My first 30 minutes on a new piece!
My first 30 minutes on a new piece!
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Hey guys! Today I’m doing an unedited, very raw video showing you the process of me practising a new piece! – (disclaimer: sorry the video cut out at the end) Hope you enjoy!
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I’m very excited about this, the piece is so beautiful! It’s called Maureen’s Waltz, by Catriona McKay.
During the quarantine time Catriona has been writing out some of her arrangements – making one’s she’s never done before available! I just love her music, so that’s been very exciting. I ordered three of them, one I’m already well-along the way with, and this one I’ve started with. I’m also excited because Catriona is about to release a new album (available for pre-order here).
All I’ve done so far with this piece is listen to a recording (I needed to decide which pieces of hers to buy) a few times, and I got the first page as a sample to work with before deciding. I think I played like four notes and thought WAIT! I HAVE TO SHOW THIS ON
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So this is really the process of me practicing a brand new piece. A little disclaimer, I am very good at sight-reading, so I don’t want you to compare yourself to me. I am also a very quick learner…so this process is going to be a different pace for everybody. But just because my learning and sight-reading is quite quick, that doesn’t mean I don’t need to practice thoroughly. I thought it would be interesting for you all to see my own process of learning fingering, getting a feel for the piece, and starting to put it all together.
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If you’d like to follow along, you can:
- print out the FREE sample page of Maureen’s Waltz here.
- Listen to a recording of Maureen’s Waltz here
Watch my video on fingering rules here
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We’ll see how much I’ll manage to do in 30 mins. Hopefully it will be interesting for you to watch. Let’s see how it goes!
What a pleasure watching you learn this lovely song. Great choice of songs for “the first 30 minutes of a song” I will never get tired of this Secret Love Song!
Thanks so much for this! It is interesting to me to see a fellow harpist attack a new piece with enthusiasm. I am not near your level of accomplishment, but realize the journey is different for everyone… ( I am not a good sight reader! Working on it!)