-+March+14+-+March+24

March 15- Did normal warm up routines, as well as new ones that I discovered the other day. Then I did note name exercises, and did some research about jazz theory for piano. The most interesting things I found I put in my journal. There is a discouraging amount of crap on the internet though. After this, I played "Linus and Lucy" for half an hour, and uploaded four extracts of my practicing onto my journal. I have decided only to put a few samples per day of audio on the wiki, because otherwise it gets really slow. I have also created multiple links within the links already on my wiki, which again helps to keep the wiki from getting bogged down by tons of audio files and images. After practicing "Linus and Lucy", I did arpeggios and chord progressions for ten minutes.

March 16- Looked at Dan Frank's warm up routine, and used it to make mine better. I added various elements to it, such as playing the scales with both hands (one hand going up C-C while the other goes down C-C). I did many new warm ups, and tomorrow I will try and narrow down my list of new warm ups so that it doesn't take an hour. I did the normal note identification games that I always do, and for the first time I was able to get 100% of the 50 notes correct. After finishing this, I had only ten minutes left. I practiced "Linus and Lucy" for about five minutes, but did not have time to upload any of the audio files onto the wiki.

March 18- Short classes today, so I did an abbreviated warm up routine. After this, I practiced "Linus and Lucy" for twenty minutes. Then I did arpeggios and chord progressions, finishing my day with a note identification exercise. I am almost finished with "Linus and Lucy", and next week I plan to begin working on "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin. I got a simpler version of the sheet music form my piano teacher, Linda Huckle, which I think will be a better place to start than the complex sheet music that I found in the resource folder.

March 21- Warmed up with major/minor scales, hanon exercises. Then did note identification exercises, keyboard identification exercises, and chord identification exercises. After that I played "Linus and Lucy" for about fifteen minutes, but didn't upload it onto the wiki because I didn't think I sounded any different than the last time I uploaded my practice. Class ends early today because the governor is coming in to speak in an assembly.

March 22- Did normal warm up and posted it on front page of my journal under the title "Midterm Warmup". It should be easy to find. After this I began working on a keynote presentation to show my progress on "Linus and Lucy". After doing this, I did note identification exercises, keyboard identification exercises, and reverse keyboard identification exercises. When this was finished, I played "The Entertainer" for the first time. Progress was very slow, but after I begin practicing it at home, I should improve fairly quickly.

March 23- Did my warm ups, but I'm worried my warm ups might be taking too long, they take about half an hour to forty minutes. After this, did normal note/interval/keyboard identification exercises, and began work on "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin. I brought a simpler version of the piece from home which I got from Linda Huckle (my piano teacher). I did this because the version that I found in the BBA Resources folder was a bit too complex, but I would very much like to learn this piece as it is one of my favorites. The version I will be trying to play involves less chords and less dramatic finger shifts. I didn't do very well on my first try, but that's okay as I think once I have practiced a bit I'll be better.

March 24- Did warm ups, note identification exercises, etc...then worked on "The Entertainer". Pretty much the same thing as usual