As to piano I became unhappy with forgetting past pieces. So I have refreshed Rachmaninoff c sharp prelude, chopin funeral march and reremembering Beethoven's 19th and Gladiolus Rag...and Beethoven's7th 2nd movement. Along with continuing to play the 5 Bach pieces I learned and trying to find time to learn Chopin nocturnes and maintain canon in d, Pathetique 2nd movement. Etc
Along with Really learning the technical details of some synthesizer stuff and having two small children. So not enough time.
Put aside John Field for now and little to no meaningful time spent sight reading.
And I still have friends who want to do stuff together.
Monday, December 30, 2019
My nephew wanted to borrow a few musical instruments. By chance I also gave him my microbrute. Which is a hardware analog synth. I have that and also an ensoniq esq and casio cz 101 but I never really did much with them. I had one piece i did with a hardware synth. I think the ensoniq...? It was good but I lost interest. I did make ten hours with soft synths.
I gave it to him and it stimulated my interest. I wanted to mess around with the microbrute's sequencer. I never hardly had before. It was an impulse buy while I was very sick. One of the first affordable analog synths. But it sounds very dirty, brutish. Not "warm" or "organic". Cold and metalic and just rough. But with the sequencer going fast (and perhaps a good reverb pedal) could still make something nice.
So while he had it for 3 weeks or so I wondered and watched some videos. I have it back now. And I have a much better understanding of how to use it finally. Reverb pedal should arrive today.
But it's really quite limited. Monophonic. Only one LFO. I actually downloaded a couple apps to try to get a second LFO. (It's semi-modular.) But they don't work great. It's so limited I got to thinking about buying another. Maybe even a eurorack.
But as opposed to spending thousands I recall I had all kinds of free soft synths that could do tons and tons of stuff. And analog is mostly kind of harsh anyway it seems.
So time permitting I want to go back to softsynths. I want to use some from way back along with a few new. I want to really learn how to use Crystal, which as hardware would probably be 2 grand at least. I want to improve my understanding of Synth1. Also want to get better at synth drums.
I got away from it because electronic music isn't so great for live performance. But for live the only things that really give harmony plus melody like I want are guitar and keyboards. And I just prefer keyboards. They can look a bit goofy live but that's what I prefer. And you certainly can play a softsynth with a keyboard controller. So what the hell.
I can sit around pleasantly strumming a guitar. And ok that's nice. But I still would like to make Skinny Puppy /Download type music and I would like to be able to make just about any sound using a synth, not clicking through presets.
And I'd like to make decent drums. It's something I failed at previously. I don't like to give up.
I gave it to him and it stimulated my interest. I wanted to mess around with the microbrute's sequencer. I never hardly had before. It was an impulse buy while I was very sick. One of the first affordable analog synths. But it sounds very dirty, brutish. Not "warm" or "organic". Cold and metalic and just rough. But with the sequencer going fast (and perhaps a good reverb pedal) could still make something nice.
So while he had it for 3 weeks or so I wondered and watched some videos. I have it back now. And I have a much better understanding of how to use it finally. Reverb pedal should arrive today.
But it's really quite limited. Monophonic. Only one LFO. I actually downloaded a couple apps to try to get a second LFO. (It's semi-modular.) But they don't work great. It's so limited I got to thinking about buying another. Maybe even a eurorack.
But as opposed to spending thousands I recall I had all kinds of free soft synths that could do tons and tons of stuff. And analog is mostly kind of harsh anyway it seems.
So time permitting I want to go back to softsynths. I want to use some from way back along with a few new. I want to really learn how to use Crystal, which as hardware would probably be 2 grand at least. I want to improve my understanding of Synth1. Also want to get better at synth drums.
I got away from it because electronic music isn't so great for live performance. But for live the only things that really give harmony plus melody like I want are guitar and keyboards. And I just prefer keyboards. They can look a bit goofy live but that's what I prefer. And you certainly can play a softsynth with a keyboard controller. So what the hell.
I can sit around pleasantly strumming a guitar. And ok that's nice. But I still would like to make Skinny Puppy /Download type music and I would like to be able to make just about any sound using a synth, not clicking through presets.
And I'd like to make decent drums. It's something I failed at previously. I don't like to give up.
Friday, November 1, 2019
10.18.19
B2p no1 2:55
Memorized no13 1st page HS
11.1.19
Ok so in less than 20 days I have b2part 1,4 and 13 decently well memorized. Just need to gain speed. Not sure how long that will take. Trying to play them at least 3 times each every day. Which takes 30 minutes now.
Bach air on g is half memorized. Frustratingly slow. Can't break it down or chunk it up. Really want to get on to field nocturne 1 which appears far easier.
Haven't been sight reading. No time. I should make time. Ought to sight read field nocturne 1 even though i already memorized the first page HS.
Reading The Long War series by AJ Smith. The Lovecraftian monsters are nice. I like Randall and the Gorlan mother. It's ok.
If I didn't previously mention it Lilith by Geirge Macdonald is good. Need to finish it. Ought to be a tv show or something. It's up there with Lewis. Surprised i never hear much about Macdonald.
And Senlin series by Josiah Bancroft is good. Vaguely steampunkish. Nice main character. Nice characters in general. Awaiting book 4.
B2p no1 2:55
Memorized no13 1st page HS
11.1.19
Ok so in less than 20 days I have b2part 1,4 and 13 decently well memorized. Just need to gain speed. Not sure how long that will take. Trying to play them at least 3 times each every day. Which takes 30 minutes now.
Bach air on g is half memorized. Frustratingly slow. Can't break it down or chunk it up. Really want to get on to field nocturne 1 which appears far easier.
Haven't been sight reading. No time. I should make time. Ought to sight read field nocturne 1 even though i already memorized the first page HS.
Reading The Long War series by AJ Smith. The Lovecraftian monsters are nice. I like Randall and the Gorlan mother. It's ok.
If I didn't previously mention it Lilith by Geirge Macdonald is good. Need to finish it. Ought to be a tv show or something. It's up there with Lewis. Surprised i never hear much about Macdonald.
And Senlin series by Josiah Bancroft is good. Vaguely steampunkish. Nice main character. Nice characters in general. Awaiting book 4.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
10.6.19
Bach 2 part no1. 5:15. 4:59
Learn 1, 4 and 8 first. Really want to get some Bach down.
Beethoven sonata 8 1st movement 2nd half of second page.
Bass bflatx3 then aflatx3 then dflatx1 eflat x1
10.10.19
Bach 2 part no1 3:58
Started 4
10.11 19
Bach 2 part no1 3:31
No4 ran through but not much at end
Started 13 (much harder)
10.12.19
No4 4:10
No13 3 measures in lol
Started greensleeves
10.13.19
B2part no1 3:03
Memorized 1st page greensleeves
B2part no4 3:35
B2part no13 is a bitch. Probably need a ton of HS. But if I can ever play it without looking at my hands I think my playing will greatly improve in general. Have gone through first page now.
Bach 2 part instead of Czerny for last 8 days.
So I have really been sight reading consistently for only two months. I guess it's been pretty good. Lots of improvement. Happy with what I've done with Bach two parts in only 8 days. Might learn all 15...?
Maintaining canon in D, pathetique 2nd movement. Memorizing Greensleeves and then air on g which is much harder. Would like to keep those 4 in my memory eventually. Then perhaps some Chopin of Pathetique 1st movement.
Figured out recliner causes right leg sciatica. While sleeping flat causes bad sleep due to back aching in the night. Inversion machine seems to maybe remedy this I think...
Bach 2 part no1. 5:15. 4:59
Learn 1, 4 and 8 first. Really want to get some Bach down.
Beethoven sonata 8 1st movement 2nd half of second page.
Bass bflatx3 then aflatx3 then dflatx1 eflat x1
10.10.19
Bach 2 part no1 3:58
Started 4
10.11 19
Bach 2 part no1 3:31
No4 ran through but not much at end
Started 13 (much harder)
10.12.19
No4 4:10
No13 3 measures in lol
Started greensleeves
10.13.19
B2part no1 3:03
Memorized 1st page greensleeves
B2part no4 3:35
B2part no13 is a bitch. Probably need a ton of HS. But if I can ever play it without looking at my hands I think my playing will greatly improve in general. Have gone through first page now.
Bach 2 part instead of Czerny for last 8 days.
So I have really been sight reading consistently for only two months. I guess it's been pretty good. Lots of improvement. Happy with what I've done with Bach two parts in only 8 days. Might learn all 15...?
Maintaining canon in D, pathetique 2nd movement. Memorizing Greensleeves and then air on g which is much harder. Would like to keep those 4 in my memory eventually. Then perhaps some Chopin of Pathetique 1st movement.
Figured out recliner causes right leg sciatica. While sleeping flat causes bad sleep due to back aching in the night. Inversion machine seems to maybe remedy this I think...
Monday, September 30, 2019
9.18.19
Switching to 50/50 sight reading/ memorizing per discussion where pretty much everyone said memorizing is just as much an improvable skill. This instead of scales and then just sight reading. Was up to f sharp major on contrary scales. Still an hour a day. Wife won't allow longer. Still Czerny 30 to ...47 or so. Over and over.
9.26.19
A month of sight reading for an hour a day really helped my ability to learn memorize repertoire. Canon in D and Pathetique 2nd are both good except for occasional pause in last couple lines. Mostly memorized first page of Pathetique 1st movement 1st page in two days and quickly moving through 2nd page. Also relearning Rach c sharp prelude ending.
Need to keep up with Czerny 599 some every day considering how much it helped. Wow. Put aside scales and my etude for a bit.
9/30/19
I feel very humble thanks to piano playing being my main hobby / interest. I really have a whole lot of nothing much going on while also not really being very good yet at piano.
The people who have forsaken me, I am not feeling moral outrage about anymore, because I'm not much of anyone. Perfectly understandable they wouldn't want to associate with me. This of course goes beyond the piano.
I wish I had been playing for an hour minimum daily from a young age. So nice to just play piano and not bother with people.
Switching to 50/50 sight reading/ memorizing per discussion where pretty much everyone said memorizing is just as much an improvable skill. This instead of scales and then just sight reading. Was up to f sharp major on contrary scales. Still an hour a day. Wife won't allow longer. Still Czerny 30 to ...47 or so. Over and over.
9.26.19
A month of sight reading for an hour a day really helped my ability to learn memorize repertoire. Canon in D and Pathetique 2nd are both good except for occasional pause in last couple lines. Mostly memorized first page of Pathetique 1st movement 1st page in two days and quickly moving through 2nd page. Also relearning Rach c sharp prelude ending.
Need to keep up with Czerny 599 some every day considering how much it helped. Wow. Put aside scales and my etude for a bit.
9/30/19
I feel very humble thanks to piano playing being my main hobby / interest. I really have a whole lot of nothing much going on while also not really being very good yet at piano.
The people who have forsaken me, I am not feeling moral outrage about anymore, because I'm not much of anyone. Perfectly understandable they wouldn't want to associate with me. This of course goes beyond the piano.
I wish I had been playing for an hour minimum daily from a young age. So nice to just play piano and not bother with people.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
LOW B12!!!!!
14. 4(43m?) 0 0 6(69m) 0 4(43m) 0-14
Last one did 6.8mph vs 4.5mph per mile. Feeling better with b12 going up.
15. ??? 2 and????
16. 8mi@0.2 (2hr) 4hr sleep 2hr nap, 3mi@1.0 (26:45) good run, 2hr runs really makes a difference - 11 (Friday) 8mi@.5 (2hr) last 20 min @.7° and last 10 @4.1mph
17. 3.2mi in 27:35@1.0° yay! But motherboard gave out. 8.4mi in 120m@.7° 7 hrs sleep-11.6 sleep not ideal
18. 7.5mi in 90@1.0°. 8.4mi in 115@1.0°. Way too hard. Maybe wore out from previous. -15.9
19.
Actually missed a day of work because I overdid the last run so bad. Pretty stupid. I have no patience. Need to ease up.
9.4.19 few days into 1/5 interval etude 8 wrote. Frustrated. 45 pieces into 599 but really need work. It's going to really take a while. Hawth can play twinkle and c major scale. Working on g major. Trying to start HT and note names.
8.30.19 frustrated. Long run maybe makes harder. Contrary is harder.
8.28.19 all 12 scales but need work. Contrary is even harder.
8.22.19 frustration, impatience. Op599 pg 13
8.18.19 up to 10 scales but really have mistakes on some. Like f#major. Added arps. Just C to start. And octave scales/arps and 8th/5th scales. Clearly improving at sight reading with metronome but it's slow. 599 will take many months but I will be so much better eventually. Patience. Hawthy is getting hang of C scale 1 octave each hand. Started twinkle today. Playing about 7 minutes a day. Me about 8 hours a week.
8/11/19 czerny op 599. Practical method for beginners. Treating myself like beginner. Using metronome. Sight reading. Patience. Humility. Will go through all 59 pages. Also up to 7 major scales.
8/10/19: already feeling quite frustrated with not looking. No discernible improvement from day to day. Bought czerny book.
8/5/19: added scales, trills, sight reading/not looking
14. 4(43m?) 0 0 6(69m) 0 4(43m) 0-14
Last one did 6.8mph vs 4.5mph per mile. Feeling better with b12 going up.
15. ??? 2 and????
16. 8mi@0.2 (2hr) 4hr sleep 2hr nap, 3mi@1.0 (26:45) good run, 2hr runs really makes a difference - 11 (Friday) 8mi@.5 (2hr) last 20 min @.7° and last 10 @4.1mph
17. 3.2mi in 27:35@1.0° yay! But motherboard gave out. 8.4mi in 120m@.7° 7 hrs sleep-11.6 sleep not ideal
18. 7.5mi in 90@1.0°. 8.4mi in 115@1.0°. Way too hard. Maybe wore out from previous. -15.9
19.
Actually missed a day of work because I overdid the last run so bad. Pretty stupid. I have no patience. Need to ease up.
9.4.19 few days into 1/5 interval etude 8 wrote. Frustrated. 45 pieces into 599 but really need work. It's going to really take a while. Hawth can play twinkle and c major scale. Working on g major. Trying to start HT and note names.
8.30.19 frustrated. Long run maybe makes harder. Contrary is harder.
8.28.19 all 12 scales but need work. Contrary is even harder.
8.22.19 frustration, impatience. Op599 pg 13
8.18.19 up to 10 scales but really have mistakes on some. Like f#major. Added arps. Just C to start. And octave scales/arps and 8th/5th scales. Clearly improving at sight reading with metronome but it's slow. 599 will take many months but I will be so much better eventually. Patience. Hawthy is getting hang of C scale 1 octave each hand. Started twinkle today. Playing about 7 minutes a day. Me about 8 hours a week.
8/11/19 czerny op 599. Practical method for beginners. Treating myself like beginner. Using metronome. Sight reading. Patience. Humility. Will go through all 59 pages. Also up to 7 major scales.
8/10/19: already feeling quite frustrated with not looking. No discernible improvement from day to day. Bought czerny book.
8/5/19: added scales, trills, sight reading/not looking
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