Piano

Sunday, March 29 – Today the school action was held and I played Moonlight Sonata for the entertainment section. I felt I did very well and that it showed of the new skills I had learned in playing and how much my playing had improved.

Monday, April 6 – Today we started the piano lesson by practicing some scales and one of the exercises from the Hannon book. Then my teacher had me work on some arpeggios to help me stretch my fingers out. I found that I was really beginning to develop new skills as a piano player because I was able to play something like arpeggios with hardly any difficulty at all. After I was warmed up my teacher had me play the Baroque piece that she had given me previously. I did alright on it but it still needed a lot of work and we decided I should continue improving it. I then played through Moonlight Sonata and it was clear that I was becoming better at it.

Monday, April 13 – Today we began the lesson with the usual scales and exercises from Hannon. My teacher said I should move on to doing a different scale and a new Hannon exercise and so I moved to the B flat minor scale. Then I played the Baroque piece I had been assigned and I did very well with it. This was because I had dedicated myself to the piece in the last week and I had really committed myself to finishing it. I did finish and my teacher gave me a new piece by Bach to practice. We then moved on to the Charley Brown song and I played it fairly well although my teacher said I still needed to do some work on it. Then we ended the lesson with Moonlight Sonata which I played through fully with few mistakes. I will not make it to the next few piano lessons because I am leaving to go to Europe over the upcoming vacation.

Monday, May 4 - Today we started piano with the scale I had worked on before I had left for Europe. My teacher said the scale was fine and we moved on to the E flat minor scale. Then I played some arpeggios and did an exercise from the Hannon book. Afterward I played some of the Charley Brown song I had been working on and my teacher said it still needed to improve. My teacher showed me specifically what it was I was doing wrong by playing the rhythm of the piece correctly and showing how I had played it differently. Then we worked more on Moonlight sonata and my teacher said it was still improving.

Wednesday, May 13 - Today I began my lesson with the scale I had previously been assigned and my teacher said to keep it for the next lesson because it still needed some work. Afterward my teacher had me run through the two pieces I had been working on so that she could get to assigning me a new piece to work on. First I played the Charley Brown piece and it sounded pretty good. Then I played Moonlight Sonata all the way through and I was able to do it without difficulty. Then my teacher assigned me a new piece which was another Bach song. We worked on sight reading the piece for the rest of the lesson and then I took it home to work on. I will not have another piano lesson for about two weeks because my teacher is going away on a trip.

Thursday, May 28 – Today my piano lesson began as usual; by playing the scale I had previously been assigned and then by playing an exercise from the Hannon book. My teacher told me to go ahead and perfect the scale and the exercise for our next lesson because it would be our last lesson before summer break. I then played the three songs I had been working on. First was the Bach song I had recently been assigned, then the Charley Brown song was next, and then Moonlight Sonata. My teacher pointed out some mistakes I had made in the rhythm and then told me to continue with the pieces as usual.

Wednesday, June 3 – Today was my last piano lesson before the summer break. For this lesson I played through everything I had been working on starting with my scale and Hannon piece. I successfully played both these things and I was glad I had acquired the skills to be able to do so without difficulty. Then I played thruogh the three pieces I had. I first played the Bach piece and my teacher said it was perfect and that I had defiantly mastered it. Then I played through the Charlie Brown piece and Moonlight Sonata and although neither were perfect my teacher said I could easily complete them on my own. I was glad that my commitment to my playing had really paid off in helping me complete the pieces I wanted to play.