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The day that’s been on my mind for a while has now been and gone; I’ve finally taken my first ABRSM exam and have lived to tell the tale… just.
Preparation
A day off work to do some final practice and generally relax before the 3.06pm exam started. Methodically worked through […]
My piano lesson this week was difficult; I had an early pitch in the Derby Dales which meant an 8.5 hour roundtrip in the car before getting home in time to get the kids to bed. All this meant that by the time I started my lesson I was already near half asleep!
Awful aural
We practised the usual items; […]
It’s Tuesday again and over the past two weeks since my previous piano lesson I’ve been able to practice at the piano for approximately 3 hours (in total). That’s a bit rubbish but I’m being honest here rather than the “Oh yes I’ve practised every day for an hour” that I expect I should be telling my piano teacher.
There’s […]
Last night’s lesson went well for a change. Having spent what little time I’ve had available to practice this last week on perfecting scales and chords they went fine as expected. However sight reading was a particular pain as usual so in the 4 weeks(ish) left until the Grade 1 ABRSM exam I’ve decided to look into how best […]
Tuesday’s piano lesson seemed to be going well which made for a nice change. I’m learning with a wonderful teacher called Jo Montague-Smith and we interrupted scales practice to discuss my recent change of mind about taking the ABRSM Piano Grade exams.
When […]
What to write for the first post? It always seems hard to start a new adventure so may as well jump right in!
So first an introduction; I’m a dad to three, husband to one, a company owner, a Creative Partner, an aspiring pianist, and a bit of a geek. I love watching and reading bad sci-fi, eating good food, and generally reading […]
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