Noct's Theme - Snapshot #4
Hello!! Was goin' through a SLUMP in general lately but I've been keeping up with my practicing the best I could so here's a full recording just to post some progress!! I couldn't get a perfect take but honestly I'm still perfecting this anyway so it's fine....
Noct's Theme - Snapshot #3
Almost done with the piece; here's the last phrase I've been working on this week. Still some work to do but it's coming along.
Noct's Theme - Snapshot #2
Worked on the next few phrases!! Also included a full take of what I’ve learned so far just to gauge progress.
Noct's Theme - Snapshot #1
SLIDES IN MONTHSSSSSSSS LATER WHOOPS
I've decided to revisit Noctis' theme!! Here's the first part; I redid some fingerings so it's not super smooth yet because my muscle memory is still learning, but the new fingerings are a lot more ergonomic which is great.
Dependent Weakling - Snapshot #3
Another update, with more progress made. This piece is comin' along.
Dependent Weakling - Snapshot #2
This is from the 21st of September but I didn't get a chance to log it until today whoops. Added a small phrase from 1:04 to what I had already learned and got more comfortable with the first part from the previous post.
Dependent Weakling - Snapshot #1
Hi it's been like so many weeks since the last post LOL oops..... burned out really hard last month but finally getting back on my feet with this blog!!
I finished The Other Promise and have moved onto Dependent Weakling from NieR Automata!! I.. haven't actually played the game lol but the piano collections is 10/10 so here I am.
The Other Promise - Snapshot #4
Here's one big chunk of the melody- I still need to smooth out the rough edges but I'm able to play the hands together!!
One of the obvious challenges is trying to connect the low bass LH octaves with the higher register triplets at the start of the passage; even in the official recording the pianist sort of rushes the triplets to buy time to hit the octaves so I'm not too stressed about playing the rhythm mechanically.. but still, I think I can definitely improve the lead time between each jump. I've been doing "shadow practicing" to help my muscle memory learn the exact distances but even so, I think a big factor is whether my hand can stretch to the octave in time.... sigh
The Other Promise - Snapshot #3
So I figured out a jank setup to record the keys from above so HERE WE ARE!! I should probably get a proper tripod sometime but.. for now this'll have to do lol. The vibrations traveled up to my phone when I played too low or too hard so pls excuse the intermittent shaking..
Today's snapshot doesn't cover any new sections; it's a recording of all the sections that I've worked on thus far from the very start of the piece.
The Other Promise - Snapshot #2
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I've been chipping away at this piece but been pretty busy with work so I haven't had much time to like, actually practice.. but was able to clean up this small phrase today! I also worked on a few phrases before this one but the recordings I took are a little outdated now so maybe I'll take a longer recording next time.