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It looks like all the SWW are covered, so why not expand it a bit to his other works?

I think it would be a shame if, despite everyone's efforts to deliver a complete set of 'songs without words' for the recital, this did not happen. And I can't help feeling that if we turned our attention to pieces outside the series this might distract us and make it less likely that we'd complete the series -though I've nothing against doing pieces outside the series per se.

And now for some practice .....soonish.

Thanks wayne. Maybe I'll try some recording soon even if the pieces aren't put together yet. just to try to get used to it. i hope those who play well in this recital will be forgiving of those of us who just get through our pieces.

Recording as you go is helpful for getting used to doing it, but it also can be good to help evaluate your playing and make adjustments. You may be doing things that you might not even realize until you hear yourself. Just be forgiving and even in the recording process don't be afraid to stop and fix something. Even the pros piece together an entire piece measure by measure, taken the best take out of 8 or so. I don't recommend this, of course, but knowing that somehow makes it feel OK if you can't play through the entire piece without a mistake.

Recording isn't so bad..it's listening to the recording that is so hard. Self critique is sure tough on the confidence. BUT a good suggestion to record over and over as we develop a piece to make it more objective.

Don`tcha just LOVE recording? You set off, going ok so far . .. half way through, yer hopes rise . . .three quarters through . . . hey, I`m gonna make it - concentration goes, brain crashes . . .$*#^£"@'#?!!!!!

Exactly!!!

Btw. Wayne, I think you should be sharp on us soon and declare offical date for the recital. Without deadline I am not able to take it serious. I am still not able to "play" (push correct keys in correct order) the whole piece so be sharp only lightly and give some fair date, please In the middle between ABF recitals?

I'm of a similar feeling and also getting more excited/anxious now with the February recital post posted.

Of course, happy to await and follow your lead, Wayne. But, a date to target would be terrific. Whenever it is, I'll be working on my piece to the deadline, be it in March or October.

Just a suggestion but ... how about something like a two week posting window (March 15-31) and recital opens April fools day .

Reminds me of this quote, Pavel ...

“There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”
― Johann Sebastian Bach

I'll do op38 no 5 - though I may not be able to get it up to full speed!

Morning all, I was thinking Sunday April 21st. Is that ok with everyone?

Cheers Dipsey

Sunday April 21st is ok for me....hoping so

April 21st sounds much better than March 15 IMHO. Yes...I hate to admit it but I need deadlines too. Funny...I dreamt about this piece last night. I was playing it all wrong but everyone loved it. Don't you love dreams?

ok here

That's fine with me. I also must have a deadline in order to force myself to finish up...

Sam

Blimey, I thought it had to be in at end o` Feb . .gives me time to fiddle wi my vid . .

Mine was more like a nightmare ... I thought I was terrific, but everyone booed ...

Fabulous ...

Looks like April 21st it is then

Just op.53/3 and 62/2 covered outside PW, but you never know, we might get them covered here

K, I will start practicing now.

I wake up with these songs going through my mind. In fact, throughout the day I have pretty much one of the 3 going in my head.

I'll be going to Italy from March 9-19 and there will pretty much be no practicing during this time, so I'm hoping to at least get one of my pieces recorded and get the other two in passable condition by the time I leave. Most likely I'll have 53/1 done so then when I return I can just polish up the 38/3 and 85/3. I think this is all doable by April 21, but most likely I'll set a deadline earlier for myself to record and just wait until the 21st to upload everything.

The danger for me is I get easily distracted and if learning a piece drags out too long I just stop playing it and move on.