Piano Lessons

Today was my recital and it was AMAZING!! That is the closest to perfection I have ever gotten playing the piano, and the fact that I was accompanying, not playing as a soloist adds to my amazement. I don’t know how I did it, but I did and I’m really proud of myself. I suppose since I was an accompanist I worked really hard to make sure it was perfect and exactly how it should be, not because of me, but because of Chris. Usually when I’m performing by myself, if I mess up it only affects me. And although I don’t like to mess up and would rather not, it is all me and I am ok with that. However playing with Chris, I knew that if I messed up, it could cause him to make a mistake, so I knew I had to make it perfect for both of us. And miraculously, I did!! I must have practiced enough and managed to keep my head cool so I was in the zone and able to play my piece perfectly. I am really proud of myself, and now that I know I can be this close to perfect and getting it right, I will work harder to make this the case every time I play.

Piano Lessons

Today I had another piano lesson with the cellist I'm playing my Christmas piece with. I was really nervous, and I messed up a lot. My teacher kept telling me to let go and improvise, but I'm finding that hard because I'm such a perfectionist when it comes to my piano pieces. I wish that I could let go and just play, but I think part of the reason is that I can't site read very well. Once I learn a piece, I memorize it and don't really look at the notes much after that, and since I can't recognize all of them at a glance, it is causing problems. I think I need to work on practicing my sight reading and really work on my theory. I also need to practice letting go of my perfectionism and just play and go with the flow when I'm playing by myself at home.