play piano everyday

.....now that the weather is turning cold again, its great to have a goal to sit down and play a little everyday. I do love it, its just carving out the time…..

....but as the weather warms up, I’m going to ease up on piano and other indoor pursuits. I’ll still play; just not everyday.

This is becoming a habit, a place where I go when I need to just “be.”

I will never be a good pianist, but I am going to make this an ongoing goal.

...been really busy and I’m realizing that this goal conflicts greatly with my goal to help my kids with their homework….I’m really glad to help my kids (I’m noticing they are much more interested in their homework as a result!), but I miss playing. I squeezed in some time this morning. So no real progress this week. Still working on Beauty and the Beast…..

“Memory”... and I am glad I am tackling something new.

and nailed A Little Night Music with no music! Thought it was a fluke and tried it again and got it that time too (with 1 little mistake). Going to still work on Beauty and the Beast which needs a bit of work and then I’m going to have to go back to Fur Elise….. Fur Elise I started before I decided to polish up all of my old songs. The melody is fine, but the middle I have alot of trouble with. I’ll be working on it for a while!! I may need to have my daughter give me a lesson!! :D

This comes way down on my list of priorities, but I keep stealing moments to sit and play a song, or two, or three. It feeds something within me.

practiced every day but one. Some days I had just enough time to get through my list of songs once. Other days I had more time. Polished the kinks out of A Little Night Music and almost have it memorized. Probably by next week I’ll have it. Everything else is solid. Added Beauty in the Beast (my daughter’s favorite disney song). It’s pretty easy, so I probably will have the mechanics of it down next week some time (if I practice).

I think I’ve played every day for over a week (I missed LAST Sunday). I’m getting muscle memory or something, because the songs I know by heart I can just play now without really thinking about it. My kids can walk in and start talking and it doesn’t even mess me up!! Wahoo! Getting really close on A Little Night Music. Have half of it memorized and only have 2 sticky parts that are definitely getting better.

Sitting down to play is probably my favorite time of the day!

I didn’t play Sunday, but I managed to get some time in every day. I’m really close to mastering A Little Night Music. Everyday I get a little better at it. But there are still 3 really sticky parts that will come only with lots of repetition!