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Working on memory.

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Finally feeling better. That’s cold I had kept me capped out for a couple of days.

I’m playing along with a recording my former teacher (Dr Stephen Robinson) playing Innocent Meandering by Harold Blanchard. I’m doing this to get a better understanding of phrasing and using rubato in the piece. Also, the tempo is quite different in the recording from that that is suggested in the score.

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This is a little better than last night.

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Quite under tempo, this is an excerpt from the ending of Innocent Meandering by Harold Blanchard.

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Memory practice/challenge. Video 1

Just trying pay through the piece without stopping, without fixing buzz notes and other things. As long as it sounds halfway decent. Only focusing on the order and sections of the piece. If it’s all pretty much in order, that is the goal.

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I need to put slurs to this. However, I also want to keep practicing it without slurs because it is a great exercise for the right hand.

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A little bit of the introduction from Carnaval de Venecia

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I’ve been worried about school everyday since my home was hit by Hurricane Michael last October. I had hoped to graduate in May, back before the storm hit. It’s over a year now and I’m still living in a travel trailer. There have been many hurricane-recovery-related tasks that have greatly interfered with my practice and studies in school. I’m even more worried now.

Anyway, I’m doing some slow practice here in this video. Beginning to commit the piece to memory. It’s easy to find where I have trouble with memory here (jolts in the performance). I have taken note of these instances and will work them out.

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These get hard after you practice them for several minutes.