Piano Class

Today I had another piano class, but I have not been consistently blogging about every single session so I will talk about the general topics we have covered over a series of meetings. We have, as usual, reviewed what I already learnt with each session and have explored a number of new notes [shown in the pictures attached]. I am beginning to learn how to move my hands about the keyboard, work with chords, and improve my timing. It's often hard to go fast when you first learn the new notes, but with practice you learn fairly quickly. I'm a little nervous about putting all these notes together in a piece, as there are so many and it's going to be increasingly difficult to distinguish between them. All the different lines and symbols in a piece of music can get very overwhelming and I'm afraid that I won't know which part of the keyboard to move to.

New notes

More new notes

 I am finding piano a lot more interesting recently and I enjoy the new challenges that I'm being presented with. Furthermore, I feel that Rachel and I are beginning to bond a lot more in our lessons, which is really nice. Today she told me that she's been studying the piano for 24 years, and that she still wants to learn more. We also spoke about the concerts coming up, and whether or not I'm going to be performing a piece. I haven't quite decided this yet, but I feel like it may be an option sometime next school year (when I have had time to progress more).

Example of a song I'm currently do ing

II really like the fact that we're beginning to open up to each other more - I feel a lot more supported in my learning, and I really appreciate everything she's doing for me.