Monday, October 1, 2018

Last Day of Year 4 (and MY BIRTHDAY!!!)

Yeah. Apparently I only post once a year now. Luckily, that's not my practice schedule!

It's the first hour of my birthday, and it seems I can't get to sleep. I'm pretty much Level 9 RCM now. Figured it out this past week. I'd probably cop a merit in the Level 8 exam, based on my playing and less-than-stellar knowledge of the scales and arpeggios. I play them at speed, but I'm not great at the melodic minors (especially the contrary motions) and the dominant and diminished arpeggios.

Currently working on

  • Chopin's Nocturne in C-Minor
  • Mozart's Rondo alla Turca
  • Liszt's Consolation 2

Still no Rachmaninoff yet. Maybe next two years might be a better estimate. I've heard RCM Levels 9 and 10 together take 3 years.