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Offline hic

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Feeling down...
on: August 01, 2007, 04:20:28 AM
When i first started piano 2 years ago, I loved practicing and couldn't go a day happy without playing.  I don't know why, but lately I just dont feel like practicing anymore.   Sometimes I make excuses just so I won't feel bad not practice (my classic: "oh well, I can just do it tomorrow")...
   
 I'm concious of the fact that if I don't practice then nothing is absorbed...but I still want to learn more and only have a couple of years till college...yikes!

I need advice!!!
Please and Thank You
workin on:
Liszt Ballade no. 1
Beethoven Pathetique op.13
Rachmaninoff Prelude op31 no11
Bach WTC book I
Ravel concerto in G and 3 others

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #1 on: August 01, 2007, 07:59:02 AM
When i first started piano 2 years ago, I loved practicing and couldn't go a day happy without playing. 

Hi,

you play piano since 2 years and you are studying Ravel Concerto?  :o
Perhaps your pieces are your problem. How about some nice Scarlatti Sonatas...?
If it doesn't work - try something different!

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #2 on: August 01, 2007, 08:00:10 AM
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #3 on: August 01, 2007, 09:08:15 AM
Suiwhat?
If it doesn't work - try something different!

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #4 on: August 01, 2007, 05:46:25 PM
maybe you've pushed yourself too hard...
try taking a break for 2-3 days and just listen to music
J.S Bach Italian Concerto,Beethoven Sonata op.2 no.2,Mozart Sonatas K.330&333,Chopin Scherzo no.2,Etude op.10 no.12&Fantasie Impromptu

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #5 on: August 01, 2007, 07:25:13 PM
you play piano since 2 years and you are studying Ravel Concerto?  :o
Perhaps your pieces are your problem. How about some nice Scarlatti Sonatas...?
I've done Scarlatti... last year, but wats wrong with Ravel Concerto..it's hard but not that hard
workin on:
Liszt Ballade no. 1
Beethoven Pathetique op.13
Rachmaninoff Prelude op31 no11
Bach WTC book I
Ravel concerto in G and 3 others

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #6 on: August 03, 2007, 12:04:55 AM
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I've done Scarlatti... last year,

Wow! That's roughly one-and-a-half sonatas per day  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #7 on: August 03, 2007, 01:37:26 AM
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Wow! That's roughly one-and-a-half sonatas per day
  ;D LOL  ;D
btw scarlatti wrote 155 sonatas (I think) and if I did learnt all of them then that'll b roughly 2.35 sonatas per day  ;D
workin on:
Liszt Ballade no. 1
Beethoven Pathetique op.13
Rachmaninoff Prelude op31 no11
Bach WTC book I
Ravel concerto in G and 3 others

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #8 on: August 03, 2007, 02:02:59 AM
btw scarlatti wrote 155 sonatas (I think) ...

LOL... try 555  ;D :o 8)
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #9 on: August 03, 2007, 02:07:43 AM
You beat me m1469!

Ok, I'll add the math then:

555/365 = 1.52 sonatas per day

 ;D

  ;D LOL  ;D
btw scarlatti wrote 155 sonatas (I think) and if I did learnt all of them then that'll b roughly 2.35 sonatas per day  ;D

hic, your math is backwards... check this out:

155/365 = 0.42 sonatas per day

365/155 = 2.35 days per sonata (not sonatas per day)

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #10 on: August 03, 2007, 02:21:53 AM
 :o whoa, 555 I didn't know he was that bored  ;D
so ok fine 1.52 per day but i never learnt them all...(only 8 so I didn't have to learn 1.52 everyday) lol :P

PS: jlh, my math isn't backwards ( I think of it as my unit is backwards)
365/155 = 2.3548387 days on each sonata ;)

....and u beat me by a few seconds
workin on:
Liszt Ballade no. 1
Beethoven Pathetique op.13
Rachmaninoff Prelude op31 no11
Bach WTC book I
Ravel concerto in G and 3 others

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #11 on: August 03, 2007, 02:31:23 AM
PS: jlh, my math isn't backwards ( I think of it as my unit is backwards)
365/155 = 2.3548387 days on each sonata ;)

HAHA ok if that helps you sleep, baby.  :-*

....and u beat me by a few seconds

Actually, it was 14 mins...  ;)
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #12 on: August 03, 2007, 03:41:15 AM
HAHA ok if that helps you sleep, baby.  :-*

*raises hand*  I'm a baby  :D -- goo goo gaa gaa
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #13 on: August 03, 2007, 04:34:15 AM
*raises hand*  I'm a baby  :D -- goo goo gaa gaa

Aww, are you feeling left out, baby?  Here you go:

 :-*  :-*  :-*  :-*

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #14 on: August 03, 2007, 04:50:42 AM
Aww, are you feeling left out, baby?  Here you go:

 :-*  :-*  :-*  :-*

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Thanks for the smooches  :-* :-[ :-* :-[
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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #15 on: August 03, 2007, 06:01:53 PM
Heh ok.. well that helps the depression... lol ??? :-\ ??? :-\ ???
workin on:
Liszt Ballade no. 1
Beethoven Pathetique op.13
Rachmaninoff Prelude op31 no11
Bach WTC book I
Ravel concerto in G and 3 others

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Re: Feeling down...
Reply #16 on: August 15, 2007, 07:56:02 AM
maybe it's the lack of new pieces? ever tried finding more works from the library or conservatory?
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