Souvenir from Prague

One of my SNS friend Nightwish provided me a souvenir. In his business trip, he bought it in Prague, he said. I was pretty glad to hear that he rememberd 31May was my birthday. He lives in Barcelona, where he reside some years. Fortunately, due to his busines trip, I have some occasions where I communicate with him, and his topics are always intellectual and exotic for me!!

Anyway, this souvenir is a golden small piano created in some pieces of glass. I took some pictures, and uploaded one was chosen. Indeed, "gold" color might not go well with me, because my piano technique is very poor (>_<)
I'll have to practice more in order to put the souvenir in my room :)

Keeping own mental conditon

I'm planning to play the piano on next Saturday in a party. The participants will be 9, including me, and there will be 2 piano players at that date. So, I prepare some pieces for the party, and I usually practice them, once I return to my home. The primary reason why I continue to practice it is to measure my mental condition. In playing the piano with fun, I should be fine according to my experience.
To be worst, I don't feel to play. In such a day, I decide to sleep early, and prepare next day, because everything I do might be meaningless, I feel...

Oooops, time is up. I have to return to my practice today.

Breathing in tango

I went to tango lesson as usual Saturday. My recent concerns are these 4 items:

Breathing, Steps, Posture and Lead for women (an abbreviation "BSPL")
Today, I’d like to pick up “breathing” especially. My teacher advised me not to use any specific movements to continue dancing except breathing i.e. in dancing, we have to concentrate on partner’s breathing all the time. When I practiced a new step, I only focused on my steps and I forgot my breathing… Then, my partner would have trouble in thinking about her next steps. Oh, my God. It was NOT dancing!!

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In reviewing my piano, my (piano) teacher actually pointed me out about “breathing.” When I play the piano, I often play pieces by myself, and I always concentrate on my fingers’ movements. In considering pieces in a duet or chamber music, they use breathing effectively. Some solo piano pieces are also created by symphony, and at least, most pieces have some harmonies like traditional pieces by J.S. Bach.

Certainly, it might be difficult to play plural harmonies by oneself, but piano solo pieces should be related to breathing, I found today.

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Anyway, I’ll pay attention to breathing from now on every day.

Strange (?!) arrangement of musical notes

When I want to rest for rexation, I often play the piano.

This attached picture is today's choice, which is composed by Maurice Ravel. He is famous as "Borelo" or "Tombeau de Couprin" or "Gaspar de la nuit" and so on... If you see this picture, you find that the "slur" turns up and down in the 2nd row. Indeed, we have to change finger's position by 1 bar there. Although we hear that we select our favorites, I won't do it, because I'd like to look forward to seeing my music scores. If I choose familiar piece, I cannot increase my repertoire permanently and simply I like to hear new music by myself.

Now, I have to return to my study. See you!

cf. This is the 5th piece "MENUET" in "Tombeau de Couprin" by M.Ravel

Get piano score!

Indeed, when I bought 3 CDs the other day, I intended to buy piano score as well. But, I could not find then, and I ordered Amazon.co.jp, and the score reached me.

Roughly speaking, it doesn't contain such a rich notes, and it won't require me to practice a lot.

On the other hand, according to my friend, who know more about tango than me, "Piazzola is not made for dance." I'll practice it for my self.