For the performance workshop in term one I performed Gnossienne no.3 by Erik Satie. When I played it I knew half of it, I could play all of it hands seperate and some of it hands together.
When I played the piece I was a bit nervous and I didn't play it to my full potential. I wasn't happy with the performance because I messed up a lot and I made it a bit too obvious with my reaction to it. I did well with the dynamics though and there were parts that I could play real fluently with the right timing.
Three things I liked about my performance were my pedalling throughout the piece, my dynamics and my finger positioning.
Rowan and Drew told me that my pedal work was good, but I need to work on my left hand in the piece because it leads the piece. They also told me I need to use the pedal less in the harmonic minor run so the notes don't run into each other too much and to let the piece flow more due to its 3/4 time signature.
To improve these areas I'm working on practicing the piece hands seperate and trying different pedalling techniques for the scale runs and getting less hesitant with my left hand.
For the performance workshop on Friday 20th I am going to play the same song as I did in the previous workshop, Gnossienne no.3 by Erik Satie. The 3 main areas I want feedback in are my fluency, my pedalwork during the scale runs, and my balance between my left and right hand.
In our lesson with Mr Sommerville ,he spent most of the class time with us going through intervals and playing the blues. After singing Choctop,he played different intervals on the piano and got us to sing both notes and name the interval. During the double we listened to a 12 bar blues. The pianist and guitarists were to figure out the chords, singers the lyrics and violins the melody line. After a few runs through the the whole song we started to solo over the top of the song.
Over these holidays my practice routine just went haywire due to work and other things. I didn't do as much practice as I would have liked to have done and I haven't progressed that far in my recital pieces as I should have. I regret not sticking to my practice routine because I still need to learn both my recital pieces and if I had stuck to my routine I would probably have finished learning one of my pieces and could focus more on my other piece.
