Dan Coates
9. Waltz in A Minor, Chopin
10. Minuet #2, Bach (FLB1)
11. Minuet #3, Bach (FLB1)
12. Scherzo, Bach (FLB2)
13. Petite Piece No. 5, Goedicke (RM1)
14. Feuille d'album Op. 11, No.14 W. Landstein (RM1)
15. Gavotte, Telemann (KSL1)
16. Minuet, Rameau (KSL1)
17. Quadrille, Haydn (KSL1)
18. Minuet, Hook (KSL1)
19. Minuet, JC Bach (KSL1)
20. Dance, Turk (KSL1)
21. Minuet, Reinagle (KSL1)
22. Morning Song, Diabelli (KSL1)
23. Bagatelle, Diabelli (KSL1)
24. Round Dance, Beyer (KSL1)
25. Musette, Bach (FLB1)

JS Bach
French Suite #2
Sinfonia #3 in D major
Sinfonia #6 in E major
Prelude and Fugue Prelude and Fugue #15 in G major BWV 884
Prelude and Fugue #15 in G major BWV 860
Prelude and Fugue #2 in c minor BWV 847

Steven Heller
25 Etudes Op. 16 #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Frederick Burgmueller
Agitato Opus 109 #8,
Allegro Opus 105 #5
Johannes Brahms
Romance in F
Intermezzo in A Op.118
Claude Debussy
Mazurka
Edward Grieg
Notturno
Beethoven
Sonata Op 79
Six Variations on a Song WoO 6
Torjussen
In the Night
Durand
Chaconne
Albeniz
Orientale
Cordoba
Gretchaninoff
Plainte

Total 28

I have a long ways to go if I'm going to get 40 this year

1. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
2. Amazing Grace (new arrangement)
3. Annie Laurie (new arrangement)
4. America the Beautiful (new arrangement)
5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6. Weeping Willow
7. The Easy Winners

This is my first attempt at recording JS Bach's Invention No 13. Not yet perfect and this recording has some mistakes - but I think it good enough to say its a piece I have learnt.

I have also updated Invention No 8 to a better version

01 A Little Tea Pot
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90 Silver Lit Night. (Piano Marvel Method 5E exercise 14) Soundcloud
91 Memories (Piano Marvel Method 5E exercise 16) Soundcloud
92 Low Bridge, Everybody Down (Piano Marvel Method 5E exercise 18) Soundcloud
93 Minuet in G Minor, Christian Petzold (Representing Piano Marvel Method 6A exercises 1 to 6 which are subsections of this piece with trills in unusual places) Soundcloud
94 Cool Stephen J Wood. ABRSM Grade 5 2017 & 2018 Syllabus Piece C:3 Soundcloud
95 Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata Op 13 2nd Movement (Adagio Cantabile) Youtube
96 J.S Bach Invention No 8 Soundcloud
97 Greensleeves Soundcloud
98 Henry Purcell Hornpipe in E Minor Soundcloud
99 J.S.Bach Invention No 13 Soundcloud

1 Sonata No. 11 - Variation V from Movement 1 (KV 331, 300i) (no recording) (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
2 Farewell to Cheyenne <Recording> (by Ennio Morricone, arranged by Jan Koláček)
3 Sonata No. 11 - Variation VI from Movement 1 (KV 331, 300i) (no recording) (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
4 Sonata No. 11 - Menuetto from Movement 2 (KV 331, 300i) (no recording) (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
5 Sonata No. 11 - Trio from Movement 2 (KV 331, 300i) (no recording) (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
6 Klavierstück "Lustig und traurig" (WoO 54, "Happy-Sad Bagatelle") <Recording> (by Ludwig van Beethoven)
7 La Candeur (Opus 100, No. 1) <Recording> (by Friedrich Burgmüller)
8 Volksliedchen (Folk Song, Opus 68, Album für die Jugend / Album for the Young) <Recording> (by Robert Schumann)
9 Arabesque (Opus 100, No. 2) <Recording> (by Friedrich Burgmüller)
10 Gymnopédie No. 1 <Recording> (by Erik Satie)
11 Walzer (Opus 39, No. 3) <Recording> (by Johannes Brahms)
12 Pastorale (Opus 100, No. 3) <Recording> (by Friedrich Burgmüller)
13 Petite Réunion (Opus 100, No. 4) <Recording> (by Friedrich Burgmüller)
14 Goodbye Blue Sky <Recording> (by Pink Floyd, arranged by Daniel Redly)
15 Innocence <Recording> (by Friedrich Burgmüller)
16 Abendmusik (Evening Music - Opus 99, No. 12) <Recording> (by Robert Schumann)
17 Hedwig's Theme - Harry Potter <Recording> (by John Williams)
18 Piano Sonata No. 25 (Opus 79), 2nd Movement - Andante, <Recording> (by Ludwig van Beethoven)

#18 is my entry to the 51st ABF recital, I just love this short and sweet movement.

I haven't made much progress in this challenge since my last post. My teacher couldn't meet for two weeks and I didn't really practice at all. And then the next two weeks I had busy work weeks so I didn't practice ONCE and just felt a bit burnt out from work. But I am back at it and have two more pieces to add, both Grade 4 level.

1) E Dorian with Modulation, Robert D. Vandall, RCM Grade 2
2) Colors of the Wind, Really Easy Piano
3) The Wind, Chee-Hwa Tan, RCM Grade 2
4) Quiet Lagoon, Jon George, RCM Grade 2
5) Ladies in Waiting, William Gillock, RCM Grade 2
6) Pinwheels, Linda Niamath, RCM Grade 2
7) Etude in F Major op. 190, no. 27, Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler, RCM Grade 2
8) Atacama Desert, Wynn-Anne Rossi, RCM Grade 2
9) Little Dance in Canon Form, Bela Bartok, RCM Grade 2
10) Turkish Bazaar, Mark Mrozinski, RCM Grade 2
11) Etude in C Major, Carl Czerny, RCM Grade 3
12) Theme from Jurassic Park, John Williams, Faber & Faber Adult level 1
13) Sonatina in G Major I, Thomas Attwood, RCM Grade 3
14) Sonatine in C Major op. 36. no. 1, Muzio Clement, RCM Grade 3
15) Gigue a l'Angloise, Georg Philipp Telemann, RCM Grade 3
16) Invention in C Major, Renee Christopher, RCM Grade 2
17) Menuetto II in F Major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, RCM Grade 3
18) Etude in D Minor op. 261, no. 53, Carl Czerny, RCM Grade 3
19) Echoes of November, Stephen Chatman, RCM Grade 3
20)A Little Piece op. 6, no. 11, Alexander Gedike, RCM Grade 3
21)Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491 George Frideric Handel, RCM Grade 3
22) A Winter Melody, Yoshinao Nakada, RCM Grade 4
23) Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, Johann Sebastian Bach, RCM Grade 3
24) Sonatina in G Major, I, Ludwig van Beethoven, RCM Grade 3
25) Folk Dance, op. 39, no. 17, Dmitri Kabalevsky, RCM Grade 4
26) Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:9, III: Scherzo, Franz Joseph Haydn, RCM Grade 4

Hello, friends.

This topic is very interesting: it gives an excellent motivation for learning new works.
I play piano for about 9 months (approximately 3-4 hours per week, unfortunately, it's less than I would like). I am trained at home without a teacher on my digital piano: Yamaha CLP-635.
About 12 years I did not play musical instruments (and I never played the piano). But in my childhood I graduated from the music school in accordion class (this helped me a lot, because I know the musical notation).

To date, I can play the following:

• 1. Petzold - Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 (Record >>)
• 2. Petzold - Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. 115 (Record >>)
• 3. Star Wars - The Imperial March (Record >>)
• 4. Linkin Park - Numb (Record >>)
• 5. Beethoven - Bagatelle, Op. 119, No 9 (Record >>)
• 6. Berkovich - Etude on a Theme by Paganini (Record >>)
• 7. Zhuravli (The Cranes)/Журавли - Y. Frenkel/Я. Френкель (Record >>)
• 8. Bizet - Carmen: Toreador Song (Record >>)
• 9. Verdi - La Donna È Mobile (Rigoletto) (Record >>)
• 10. Beethoven - Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5, Moderato (Record >>)
• 11. Beethoven - Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5, Romanze (Record >>)
• 12. Chopin - Waltz A Minor (op. posthume) (Record >>)
• 13. Tchaikovsky - Neapolitan Song, Op. 39, 18 (Record >>)
• 14. Beethoven - La Marmotte, Op. 52, No 7 (Record >>)
• 15. The Beatles - Yesterday (Record >>)
• 16. Rachmaninov - Polka Italienne (Arr. A. Siloti) (WIP)
• 17. Beethoven - Fur Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 (Record >>)

StasNick, nice Für Elise!
If you are interested to improve it a bit more, I can point out one or two mistakes where you play incorrect notes (or leave out notes) that seem as if you learned them incorrectly (i.e. that are not simply mistakes made during the recording). But only if you want, I don't want to impose.

JoBert, thanks for your feedback.
Yes, of course, I will be glad to hear any comments.
I try to constantly improve my performance of musical pieces as far as possible.