How to pick things up again

[persianbuck]

I could really use some advise here.

I've never studied music in a North America, infact I just had a piano instructor from age 10-17. Afterwards I got busy with school and life and lost touch with practicing on regular basis. As to how far I got, I had played number of Mozart and Beethoven Pieces mostly first and second movements, few of Chopin's Nocturnes, Mozarts Piano Concerto 20 III,and some of Bach's WTC 1 Preludes and Fuges, Toccatta's.

I've been over 7-8yrs since I have practiced but recently I just bought a piano and I think I can fit 1-2hrs of practice into my day schedule.

Question is, What do I have to do to pick things up? Hannon? I really want to try to gain my technique back and build on top of that. Really there was a time that I wanted to play a number of Chopin's etude and even if I have to practice for another 10yrs to get there, I will do....

I'd appriciate any advise..Oh, my left hand is much weaker than my right thesedays..

[robertp]

I was about in your position three years ago. I knew I would need a teacher, but I also wanted to have someplace to start from. So I started about half hour per day on just scales and arpeggios, HS even. After a couple of weeks I took out some of the easiest pieces I'd played and brought them back. By this time I was up to an hour or so a day. Then I started work on one of the intermediate, and one of the advanced pieces I'd last studied. By now it's about 7 weeks, and I went in search of a teacher. Hd to do some sorting, but finally found the right one. And then things took off.

Best advice. Take it very slow and easy. It takes time to get things back, and better to err on the side of caution rather than risk an injury.