iternabe Nice video, thanks iternabe. I have found that sometimes pieces which I didn't like much at first end up growing on me, which is great when it happens. I think Alfreds could easily update their method books to include a few popular modern pieces, but they are keen to avoid paying copyright fees so that's why most pieces in their books are at least 70 years old.
@MandM - yes, I have the Broadway Hits book 1 and sometimes I play something from there as a welcome distraction. I have another hits book too, but the pieces in that are too advanced for me (or were when I last looked at it a couple of months back - maybe I'll take another look soon).
@Player1 Thanks, I'm trying to be patient. I'm also trying to find the beauty in each piece, like the guy in the video suggests, but when playing such gems as He's a Jolly Good Fellow and the wedding march there doesn't seem to be much beauty to be found!
As for goals, there are a few classical pieces that I want to play one day, and there are arrangements of them for intermediate players - so I think if I can attain grade 3 competency then I'll probably be happy to continue at that level. I can't imagine going much beyond that - maybe grade 5 at an absolute stretch if I keep going for another few years, but I'm 63 now and my memory is not what it was 10 years ago, so I'm keeping my goals realistic.
PS: @Player1 - you've not played for 10 days?!? This is so unlike you! I hope you get back on the bench soon, we can't have our tame tiger giving up at this stage!
