lilypad Third piece. A quick study this time (3 days).
Michael Head - The Quiet Wood - The Best of Grade 1 Piano
2, Joanne Bender - Ripple Effect - RCM 3 Piano Etudes
Henry Mancini (arr.) - The Pink Panther - Piano Adventures Popular Repertoire - Level 3A
Oops! I guess I can't count! Pink Panther was number 3. I finished my lesson piece yesterday after being on it for around 3 weeks.
This week I'm playing some Scott Joplin. This is Maple Leaf Rag without the trio section, which would have taken much longer to learn. Again, it's not perfect but that is not the point.
Quick Study List for 2025
Satie's Petite prelude was actually the most boring piece that I have ever played. I added some dynamics - but maybe I should not have done that, in case Satie actually intended this piece to be as boring as it is.
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... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...
Animisha Satie's Petite prelude was actually the most boring piece that I have ever played. I added some dynamics - but maybe I should not have done that, in case Satie actually intended this piece to be as boring as it is.
Your description cracked me up. Seriously, though, I liked it. I listened to it a few times. Personally, I didn't find it at all boring. 
@Animisha as always, very, very well-played!! Esp. since you thought it was boring. In my sightreading/40P pursuits, when I sightread a piece I don't like, I use as SRing practice and don't move it onto the 40P list. I think you have more perseverance than I do!
I don't know that I thought the Satie piece was boring, but I can see why you might. Actually, I hadn't heard it before, so I found it very interesting to listen to it while thinking about contemporary minimalist composers -- some of whom are more minimalist than others. I actually don't think of myself as a fan of minimalist piano... I prefer music that has a clear and accessible melody line, and I think of minimalist piano as lacking that. For example, people call Einaudi minimalist, but I don't think that's accurate... Anyway, I'm starting to cause thread drift, sorry!
ShiroKuro Yes, that is the same piece that I played. First I thought that I would make tons of mistakes, but I found it is much more regular than I thought. Many phrases are repeated, and LH is BA BA BG BG and then again BA BA BG BG - same when it turns around: AB AB GB GB and repeated AB AB GB GB. Once I saw this pattern, the piece was much, much easier to play correctly.
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Just finished No. 5
1 Michael Head, The Quiet Wood, The Best of Grade 1 Piano (quick study)
2 Joanne Bender, Ripple Effect, RCM 3 Piano Etudes (regular piece at my level)
3 Henry Mancini (arr.), The Pink Panther, Piano Adventures Popular Repertoire - level 3A (quick study)
4 American folk song, Shenandoah, Piano Adventures Level 5 Lesson book, (regular piece at my level)
5 Mozart, Allegro in F, K. 1c, The Best of Grade 1 Piano, (quick study)
It's great that people are sharing. Please don't be shy about your performances! We know they are just quick studies and not perfect. I hope I'm not scaring anyone away with my performances. Please consider that I have been playing for many years and my easy is not going to be the same as someone else's easy but it doesn't matter. It's still fun to share and watch the other performances.
I should heed my own advice for the recitals. Shame on me, I know. But my big pieces are never ready and I need more discipline to record them properly. 
BartK I hope I'm not scaring anyone away with my performances.
OMG, I am out of the loop for a few days and you post Scott Joplin! As a QUICK STUDY! I think it's high time that you are going to be the one to be teased about being annoyingly talented 
That was lovely. I always liked that piece!
Animisha the most boring piece that I have ever played
Ok, I was prepared to give you my honest opinion. Like "wow, that was great! I love it! What a gorgeous piece! It's exciting and beautiful!" But... I'd be lying. Yes. you are right, that is one BORING piece. But you played it well and also it counts for the 40 pieces challenge. And you braved yourself in front of a camera, so despite all that, let me say... WELL DONE!
I know posting videos is not required for this challenge, but it sure is nice to see them
The Gillock piece only took a single session yesterday, compared to the Mozart at 3 days.
The longest quick studies for me are rock pieces with their tied notes for syncopation. My slight dyslexic tendency confuses them with slurs. I haven't done any rock pieces yet this year, but I remember at least one last year that took me 3 weeks.
1 Michael Head, The Quiet Wood, The Best of Grade 1 Piano (quick study)
2 Joanne Bender, Ripple Effect, RCM 3 Piano Etudes (regular piece at my level)
3 Henry Mancini (arr.), The Pink Panther, Piano Adventures Popular Repertoire - level 3A (quick study)
4 American folk song, Shenandoah, Piano Adventures Level 5 Lesson book, (regular piece at my level)
5 Mozart, Allegro in F, K. 1c, The Best of Grade 1 Piano, (quick study)
6 Gillock, Owl at Midnight, Accent on Solos (early to later elementary), (quick study)
BartK It's great that people are sharing. Please don't be shy about your performances! We know they are just quick studies and not perfect. I hope I'm not scaring anyone away with my performances.
I'm glad people are sharing. It's great to hear the variety of pieces, and I'm making note of some of the pieces I'd like to eventually learn myself. I'm still very much a beginner, so I don't expect my pieces to sound great. Other people's recordings aren't stopping me from sharing a recording of my playing. the biggest reason is I'm naturally shy so it's hard to put myself out there. Even so, I did try to get make a video on my phone, but my phone is old and slow and the video looked and sounded blurry. I tried messing around with getting an audio recording, but that's a pain getting it from my piano to my computer. Those are the main reasons. I could probably come up with more excuses reasons. 
Kaydia I'm naturally shy so it's hard to put myself out there
I think that's how most of us started out, Kaydia. And let's face it, you don't need excuses reasons anyway. If you want to share a video/audio, we're ready to cheer you on. You might even get a few tips of things you might not have been aware of. I remember that sometimes there have been tips about sitting too close to the keys (very easy to do especially since we're all sitting right above our computer keyboard). Or sitting too low, etc. If that's what you want 
But if you don't want to share videos and just want to chat, that's totally fine too 
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