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December 5, 2018
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I can now play through Op.76 No.2 without stopping, and also without looking at my hands for the first couple of pages. I am impressed I can make my left hand jump accurately with the different bass notes and chords given the short amount of time I have had with the piece. Now I am working on the details, such as the accents and phrasing. This is the part of learning I enjoy most because I can play the piece without frustrating myself not knowing the notes. The only problem with knowing the notes is I feel I cannot work on them, and I can only practice details so much before I start getting bored. I can practice notes for hours and hours, but I can only review details for a couple hours at most. I wonder if I should learn the rest of the piece without looking at my hands, because sometimes it is a harsh transition going from playing without looking to playing with looking allowed. If I start noticing my hands after training myself to not, I can lose my place in the sheet music easily and not know where to resume on command.
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December 17, 2018
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I have not been updating my journal as much mostly because a lot of it is the same when I am practicing the same pieces everyday. I am still practicing Op. 76 No. 2, but I am also looking for a new piece to play. I am going to listen to pieces by Rachmaninoff and Liszt, and hope that I find something interesting to learn. It will be challenging because a lot of the pieces that I like by those two composers are a little challenging, and I do not want to choose something that will frustrate and make me dread practicing. I borrowed a large book of Liszt pieces, so I will go on Youtube and look up professional recordings of those pieces which should help out incredibly. I am leaning towards learning something by Rachmaninoff since I already know three or four pieces by Liszt, which means I might have to learn some interesting chords.