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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

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piano fitness is directional.  up/down.  parallel/contrary/oblique.  long/short.  how quickly can you let go.

training:
hanon 1 s.n. 1,2,3, mm132  s.n. 4 mm66 possibly the quickest warmup?? definitely the most practice needed!

3 five fingers    s.n. 4 in 2


preparing for my  aunt genevieve sonsara's memorial recital 12/31/10 9pm.  her 100th birthday 1/1/11
debussy prelude s.b.
debussy 1st arabasque
chopin waltz am
bach inventions 13/14  (13 feels lateral swinging arms)
bach/liszt prelude/fugue am



3 five fingers s.n.1 in 3


chopin waltz in a minor

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piano fitness is evolutionary.  feeling sound evolves with each repetition.  the wonderful beauty of evolution is that it's new, fresh, different every time you play.  no piece is the exact same twice.   the only time it is exactly the same is listening to the same recording.

piano club this saturday-bach inventions 13 14?

training:
10 3rds
the train
hanon 15 reversed

debussy prelude s.b.
chopin waltz in a

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piano fitness is connection.  finger contact with the key connects with the mind's ear creating the music.
                    
awareness of the neutral spine (continued release the hyper-extended thoracic spine for me) allows for more freedom for the falling arms.  awareness of the forearm alignment (the inner triceps release) awareness of the thumbs giving support to every other finger.

training:
the train
the spider
hanon  15 s.n.


playing:
bach  inventions 13 14
bach/liszt prelude fugue in a
debussy prelude s.b.

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piano fitness is flexible.   choose 1 (or more) warm up for each lever:   full arms- forearms- fingers.
                                        choose a count (2 or 3),  choose a rhythm (even, long/short, short/long).
                                        listen and feel.  done!

training:

10 3rds
big chords
hanon 15 br

playing:
prelude/fugue am bach/liszt
inventions 13 14 bach
sonatinas G & F  beethoven
waltz am chopin
prelude s.b. debussy

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piano fitness is training.  learning to listen trains the mind/body connection.  the intended sound feels easy and relaxed.  mindful repetition develops muscle reactions that become automatic.  hearing the sound and feeling the motions=mind/body connections.  the relaxed thumbs seem to give support to the other fingers.  letting go is the difficult part.


training:
basic
h 15 bl br
ff 3

playing:
sonata k545 1st mozart
inventions 13,14 bach
prelude am bach/lizst