Ruyanda's Music Diary

Piano Class [25-Sept-2011]

Today was bad as usual. I don't like to stay bad like this...  *sigh* I just started seeing the beauty of "practice" so I can't expect to have noticeable changes very fast.

 

It was fun listening to other people play. I could hear and feel what is pleasant & what is lacking... but when I play it myself, it always sound awful. Am I bored with the exam pieces already? Also, maybe it was nervousness, when my teacher is there, I would play more worse then usual... 

 

 

AHH. Let it be.

Just keep on practising! JUST KEEP ON PRACTISING!

"gliss"

Today I learnt something new.

 

I was playing "truth" (planned to play all versions actually *different arrangements!*) when I saw the word 「gliss」on the next page's song (Kaze no Mukou e/the intro). Actually I've often see this word on various piano sheets/books but never cared enough to look up for its meaning. When I finally did today :

"OH!"

*remembers that charming part of Sho's piano rendition of "Hatenai Sora"*

So I tried it out and... WHOA. Painful!

 

LOL. I realised this is the painful part of playing the piano. 

 

Then I googled for a less painful way to play glissando on piano. And I found it here. *useful tips!*

Scales again *happy*

I never thought I could be this happy seeing scales again~ It has been months & I've started hating the song I have yet can play nicely XD

Ahh.. but G4's scales & arpeggios look difficult T_T

Miss C want me to start from the arpeggios today.. the fingering part baffled me initially but when my piano teacher explained it's practically the same, it suddenly looks easy. LOL

 

Oh. I've seen Arashi's "Training Camp"!!! Love the sight of Arashi + piano. And WHOA. I was impressed by Sho's piano rendition of "Hatenai Sora". For a moment I forgot that this is the Sho who always fail athletically (on their variety shows anyways, I don't know how athletic he is in real life XD) , he looked so kakkoi ~ I love his arrangement! 

That scene made me feel ashamed though, as an Arashi fan... sigh. I want to play like that!!!

 

Bonus. Satoshi attempted to play Nino's solo "Niji" on piano XD. I bet he always play that whenever he sees a piano or keyboard nearby 'cos it did sound like he practised/played that melody a lot! hehehe... He can't play, I know that, but somewhat..I think he will do well if he makes efforts to learn XD (I was actually amazed by that creepy tune he played cheekily in the end XD)

Hopefully someone will offer him a role that requires him to play the piano *starts daydreaming*... 

Shizuka na Yoru Ni

That is Ohno Satoshi's solo from the latest album which I still can't memorise the title XD. I've purchased the piano scorebook (along with the Dome DVD and "Beautiful World" XD) via YesAsia, and few days later... bam! Someone uploaded the entire album songbook on LJ. HAPPY~! (I don't mind having many versions... and the one I ordered included a Piano & Vocal version so yay! I can sing along while I play ) LOL 

This song is fun to play on the piano! But since there's a renovation going at the kitchen side of my house, I can't go near the piano any time I want to :( Worst, some of the workers are smoking so I hate going downstairs (I'm all locked up in my room watching a CxDxG no Arashi marathon LOL)  when they are still there.

Ah.. sorry, it's beginning to sound like a fangirling post :P haha

Anyway... for the same reason from previous paragraph, I can't practise much too... :( And added with the fact that I don't seem fond of practice anymore these days... it's bad. REALLY, REALLY BAD. There's this one Beethoven piece (for Grade 4) that I owe my piano teacher a perfect play... It doesn't seem hard when you get used to it (there are plenty of passages that are similar) and all I need is PRACTICE to make it sound perfect. *sigh*

頑張れます！

I Want to Complain

Last Sunday’s lesson was so-so. Man, my fingering problems resurfaced! Which finger do you use to play that note? Which finger to change to before playing the next note? Bah!

 

Next Sunday – no piano lesson… which is quite fortunate for me. Argh.. I have two super-hard midterm exams next week! I should take that extra time to study! BUT BOTH ARE SOMETHING I HAVE YET ABLE TO COMPREHEND SINCE THE START OF SEMESTER 4~~~

 

Those hard-to-understand lecture notes are killing me softly with those symbols!

Niji

I suddenly have a strong urge to play Ninomiya Kazunari’s “Niji” on the piano. I’m not good at it (yet) because I still can’t get the hang of the semiquaver count… Grrh.

 

Today is crappy like any other Tuesdays since I started having VR tutorial classes at 4pm (who the heck again chose that time??). Added with recent courier delivery problems – crap! – my new OHNO-BLUE mp3 player & Lotus singles, 大丈夫か？

 

Read some disturbing Arashi news today which just made my day go even sour. Arashi fans, never ever forget the dark side of entertainment industry.

 

And since I haven’t updated this like for months (笑), I’ve finally moved on to Grade 4 ABRSM pieces!!! Funnily, those pieces didn’t give me much impression when I attempt to play it at home… then, when piano teacher decided to try G4 pieces, I fell in love~ It’s fun again~

Oh… Ms C asked if I have the book, and I mindlessly said yes (originally planned to say no), which led to when did I buy it… I answered earlier this year even though it was last year’s August…

Almost a 2-month absence…

…from this blog. Actually from all blogs. Except Tumblr and Twitter, of course. Though.. I don’t tweet much these few days.

BTW. My Twitter Bio now reads like this :

Positive pessimist. Curious. Sophomore. Struggling with Math problems and Programming assignments in university. Currently obsessed with Ohno Satoshi & Arashi.

 

Anyway. Instead of me asking my piano teacher to skip to Grade 4, she had asked me first few weeks ago. I was elated of course but I didn’t show my enthusiasm… she wanted me to think first then tell her next week (but she totally forgotten about it). Then.. in yesterday’s piano class, she mentioned about it again. I suspect she has similar thoughts with me though… I think I should really do well for the G3 pieces first before moving on to G4’s pieces… And she gave me another hard (4 sharps with 4-in-1 notes *if you get what I mean*) piano piece to practise my sight-reading skills. I am not good at sight-reading but in the last exam (G2), when I practise sight-reading, I kind of have the feeling that I can do that well. Kind of.

Also, few weeks ago… I had some kind of vacation from piano practice (busy watching Arashi in my room). Sounds bad, you think? No, not really. The funny thing that happened was like me eating Kit Kat chocolate bar. I LOVE Kit Kat but I seldom eat them because… I want to preserve that feeling of longing to eat one. I think the same thing happened to the practice. When I play, I realised how I miss the sound of the piano… as if they are a new sound to me, I got excited and was a bit more confident to play. The result was odd but good.

 

I used to always play Demi Lovato and Jonas Brothers songs on the piano. Their songs are usually in keys with mostly sharps… Now that I’ve found a new love in Arashi’s leader, Ohno Satoshi… it’s pretty much Arashi songs only these days. Haha… Their songs are more varied though, keys with flats & sharps here and there…

 

I’m still scared of flats. And staccatos.

truth

I love playing Arashi’s “truth” on the piano. Wish I can match the speed of the song… (try playing while listening to the song)..

 

Suge.

Bad Day & Arashi

Bad day. Lame meeting. Stupid people. No-brainers.

 

 

At home : Found new Arashi songs to play on the piano. Back to happy mode. Thanks to my recent crushing on Ohno *swoons*. Arashi piano sheets galore.

 

 

“Music is the best!”   *Kaibutsu-kun style*

Piano Class [3-Oct-2010]

Saiaku da.

Kept playing the "Pump and Circumstance" song. Didn't practise much. & couldn't get it right at all. 

 

Grrrhrh.