April Recap, and Looking Ahead to May

April was a weird month for piano!

March was also a weird month for piano--I missed ten full days of practice. Toward the end of the month, after Don's death, I began working on the songs for his celebration of life. That got me back into the habit of piano. After that, I decided to focus only on Liszt for the rest of the month--about three weeks. And I did.

April Stats

As you can see, I got back on the proverbial horse in April, with regular practices and very few days off. I practiced 36.1 hours, bringing my monthly average up to 27.6.

The piece that got the most attention was, of course, Liebesträume (23 hours of practice). After that, the top projects were Misty and What a Wonderful World (both about 3 hours of practice). I also put a little over two hours into technique. This chart shows how much time, each month, I've put into each piece. Yellow is April.

I'm very happy with how April went. I'm glad I allowed myself to focus on Liszt for a few weeks. And I'm excited about the next step ... MAY-TENANCE MONTH!

May is for Maintenance

May will be my month of focusing on maintenance pieces, bringing them back up to speed so I can play them anywhere, anytime.

In addition, I'll give a little more time to my three in-progress projects: Liebesträume, Pineapple Rag, and the Bible of Blues Riffs.

I'm so excited. I made this video where I talk about my plans. Piano life is good.

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