2023.08.04 -- 6 hours
Chopin Concerto No.1 1st Movement Section 1 Paragraph B Detailed Memorise Done
Bach French Suite No.5 in G Major Gigue first half Rough Memorise Done; Second Half first two phrases Rough Learn Done
I did a concert yesterday at Leatherhead Methodist Church, and it was a very nice, lovely, wonderful venue. The audience was so enthusiastic, asking me how many hours I practiced per day. Well I have to say I hesitated for a moment when hearing that question, because for the past month, the July, I was really really bad in my practice. However, I decided to ignore the past month and trace back to my previous years of average practice hours, so I answered:
"6-7 hours per day."
"Wow! That's a lot." The gentleman looked amazed. "You are really diligent. Do you need to make yourself go practice or you just wake up and looking forward to a new day practice?"
"Oh Jesus, I certainly need to make myself to practice." I blurted out.
He laughed, "It's not a easy job, isn't it?"
I smiled back, rather wryly.
"Well I suppose nothing is easy in the life."
So ... here I am.
Getting back to my old practice habit and make up my mind to document my each day practice as a practice diary.
I will try my best to keep doing this, even though there might not be a single soul reading this. But this is not for somebody else. This is for myself. Recently I got lost, about what I need to do for living, what I should do with my career, and want I truly WANT to do with my life, and I feel the only way to drag me out of the self-doubt is practicing itself. Playing the piano is like an anchor, and it gets me out of the anxiety. Not completely of course, but at least some kind of comfort. I guess everybody experiences such a period of lost in their lives, and what we need to do is just to keep going with what we truly want and wait and see and have hope. After all, time will show us everything, isn't it?
Happy practice and good night.
XinRu in London
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