2024.01.02 Tuesday 5h
Happy New Year Everyone! (Might be nobody reading this but I am saying everyone anyway!)
New year new start. I hope I will keep my practice diary updating this year!!
It's really really hard to keep practicing after graduating from the school actually. When I was a student I thought my life full of study and reading essays and practicing, which is soooooo boring. Curiously somehow now I rather hope my life could be fulfilled by only these things again, but it will never come again. We human beings are always like this. We always cherish what has already passed, and often forget to put our eyes on what we are holding at the moment. Maybe after even a few months I will start to miss the days I am having now. Who knows.
A lot of my friends who used to play super well kind of stopped playing the piano. Every time I found one such case, my heart sink a little bit, and begin to afraid that I will end up there one day as well. I am super lucky to have family and friends who support me and help me to keep going. I think all I could do is to go as far as I can. As long as I can feed myself, I will try my best to keep going.
Hope on this road I could move more steps...
Today's practice diary:
· Clara Schumann Variation on a Theme by Robert Schumann Op.20
After 10 days, I finally finished the first draft of playing this piece. The current situation is that I can play fluently and have some basic musical shapes, but not very good yet. Let me do my 3rd time fluency practice. After that I will decide whether I want to memorise it first or start to polish it.
· Robert Schumann Humoresque Op.20
I soaked into the Schumann household now... and both Op.20!!! I have learned this piece a year ago. (nonoono maybe two years ago?) and this time it's kind of like a picking up journey. But I feel the standard I learned last year cannot satisfy me right now. I think I am going to relearn it. Today I finished the first movement! And a little bit of the 2nd. I have a care home concert to perform on the 13th, and I wish I could do this one instead of another old piece. New year new pieces of course! So .... practice hard my dear (yes I am calling myself not you sorry ..🤪)
Well but if you want to practice with me dear readers, you are more than welcome to do it! Let's hit 2024 off by practicing 5 hours per day!!!
Good night.
XinRu
Who was super sleepy in the afternoon but super energetic right now at 10pm
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