Originally posted by PianoTeacherKim:
How's everyone doing this week?

Practicing? Hmmmmmmm? :-)

Kim [/b]

Originally posted by PianoTeacherKim:
Hi Mark,

Hope you have a great lesson! Let us know how it goes!

Best,

Kim [/b]

Originally posted by sarabande:
It's interesting to read which pieces everyone likes and everyone hates from the Alfred's. Scherzo and House of the Rising Sun are pretty good ones.

Sounds like you guys are making excellent progress! [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
I started nagila hava and it's fun as well as a bit longer than most of alfred's. this one is a 4 pager [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
nagila hava is in my alfreds book 2. I have the all in one adult, not sure if it's in yours. it is really nice though, i'm liking it [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
Oh I'm sure canon is, I just mentioned the 4 pager because it's the longest one so far. [/b]

Originally posted by PianoTeacherKim:
Mark and everyone,

It's interesting you mentioned not liking 'O Sole Mio' and then liking it once you learned it. You've hit on something there.

Often, as adults, our default response to something difficult is "I don't like it." It may or may not really be true! It's kind of a knee-jerk reaction, more to the difficulty of learning than to the song itself. Kids do it, too.

A song being difficult isn't initially as fun as playing something you know and love. But there's fun in the challenge of conquering something you haven't done before.

Just throwing this out there -- checking up on how your thoughts affect your piano playing can be a helpful exercise from time to time!

Best,

Kim [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
I'm on nagila hava and I practiced the first 2 pages. Just for fun I recorded it on my digital keyboard with 2 voices. Guitar and strings.

It's not perfect but I love the song and once I finish it all I'll try to record the whole thing.

http://www.box.net/shared/ho8h4aa8nf [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
Well I'm going to have to move to alfred's 1 post, it's busier and chattier than this one.

I'm thoroughly frustrated with Nagila Hava last two pages. I need a shoulder to cry on, I watched and fell asleep to pirates of the caribbean 3 instead of practicing yesterday. I'm afraid of it

ho hum [/b]

Originally posted by loly:
Ya I'm doing that section very slow, I have no choice he he. I've only worked on it Sunday and a little bit of it yesterday before the movie. I'm going to work on it in earnest today.

I'm sure it's easy for tons of people but for some reason I'm having trouble with it. I'm going to scan the pages and post it. [/b]