Alfred's Adult All-In-One Piano Course: Level 1

Quitter · 2024-05-27T16:11:19+00:00

This thread is a place for folks to discuss the Alfred's Adult All-In-One Level 1 experience. There were many of these threads on another, un-named piano fo...

Kaydia

@Sophia Did you see me waving as you zoomed on by? 👋 It's a bit lonely in here, so it's nice to see someone else, even if only briefly. Sounds like you're rapidly overcoming your temporary setback. Yay! 🥳

Sophia

Oh, was that you in the rear view mirror??? Shoulda waved back 😃
I will probably spend a few more days with Alfred 1 to get my footing back, so you won't be alone again just yet. I had forgotten how nice some of them were, even Little Brown Jug is really fun to play! <runs before Nightowl starts throwing rotten eggs>

Kaydia

Sophia Yes, that was me!!! (Well, I assume. It's possible it was a lurker.) Have fun with relearning the pieces. Not too much fun though. I'd rather not have to worry about rotten eggs flying around.

WieWaldi

Sophia Yesterday I couldn't string two notes together and it felt like I was back to zero.

Quack quack quack ...

Sophia But today I played for about 30 minutes, and by the time I reached Jericho...

Ok, this sounds more like you. Jericho is on page 127, meaning you play over 4 pages per minute. C'mon, my metronome goes barely faster. 😄

Sophia

WieWaldi Quack quack quack ...

I'll give you some quack quack quack... talk about respect for your seniors. I have a good mind to put you on permanent KP duty from now on!

WieWaldi

Sophia I was back to zero.

WieWaldi Quack quack quack ...

Sophia my mental block seems to have vanished.

Told you!

<running away - is faster after mic drop>

WieWaldi

Sophia

Psst! WieWaldi! <distraction time>

<ok, let's try now that nobody is listening>

Well, I played through a few more pieces and I'm happy to say my mental block seems to have vanished. I even played <checks if earmuffs are still in place, oh good> I even played the first blues lesson lick again, the one I had started and then completely abandoned... and it went okay.

It seems that I'm back at my usual self and might leave you alone again with Alfred book 1 after today, @Kaydia - but of course will continue to cheer you on from the sidelines again 😃

Kaydia

Sophia It seems that I'm back at my usual self and might leave you alone again with Alfred book 1 after today, @Kaydia - but of course will continue to cheer you on from the sidelines again 😃

That's great, @Sophia, that you're back to your usual self so quickly. Thanks for cheering me on! I'll see ya around. 👋

Sophia

OMG.... I really must invest in better earplugs.... you weren't supposed to hear any of that! Should I mention that I played Jazz Ostinato from memory AND error free? No? Too soon?

WieWaldi

I was just happy to finally get through the Country Blues. One time; error free. But veeeeeery slowly, no rhythm and without phrasing. Actually, I was very proud of me. It lasted for 15 minutes. And then this:

Sophia Should I mention that I played Jazz Ostinato from memory AND error free? No? Too soon?

Edit: Ahhhh -shut up. Gimme that earplugs.

Sophia

WieWaldi shut up

Nope! I'm too happy to quack quack quack. And we're completely poisoning poor Kaydia's thread.... she must think she landed in the madhouse.

WieWaldi

Sophia ...And we're completely poisoning poor Kaydia's thread.... she must think she landed in the madhouse.

You are right - we have this thread for the quack quack...

After the turtles have finished teasing the cats (and rabbits), I want to say I am stuck in the Blues lessons. Only 5 more days and then there are the recitals. Meaning, I have to get the Country Blues flying and learn the Frisco Blues, too. Both are very easy, don't expect something special. Only thing, I still don't know what Blues is for which forum.

But at least, I get the first two in the 40-ish pieces a year challenge. *proud*

Kaydia

My latest two pieces, "Lavender's Blue" and "Kum-Ba-Yah!", took longer than expected. I spent some extra time on these to work on voicing the upper notes in the right-hand chords. I am happy to say I had some success. I can get the top note louder for the most part, just not at a very controlled volume. Also, for these two pieces, all the top notes were played with the #5 finger. So I haven't tried this with other fingers yet. But it's a start!

Sophia

Nice! LB is a very pretty piece too, but I didn't care much for KBY. It was slightly interesting with the time changes, but once you know what to do it loses its luster quickly. LB is very lyrical, I really enjoyed playing it (again, recently).

Kaydia

Sophia I agree, LB sounds really nice. It really contrasted with KBY which I played as if I was at a very enthusiastic religious revival. 😆

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