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Topic: Your piano goals for 2016  (Read 2067 times)

Offline richardb

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Your piano goals for 2016
on: January 01, 2016, 02:32:43 AM
What are your piano goals for 2016?

Mine: to learn some Scott Joplin, and some more Bach, Scarlatti, and Chopin.  Many of the pieces I choose to play are somewhat dark and in a minor key.  Scott Joplin's music may balance that out.  And his music is fun to play!

From last year https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=57021.0

Another goal: to post at least one piece to the audition room again this year.

Offline outin

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Re: Your piano goals for 2016
Reply #1 on: January 01, 2016, 06:51:32 AM
To play a Scarlatti sonata to utmost perfection ;)

Oh, and get that grand of course!

Damn, I didn't reach either of those...so I'll just have to stick with them for yet another year...

Offline ted

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Re: Your piano goals for 2016
Reply #2 on: January 01, 2016, 10:24:18 AM
Generally speaking, to record much more improvisation than I did in 2015, and to widen its expressive range with the invention of new playing forms and new means of idea generation. In other words, much the same objectives I have always had, to create as much as possible of permanent value to myself before my technique sucks the kumara. All things considered, I haven't done too badly to date, and keeping fit and healthy is certainly part of the answer, but I have many musical peccadilloes in the form of lazy working habits.

All very general really, nothing too specific.   
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

Offline pencilart3

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Re: Your piano goals for 2016
Reply #3 on: January 01, 2016, 05:27:12 PM
Hit 1K youtube subscribers??  ;D
You might have seen one of my videos without knowing it was that nut from the forum
youtube.com/noahjohnson1810

Offline chopinlover01

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Re: Your piano goals for 2016
Reply #4 on: January 02, 2016, 01:51:18 AM
Finish the third Ballade at some point.
Oh, and all of repertoire, especially that concerto, and then start on the Mozart D minor concerto
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