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That is a great idea for using an iPad. I may need to get one now.

That was the main reason I got mine (as my 40th present). I have all 4 Einaudi books + all my other sheet music, some single ones (mostly Film & TV), Alfred stuff, theory, scales, Circle of 5ths etc.. - LOVE it for this use alone.

I've also got all of the songs I'm interested in loaded on the iPod portion of the iPad so I can have them playing whilst I'm learning.

Aside to this I also have ForScore which I am using to house my current repertoire and this also has the ability to link/load up the song from the iPod section.

- Steve

Now if you could just hook up some sort of foot peddle to do the page turns (forward and back)...

Undone

Air-Touch has a bluetooth unit that does just that :evil:
- Steve

Oh gee... I am so behind with Ipads! Doing pretty good so far, still working on one piece, "Moonlight' and few others too!

Have a good January all!

I finished "Shenandoah" on January 17th. I was assigned "Jazz Ostinato" at my lesson last week.

I've basically finished Toccata in Dm (though I'm still futzing with it) and am about to move on to my final book 3 piece Fur Elise.

Undone

Great stuff Undone
I'm looking forward to picking back up where I left off (just over 1yr break) after initially starting and then parking #3..
- Steve

I'm probably years from Book 3 at the rate I learn, but I can't wait till I get to some of those pieces. I hope you will all post recordings.

ME too. Im halfway through book 2 and I'm so ready/anxious/eager to get to book 2 and other pieces that it is hard for me to focus on what I am working on now, which is kind of sad. The process takes so long. I wish it were instant

Wow, congrats...I'm still working on stuff in the ambitious section.

Book three seems to have a high attrition rate. A lot of people decide they’ve had enough of Alfred and move on to other things before completing it. There are a bunch of great pieces in it, but they are mostly in the “Ambitious Section” while the main section of the book has a lot of “not so memorable” pieces. These are also a number of pieces that take a long time to master.

Undone

This definitely bears repeating!

A lot of folks who study on their own drop out of this book pretty quickly due to the dud pieces or they move to the "Ambitious Section", complete them and move on. Those with teachers seems to be in the book to start with but then they are pulled away from it. Of course, there have been several folks on here complete the book but as Undone said, the attrition rate is high.

There have been times that I have wished for "instant process" especially going through Alfred 2 and 3 books. I am still in 3, working at my pace on "moonlight"> I am on the fifth page!! But I have been working on this piece since last Christmas along with other music.

Take the time to enjoy what you have learned to play and don't forget to go back on what you've learned ( that's one of my goals because I have forgotten some pieces).

And yes, I will definitely post this when I have this piece to my satifaction :-). Take care

I finished "Jazz Ostinato" this week. I should have another piece assigned to me out of Book 3 within a couple of more weeks.

Just saw my amazon.com order for book 3 shipped, looking forward to it myself.

Congratulations on being another step closer Cyborg. Jazz Ostinato, as I recall, was one I had to “force myself to learn”, but I must admit that almost all of the pieces that fit into this category I wind up getting some enjoyment from once I get them down.

Fate; Welcome to the book 3 thread. We look forward to hearing more from you once your book arrives and you get started in it.

Undone

Undone,

Ironically, it's been one of my favorite pieces so far out of book 3. I got it in two weeks (pretty good for me) and my teacher said she loved hearing me perform the piece with such confidence. So I was pretty pleased. Hopefully, I'll get the next piece out of book 3 assigned to me this week.


Fate,

Welcome aboard!!! I'm looking forward to seeing your progress through book 3.

Cyborg,

All the better then! There are a few “jazz oriented” pieces in book 3 an I may have one confused with another. But it really doesn’t matter, as I said above, even the ones I’m not crazy about at first I usually wind up liking by the time I’m done with them, and it’s always better when you like it right from the start.

Undone

I was assigned "Solider's Joy (Hornpipe)" this week. I've also wrapped up several other Alfred's series books recently.