Thursday-January 23, 2003

Trying new methods of memorizing pieces. For the Brahms Cappricio, I'm trying to memorize measure by measure...and it seems to be working. So far, it's been fun learning the piece. I've changed the fingering for some of the upward chord progressions (many octavic triads--instead of using 1,3,5.....use 1,2,4 for some chords and immediately follow with 1,3,5...so it doesn't sound "choppy"; but clear and legato). I want to limit myself to no more than an hour and a half of piano each day. That way, I'll train myself to learn faster and more efficiently.

The Pianist looks like a cool movie.