Lesson 47 Y02W05 - 'Arabesque' Part 3 (Middle) with special appearance by Mack the Cat!

0:20 NEW: Arabesque - bars 14 thru 24
14:05 Mack, the neighbor's cat, arrives to see what's going on.
My first Cat video 😊
17:05 REVIEW: Arabesque - bars 25+
18:05 Mack came back for a closer look
22:20 REVIEW: Two Octave Scales, Hands Together
At the moment I'm working on C Major and D Major
23:40 I mention Jane's Accelerando Piano video on the finger turns, which should be on her channel any day now.
24:40 EXERCISE: Scale played staccato
26:30 EXERCISE: Scale with one hand legato, one hand staccato, swapping on the way back
28:20 Jane links the scale practice back to how to play parts of Arabesque.

[@lshwadchuck5643]

I see now why Jane chose Arabesque from the Burgmuller book. I've spent about eight hours on La Candeur, the first piece, and now it's clear that Arabesque doesn't have the small subtle shape changes I found in La Candeur. But anyway, thanks for the inspiration to buy the book! My teacher approves my doing this outside his fluency training, so all good.

[@ShanesPianoJourney]

You're welcome - Jane may well have given me the La Candeur option - she doesn't as a rule say "this is what you are learning". It's a process where she selects some pieces she thinks may appeal and which will serve to develop skills she wants me to work on at an appropriate level, and then she lets me choose. I pick the one(s) I like the sound of, and Arabesque fit the bill this time round.

[@halpinmatthew]

I am working on this piece as well - I have a technical question- I see the description as “lesson 47” Y02W05 - I am just trying to pace myself- are you starting your second year? I think your pace is realistic- so much of the internet seems to be misleading on pace a practice pieces - thanks so much

[@ShanesPianoJourney]

I hope you're making progress - it can take a while, and but I'm slowly getting it :-) Yep, the naming is a bit confusing, even giving me some trouble about 3 months back, so I understand the confusion. How it works - The Y02 is Year 2 of my journey, and W05 is week 5 of that year. Lesson numbers are as they seem, but the confusion comes in because they don't match the week number. Jane only teaches for 38-40 weeks a year, so that's why I was having my 47th lesson on the 57th week of my piano journey. It it helps with Arabesque, I started it on W55, and I'm about to start W63 tomorrow, and I'm still working on it - All up it gets between 40 and 60 mins practice a week (across 4-6 practice sessions).