Well, you asked for it.... here's my new toy in combination your all time favourite tune. I even added some improvisation at the recommendation of @rogerch. Plus a sneak preview of our screened in patio for the cats (and ourselves) to enjoy. Life doesn't get much better than that 😂🤣🤣

    Sophia Very fun! Sophia you're a natural!

      There are no words... 😂

      "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

      4 days later

      Player1 I blame you P1, Sophia has always been your favourite, you've never been as stern with her as with the rest of us, so it's not surprising she's gone completely off the rails.

      "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

          Nightowl

          Me?????? No way. She even said it was rogerch whodunnit.

          See this is how bad reputation start. Not that I don't deserve a bad reputation, but I'd like to get one on my own instead of being saddled with someone else's.

            Hehehehehe!!! But I'm having so much fuuuuunnn!!!

            Actually, I was about to post some progress (or lack thereof) in the blues thread, but I'll do it here. I'm still trying to get Salut d'amour in my fingers. It's a slow progress, as expected, but I can now play the first half okay-ish, albeit ever so slowly. The second half is still very much a WIP! It's such a pretty piece though that I don't mind spending a few weeks with it... it'll be worth it.

            Alfred book 2 is nearing its end, but as with the last pieces in the first book, these seem quite a bit harder all of a sudden. I might have to spend as much time on the last 5 pieces as the entire first half of the book 🤔 I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there isn't a Laura type piece hidden within those last pages!

            The blues lesson (yeah I know, I should report it in the other thread) is a very long one, with no less than four new licks to master. There too I'm about halfway now - two licks mastered, two still to learn 🙂

            The REAL bad one was @Rubens - he filled my big head with kitten pianos. That simply proved irresistible. Though @rogerch is to blame for talking me into improvising, that's true 😃 Of course you were the one who made me feel welcome in the other forum @Player1 and caused me to stick around - so you're definitely not without blame! 😛

              Sophia

              Guilty as charged! I take full blame. May the others be freed immediately and may I endure the punishment that will be for Sophia to choose. I know it will be a difficult choice. (Sophia's Choice, get it?).

                Haha ohhh my punishment is severe... 😃 How about you treat us to a little performance someday in either the recitals or the Member recordings section?

                Seriously though: no pressure 😃 I'm teasing all in good fun!

                  Sophia
                  Your wish is my command. Your desire is my order. I will participate, someday 😅.

                    Sophia

                    I never did say I was completely blameless but I'm thinking it's maybe around 2%. Kind of like that milk that isn't really milk. So whatever blame is on me, isn't really any blame at all.

                    I did play again today. Just re-familiarizing myself with Wolf though, nothing from the lesson book.

                      Blame? Why are you all talking about blame??

                      It’s credit!! Kudos to Sophia for the awesome meowprovisation, riffing on top of the classic hokey pokey on such a fun innovative instrument!

                      I am honored that anyone thinks that I may have played a tiny part in any of this. Really I did nothing, it’s all Sophia with possibly an assist from Rubens.

                      Blame? Sheesh!!

                        rogerch

                        So you're saying it's all Sophia's fault we turned her into a musical monster?

                            Player1 Ha ha ha, "musical monster" indeed! 🤣😆😂🙃 Well, I guess Sophia has found her inner child and this is only going to get worse. The signs were there when she admitted to enjoying Little Brown Jug in book 1, and now she's picked the worst piece in book 2 to relentlessly torment us with - she truly is an incorrigible child!
                            That said, as @Rubens so brilliantly said above, it's Sophia's Choice, and however naughty she is we love her anyway. 🙂

                            @rogerch - I'm not sure that you should be rewarding her bad behaviour with praise - it will only encourage her! 😁
                            [I'm off to find some earplugs before the next onslaught from naughty Sophia.]

                            "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

                              I love this forum

                                Sophia Right back at you, Sophia! 😃

                                "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

                                  Brains are funny things 😁 I have not exactly been stuck, but with the recital recording, the blues lessons and silly kitten keyboards, plus limited time at the piano, Alfred was pushed to the back burner for a few weeks.

                                  Today for the first time I managed to play Salut d'amour without errors, though still in super slow motion. It is a real challenge with the three flats and all.

                                  But then today I looked at the next piece (Mozart), another piece with 3 flats, and suddenly it seems almost "easy" in comparison. Suddenly all those flats seemed almost natural! (see what I did there? 🤣)

                                  I like that phrase "super slow motion" - I think I might adopt that to describe my own performances. It sounds so much better than the word "slow" by itself - it makes it sound like playing very slowly is a super power that others only dream of! 😁

                                  "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

                                  24 days later
                                  Sophia changed the title to Alfred Adult All-in-One Course Level 2 and 3 .