Piano 2.5

I think I may be failing this genius hour. I feel like I haven't played piano in two years. I am not making any progress and it is getting extremely frustrating. I was in our nation's capital for a week, so I was unable to get any practice in. From such a long absence, any progress I was making before the trip regressed right back to square one.

At my current pace I am going, there is no way I can finish even one song. In order to catch back up, I am going to need a solid two weeks of practice. It is officially crunch time for my genius hour. Most of the time I am pretty good at knocking out assignments/projects when time is running down, but this time feels oddly different. I don't feel confident in my abilities to play the song besides the opening part. I only have a page and a half of the song played, and only about two-thirds of that sounds somewhat decent.

I thought this project would be good for me so I could learn sheet music and hopefully be able to play more pieces. In reality, it is just deflating my confidence. The only thing I can do at this point is go above and beyond for the remainder of genius hour. If that fails, I can shorten the song up, but my best bet would be option one.

Piano 2.4

Hello my fellow peers. Thank you for tuning in for another week of piano with Cameron. I made some changes to my schedule this past week. Instead of learning two songs like I originally planned, I am going to focus on "The Sound of Silence."

I have a few reasons for my sudden change. The song itself was five pages long, and I couldn't keep myself going at that pace coming back from a five year hiatus. If I dedicated more than 2 hours a week I possibly could, but it Is hard to find time in my busy schedule. In my opinion, I would rather play one song to near perfection than two songs mediocre with a lot of mistakes.

I plan to stay focused on "The Sound of Silence" up until my tedtalk so I can master this song.. hopefully. I will continue with my routine of playing piano in the multipurpose room and then switching over to the janitorial closet when the elementary music class starts. I am also going to try to put in a little more time at home so I can succeed with this project.

Piano 2.3

Hello my fellow peers, thank you for following me on this long journey. The song I am learning is starting to sound quite nice. To counter my struggles with the left hand b flat chord, I repeated it many times over several minutes. It still does not sound perfect, but it is much better than when I originally encountered it.

I love the way "The Sound of Silence" sounds on a piano, although I should have looked more closely into my book when I picked the song. I did not realize that the piece was five pages long! Most of the songs in my book are around two to three pages long. If  I would have known this while planning my genius hour, I would have either focused on this one song for the weeks, or picked an easier song to do two. If I want to finish this song to near perfection, I am going to have to ditch my original song and practice this song for the duration of this project.