Monday, November 4, 2024

Rehearsal Blog 1 - week 8

Song List

- Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi 


I started to lean Someone You Loved in the summer with my piano teacher. I picked to perform this song as I really enjoy listening to it. It is also not too hard to play, it also doesn't sound too hard to play.

I rehearsed by myself, as I was focusing on the first part of the song. I wanted to ensure that I was getting the timing right - before moving on to the rest of the song.

During my rehearsal session my tutor Jane came in to see how I was doing during practice. While she was here - I played a small section of my song for her to hear. She gave me feedback on this and suggested that I could use a backing track to get the timing right. She also said that I could use my sustain pedal more during my performance to make it sound better.  

Things that went well…

- My hand placement for this song is getting better - more practice will help with this. 

- I feel like my timing is improving with practice. 

Things to improve on…

- I could get better at the timing by playing against a backing track during my rehearsals. Which ensures that I will be prepared for when the singer joins me in rehearsals. I can play against the backing track in future rehearsals to get my timings correct. 

- Using the sustain pedal more frequently to make the song sound more full. This would ensure that the audience would enjoy my performance more. why do we use a sustain pedal? 

- As a whole these things can both be improved with more practice and more time. 

Further progress…

- Learning the second half of the song - I can do this, by learning it with my piano teacher.

- I can also add more songs into my repertoire - with plans to preform them during the performance. 


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