Same old song. Literally. I'm still working on the first three etudes of Level 8 and L'Adieu. Sigh. I'm nearing the end of memorization for the Chopin though. And I'm liking the way I'm playing it, though of course there's always room for improvement. I've just in the past two days got to a point in the Kabalevsky D minor Etude where that first third--which was the hardest part--is consistently better. Not perfect, but I'm not fumbling on the damn arpeggios quite so much.
I'd been lax in my practice of Haydn's Menuetto in the last couple weeks and noticed today upon my return to it that though the note playing deteriorated a bit (from forgetting, I suppose) and it wasn't as cantabile as I would like, I was playing most of the song without even looking at my hands... which is kinda weird because it isn't something I've aspired to do with a song I've memorized. But I just kept on not looking even when I told myself (it was okay) to look. I figure that's got to be a sign of ... something (positive, I hope). I also caught myself not looking at all at my fingers when doing the A-flat major scale (in contrary motion). Also a good sign, I hope... though I messed up a lot on the second octave--those end bits that join the first to the second octaves going outward. I was less shaky on the journey back to the middle.
Sigh. This is a long journey indeed, but I think I'm progressing and not stagnating--though it might feel that way being on the same three songs for three
months.
