Minuet in G (Petzold) [Please Help!]

Pallas · 2024-11-01T14:13:21+00:00

I did not have a lesson this week because my teacher and I both avoided our crazily packed downtown area yesterday. So I have two specific questions on one o...

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Pallas My teacher is letting me work out my own fingerings, but she gives me suggestions if my ideas don’t work

Me having more opinions, I'll put them under a cut.

I don't agree with this approach; I think good fingerings should be assigned to beginners (can be modified if it's not working for you) because you don't know what you don't know. Maybe your own fingerings are passable and playable but a different fingering would make things so much easier. Good fingerings are actually a key part of playing well because it can really affect the ease of playing (especially for fast passages; when it's slow you can get away with inefficiencies). I'm glad you're asking here for suggestions if your teacher isn't providing these upfront for awkward places. Hit me up anytime if you want me to help with ideas! I literally spend days working them out on a new piece, working, reworking. It makes sense to invest the time early so that when you practice and get it into your brain it's not with clumsy fingerings that you have to unlearn later.

Player1

Pallas I think this a wonderful thing, proving that there is a lid for every pot . . .

Apparently you've never been in my kitchen. Lots of pots, few lids.

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Pallas that's why I put it under a cut 😂 Your teacher sounds really great for you, and I'm glad you're also asking for help here when you need to figure out additional details between your lessons. I'm sure your lessons are packed already and she doesn't have time to cover everything that she would like to!

Nightowl

Pallas

This is really the thing. The format demands choices. We only have 45 minutes per week.

Maybe book 2 lessons a week, then you'd have more time to discuss technique and anything else piano related. You could even discuss your purchase of a grand piano - she would probably be able to offer plenty of useful advice on that.

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Pallas I love that you're playing this piece and at max difficulty and loving it! I did not play it with any ornaments when I was a kid. How is your practice going? You're really progressing very quickly with your studies 🙂

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Pallas This whole thing is why I added a plea at the beginning of this thread that we just take my teacher’s statements about the ornaments as a given. But a forum will do what it does, regardless.

I listened for my first reply... and then promptly forgot afterward 😆

Animisha

Pallas, when you feel like taking a break, maybe you would enjoy listening to this one:

Nightowl

Animisha Brilliant find, Animisha. I think I prefer this version to the original. 🙂

hebele

Pallas I also thought baroque music uninteresting. But I find this minuet fun to play (well.. learning to play). More than anything in my method book so far. I've already started to eye some Bach pieces to learn 🙂

Animisha

Pallas

Hi Pallas, how nice your pieces went well during the lesson! Congratulations! 👍

Pallas I renamed the thread, because I might want help with other lesson pieces later. Thank you everyone who helped.

Would you reconsider the name, because in this thread is a lot of valuable information for other students trying to learn Minuet in G. But with the new name, what are the odds that they find this thread?
If you need help with a new piece, you can start a new thread about it. 😊

Animisha

Thank you dear Pallas! 🥰

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