Beating Piece Boredom

[keelan]

My First Post!

This might be hard to explain, but I'm just looking for any little bits of advice anyone has to offer, whether it be specific to my issue or not.

I'm playing June from Tchaikovsky seasons for my RCM Grade 9 exam.

The opening section isn't that challenging, but reading the chords in the middle section ends up being extremely taxing and takes a lot of thinking. Each time I practice the piece I end up getting bored. Although it's a beautiful piece, it's relatively easy which is what I think is causing the boredom.  Even though I have an easy time interpreting it, I'm having trouble connecting with the piece because I get bored and don't want to practice it.

Any ideas on how to keep things interesting?

Thanks

[outin]

Is quitting the piece an option? Tchaikovsky's piano music IS boring. I cannot listen to it at all. My teacher tried to make me play something by him but it was a complete disaster because I almost fell a sleep while trying to play the piece so she finally gave up

[hfmadopter]

Back when I was studying  with my teacher and did his works I had to have two other pieces going at the same time. I don't remember now what I played , it came out great in the end.

I've had several pieces I had to stop over the years cause of the non connection thing going on, as you describe. On the other hand, I've had some that come alive once you get your study  down to the dynamics level or up to the dynamics level if you will.. All of a sudden it's as if you are playing an entirely different piece when the dynamics enter into it. I'm working on a Hymm right now that was just such a piece actually and it's beautiful now ( could have binned it last week but I had heard nice recordings of this arrangement so I knew it was going to be good in the end) !