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piano fitness is dedication.  when feeling lackadaisical toward practicing,  the dedicated adult within must coax the wistful child within to sit down for a least a short time and focus on the work at hand.  often i end up spending a long time on the bench, and training flows into playing. the end result is having fun making music...

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piano fitness is

training:
10 3rds
hanon 15 br


practice
recital pieces
debussy prelude/1st arabesque
bach inventions
joplin elite syncopations
mclean vincent
bach/liszt prelude/fugue am

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training:
10 3rds
hanon 15 br

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piano fitness is eccentric.  listen to long lines using longer muscles and longest fingers.  "simple but profound" says katherine steadman.

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piano fitness is freedom.   letting go and listening.

don mclean's vincent is drawing my attention.

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piano fitness is fun!  i am still learning to listen, but learning and listening are fun!

training:
captain pairs
ff 1&3

recital prep:
debussy prelude-listening to dominant fade finds p and sets up harmony!
chopin waltz-listening to bass chords connects count 3 to 1.  3rd treble count must be pp!
bach inventions-these get attention today!

beethoven t&v slightly faster today.

joplin-memory work

mclean's vincent - hauntingly beautiful and sadly optimistic

debussy 1st arabesque  

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piano fitness perfectly poised.

training

hanon 15 bl br
big chords
ff 2


since last post-lateral awareness releasing the thumbs, gives support to all other fingers.

practicing for memorial recital:

debussy prelude s.b.
chopin waltz am
bach inventions 13/14
beethoven t&v
joplin 3 rags
debusssy 1st arabesque
bach/liszt prelude/fugue am
ravel pavane