Sunday, March 6, 2011

110306

piano fitness is movement.   listening to the melody/harmony progress.  "the golden thread" alex hanway taught.  feeling the movement of the levers in harmony too!

training:
10 pairs-advanced
!new prep for ff2  1245, 1235, 1345. - intermediate
                    1234, 2345 beginner

playing:
1st arabesque
mozart sonata Bb

Thursday, March 3, 2011

110303

piano fitness is today!  sound feeling and feeling sound!

3/3/11 is the day i first played piano!

Monday, February 21, 2011

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piano fitness works!  the 5th year of training is exciting.  learning to feel the combination of the swinging arms (free falling elbows)  the sliding  up or down (rotational forearms) and the fingers bouncing.  it takes practice to the the timing!  as my friend brian says "timing is everything"


training:
10 3rds
ff 3
dim 3 centers
hanon 15 s.n.

Friday, February 18, 2011

110218

piano fitness is alive and well.  training continues and listening improves.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

01 29 11

piano fitness continues.   lots more of the same training.  still playing music from aunt jean's memorial recital.

training:

2 finger scales
big chords



vincent by don mclean

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

01-11-11

piano fitness is self-discovery.  the mind looks and views the self, as always, different from the last look.  the body listens and hears the sound. the mind/body feels music in self-discovery.