One unexpected benefit of this little practice blog? It’s like having a time machine.
Sure, I can hear how much I’ve improved (always encouraging on those days when progress feels invisible). But the real surprise is this: I can stumble across ideas I once played, loved ... and then totally forgot about.
Case in point: today. I uploaded yesterday's take on the You Are My Sunshine Rag to YouTube. Then, out of curiosity, I went back to my version from two months ago, just to check that I wasn’t repeating myself. (Before yesterday, I don't think I'd touched the piece since then.)
Here's what I found:
- The rag roll section is much more solid now.
- The little curlicue ending ... still shaky.
- The best part: I had completely forgotten that, in August, my right hand arpeggiates up an octave halfway through the chorus. It is delightful, and I can't believe I'd forgotten about it!
So I'm going to bring back that little arpeggiation next time! For now, here’s yesterday's take, which goes through the melody a couple times before starting the rag roll.
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