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1. O Sole Mio - E.di Capua (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Lesson Book 1)
2. Jericho (Alfred's BAPCLB1)
3. Greensleeves (Alfred's BAPCLB1) Youtube

1. Nearer My God to Thee - Bastien Religious Favorites
2. Early One Morning - English Folk Song
3. Desert Gold - Alfred 2A Performance
4. Heart of My Heart - Favorite Melodies the World Over
5. The Autograph - Alfred 2A
6. Bells of London - English Folk Tune
7. The Answering Machine - Alfred 2A

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1. Guitar Serenade by Rick Robertson from Kaleidoscope Volume 1 (Level - Late Beginner; 2 pages - Key of C major, although not entirely stable in the key)
2. Nuvole Bianche by Ludovico Einaudi Graded Pieces - Arrangements (Level Preparatory; 2 pages - Key of E minor
3. Etude by Felix Le Couppey (Gade 1 - 2 pages ))
4. Time Alone by Rick Robertson from Kaleidoscope Volume 1 (Level - Late Beginner; 2 pages
5. Fantasia in G minor, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), TWV 33:8, Piano (Grade 1 - 1 page)
6. Le Onde by Ludovico Einaudi Graded Pieces - Arrangements (Level Preparatory; 2 pages

2. Chopin Prelude Opus 28 No 20

January
1. Material Girl – Volume 1 The Real Pop Book
2. L'apres-midi – Yann Tiersen
3. You're So Vain – Volume 1 The Real Pop Book
4. I'll Be There – Volume 1 The Real Pop Book
5. My Funny Valentine – The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Standards Fake Book 2nd Edition

1) Cafe Vienna (Alfred's AIO, Level 1) <SoundCloud>
2) Fantasia in G minor, by Telemann (Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 1) <SoundCloud>
3) Rock It Away! (Alfred's AIO, Level 1) <SoundCloud>
4) Lullaby (Alfred's AIO, Level 1) <SoundCloud>
5) Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114, from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 1) [<SoundCloud>
6) Ländler, by Schubert (Trinity- 2015-2017 syllabus) <SoundCloud>
7) Cockles and Mussels (Alfred's AIO, Level 1) <SoundCloud>
8) Got Those Blues (Alfred's AIO, Level 1) <SoundCloud>

It would take me a year to learn the pieces some of you post and I’d be lucky to sound half as good even given a year. So, my hat is off to all the quality players who post recordings. I enjoy listening to your recordings as I play fetch with the dog at night or am just relaxing by the fire. I recently began to tune into the Piano Bar thread and that is fantastic also.

Since we get to make our own rules for the challenge I’m going to attempt to avoid counting anything I learn in the Faber method books. I’m using supplemental pieces I can learn and play (in time, at tempo, sound decent) in about a week. However, I reserve the right to bend my own self imposed rule if I fall behind.

January 2019
1. Come, Thou Almighty King (Religious Favorites - Bastien)
2. My Faith Looks Up To Thee (Religious Favorites - Bastien)
3. Morning Mood (Classic Themes by the Masters - Bastien)
4. Jesus Shall Reign (Religious Favorites - Bastien)
5. Ode to Joy (Classic Themes by the Masters - Bastien)

In process but it’s going to take more than a week… Here comes the Sun (The Beatles Best: Easy Piano Dan Fox arranger). I look forward to the day when "easy piano" books become easy for me.

Six new pieces recorded today, still did most of the work last year. Making some good headway, but my pace will definitely slow down from this point on.

1 Robert Fuchs – Sad at Heart (Op. 47, No. 5)
2 Cornelius Gurlitt – Wild Mignonette (Op. 205, No. 1)
3 Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz (Op. 69, No. 2)
4 Alexandre Tansman – Dreams (Happy Time, Book 1, No. 14)
5 Erik Satie – Chocolate-Almond Waltz (Menus Propos Enfantins, No. 3)
6 Béla Bartók – In Three Parts (Mikrokosmos, Book 3, No. 76)
7 Cornelius Gurlitt – Lullaby (Op. 101, No. 6)
8 Béla Bartók - Little Study (Mikrokosmos, Book 3, No. 77)
9 Feliks Rybicki - Sad Autumn
10 Erik Satie – Berceuse (Enfantillages Pittoresques, No. 2)
11 Charles Koechlin – Canon (Op. 208, No. 2)
12 Charles Koechlin – Valse (Op. 208, No. 3)
13 Charles Koechlin – Andante con moto (Op. 208, No. 8)

I really liked "Sad Autumn". All of the new pieces that you posted were beautiful, but I am drawn to the sad, haunting sound of this one. Nice playing!

Thank you so much! It's been one of my favourites for a long time; took me 1.5 years to get to this point. It really was way too hard when I first learned it, but it's really nice to experience growing into a piece like that.

1 - Burgmuller Op.100 No.1, La Candeur - youtube
2 - Burgmuller Op.100 No.2, Arabesque - youtube
3 - Burgmuller Op.100 No.3, Pastorale - youtube
4 - Burgmuller Op.100 No.4, Petite Reunion - youtube
5 - Burgmuller Op.100 No.5, Innocence - youtube

1. Milne, Elissa - Sqaure-O
2. Bartok, Bela - Mikrokosmos #23
3. Norton, Christopher - Driving Range



I've decided not to list "lesson" pieces from Faber as originally planned. Frankly Cherny and Mikrokosmos exercises are more deserving of the effort.

Keslo that is a cool shot of the pinao in your Sad Autumn video. I like that piece.

Facdo you make it look so easy! Well done.

Thank you, I'm happy I finally found a way to record from that angle. Now I just need to not film it at a slight angle.

1. O Sole Mio - E.di Capua (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Lesson Book 1)
2. Jericho (Alfred's BAPCLB1)
3. Greensleeves (Alfred's BAPCLB1) Youtube
4. Go Down, Moses (Alfred's BAPCLB1) Youtube

1. Nearer My God to Thee - Bastien Religious Favorites
2. Early One Morning - English Folk Song
3. Desert Gold - Alfred 2A Performance
4. Heart of My Heart - Favorite Melodies the World Over
5. The Autograph - Alfred 2A
6. Bells of London - English Folk Tune
7. The Answering Machine - Alfred 2A
8. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis - Favorite Melodies the World Over
9. Botany Bay - Old English Folk Tune

Wow, I am amazed by the quality of your playing and your recordings. There is so much depth and musicality in your interpretations, congratulations!

Thank you, I am practicing a lot to handle learning one short piece per week. I hope I can keep up with this progress for the entire year.

Oh my, so many nice comments. Thank you very much, facdo!

1. Cotton Reel - Nikki Iles
2. Moody Prawn Blues - Franklyn Gellnick
3. The Bonny Gray Ey'd Morn - Jeremiah Clarke
4. Never Enough - The Greatest Showman
5. Air on the G String - from 100 Most Beautiful Piano Solos
6. Lesson in C - Diabelli

I feel I'm making good progress, although I haven't managed to get any pieces recorded. Some people are really powering through, good work guys.