Wow, this was the last week! I can not believe how the time has flown by. I am disappointed in my self because I did not get as much done as I hoped to. There never was a set goal but I know that I wanted to do more than two and a half songs. As of right now, I will not upload Lost Boy but I might upload it later on this week depending on how much time I have.
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Lost Boy is not finished yet but it has slightly improved. I am struggling with it slightly but that is just because I do not practice as much as I need to. I still have not decided if I will be able to record it and upload it by next week but I am going to try my hardest because I want to try to meet my goal.
This is week ten! Wow only two more weeks to go, this semester has flown by! I finally got the recording uploaded for Canon in D! I honestly have no idea if I will be able to have Lost Boy finished and recorded by week 12. I'm hoping too but with school and extra curricular activities I have no idea if I will be able to. As of right now, I have a solid half of a page done for Lost Boy out of two pages. ![]()
I ended up having to re-record both songs and I got Claire De Lune uploaded again but am still working on Canon in D. I am turning towards playing Lost Boy by Ruth B. because I really like the song and it is something much more modern than what I have been playing. I'm not set on it so that might change but right now, it is my main choice unless I think of a different song that I want to play. ![]()
So this week was not successful at all. I did get to record Canon in D but there is a slight problem. I was checking my website this past Wednesday and I thought to myself that I should check and make sure that the Claire De Lune file could be accessed and heard. That is where the problem is; for some reason, it keeps on glitching when I try to pull it up. I have not found a solution yet, I re-downloaded the file and tried to upload it and it did not work. Therefore, I can not upload the Canon in D file either. I think there was a problem with the app that I used on my phone to record it so this week I am going to download another app that will let me record the songs again to upload them this week. I feel terrible for this not working but I will try to get it fixed as fast as I can!!
Finally I got the recording of Claire De Lune uploaded! I apologize for the amount of time it took, I didn't expect it. I am also sorry for not uploading Canon in D but I plan on doing that this week. The recording has some background noise throughout the song but besides that, I'm kind of proud of how it turned out. It took me forever to record something that didn't have a big mistake in it. For some reason, anytime I tried to record, I would freak out and in the back of my mind know that I was recording this and people would hear it and it spooked me and made me mess up. For the recording that I uploaded, I just had to calm my mind and immerse myself in the music and that's what made me forget I was recording. I think that I am going to switch it up a bit and do a modern song next but I haven't decided yet. If you have any suggestions, please comment them! ![]()
This week has been hectic, stressful, and not productive. I hate to say it again, but I haven't gotten the recordings of Clair De Lune or Canon in D. I know I should have but time seemed to fly by this week and I honestly didn't have time to do it. Over spring break I hope to record them and finally upload them. I have a few plans over spring break but none big enough to stop me from recording (I hope!) I'm super sorry for not getting the recordings up sooner, it is completely my fault but I will strive to do better in the upcoming weeks!
This week I have not gotten to practice Canon in D as much as I wanted to but time is a think I have been struggling with throughout this whole project. I have a feeling that there is no good way for me to manage my time better but I will keep on trying to do so. I have decided that I will upload the recording of Clair De Lune and Canon in D next week and then I will upload the next two songs recordings during week 12. I am hoping that this will work out better for me and will be an easier goal to achieve.
So far, with what little I have been practicing Canon in D, I have had some problems with regularly practicing (which is my fault) and with moving my hands at the same time/ keeping a steady tempo. I will start to use a metronome which is a device that lets me hear a steady beat. I made a gallery on the home page so people can see the music that I am playing if they want to. I went ahead and posted the music for Canon in D as well as the music for Clair De Lune. Sadly, I did not get the chance to record it this week but I will try to record it and upload it this coming week. I went ahead and started looking at Canon in D. With these past two songs, I had heard the song before so I have a general idea of what it is supposed to sound like which is nice to be able to compare what I am playing to what I have already heard.
Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with the way Clair De Lune is sounding however, I feel as though I can improve it by emphasizing the dynamic levels and contrasts. Since I am in band, I can think about those kinds of things as well as my technique and style of playing because my piano teacher taught me dynamics but she never really focused on them and never told me if I needed to play louder or softer. I will always think that there is something to improve and there will always be something but besides dynamics, I think it is sounding pretty good. With Canon in D, I will keep in mind dynamics as well as everything else I will need to pay attention to such as tempo and smooth transitions. I have a part of Clair De Lune memorized and hope to finish memorizing the song and upload an audio of me playing the song within the next week. For the audio, I will most likely have the music in front of me but it will be for reference only that way if my brain just stops working I can look down, see where I’m at, and continue playing without any problems. I also got my boyfriend to take pictures of me playing the piano so I could use those as my backgrounds for weebly instead of just a piano or a random person playing the piano. The next song I am looking to play is called Canon In D which has fluid transitions between my left and right hand in the beginning.
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