Folks, I bit the bullet. I signed up to participate in the next Piano With Jonny student recital. I paused a moment when I got to the "What will you be playing?" section. What would I be playing? Solace? Liebestraume? A blues improv? Pineapple Rag? Yes. Pineapple Rag. It's not ready for performance at the moment, but I know I can have it ready in time for the recital. My minimum practice goal for this one is as follows: Focus on one section each day, drilling as needed and playing through 12x. Play through the entire piece 3x/day. And that's it! I have it memorized and have done the hard work of learning the tricky parts. What remains is to get it up to tempo and figure out how I want to play it (dynamics, pedaling, improv, etc.). I also want to get to where I can play it without thinking, the way I can now play Maple Leaf Rag. I'll get there. Yesterday I focused on the A section of Pineapple Rag. I got overly ambitious in the video and decided to continue on to...
learning piano, piece by piece