NEW BEGINNINGS

I've pretty thoroughly learned Invention #6 now.  It's up to speed, and I'm ready to go off metronome and really turn it into music.  I'll probably play it a few times today at odd moments and see what I can make out of it.

This morning I began real work on Invention #7. Woohoo! I don't think it'll be very hard to learn. I've already been working out two of the harder passages in the background over the last several days. Tomorrow, it will replace #6 as the main focus of my practice time.

[At this time, I took on a music student. I wasn't looking for students.  He approached me about it, and I agreed. I expect it'll make me an even more conscious pianist.]

Yesterday, Student 1's first lesson went very very well. He's going to be a serious student. I'm looking forward to these lessons, in no small part because I want to see how they reflect back on my own practice of music and enrich it.  Hmmm... maybe I'll ask him to keep a little blog about his practice like I've been doing.  It would be a window into his practice for me, and it would help him be more conscious and self-reflective about what he's doing.  Writing these have been unexpectedly beneficial for me.  I'll talk to him about it at our next lesson.

[Before beginning this blog, I was sending emails to a friend.  I'm incorporating those into the blog, and embellishing them here and there. This entry was from 1/24/2012.]