The performance was OK, it was nice to hear from my fellow students that the piece relaxed them - it is the most relaxing piece of music I know, so that's always a good thing. However, I did make quite a few mistakes. I felt that a few times I would accidentally mute a string with my hand, or play a string too loudly - once or twice I played the wrong part completely. This wasn't apparent to the class though, as the only critical feedback I received was to watch a finger picking part of the song where I had made a small error.
One of the biggest positivities about the performance was my swift change from finger-picking to picking with a plectrum during the Solo, my passion for the piece was noted and apparent due to the tremolo effect created using my fingers, and the way I delicately played the notes.
I will keep practising the piece of course, in time for the actual performance. I will make sure that I can play the finger-picking parts with my eyes closed, just to make sure that I won't make a mistake on the day. I will go over the piece numerous times until I can play it perfectly.
An idea I've had is to record a cover and upload it YouTube, so I can get feedback from people all around the world.
I haven't yet performed my second piece 'Baby Blue', but I am making progress with it. Having only started learning it last week, I am proud to say that I can play the majority of the song confidently. I will upload a video of me playing it to YouTube, so I can embed it here along with the video of my first performance. Currently, my weakness with 'Baby Blue' is one of the guitar lines near the end of the piece, I've seen the same notes Tabbed out on multiple websites, so it must be correct - however, I just can't seem to play it with the piece.
To work on this issue, I am going to open the TAB on a new software I have downloaded, which plays through the song highlighting each note being played on screen. This will help me to learn the bit I am struggling with as i can speed it up and slow it down as much as I like until I have finally nailed all the notes. It is my preferred method of tackling a difficult piece as I can keep going over it at my own leisure until I've learned the piece. It works well for me.
Below is a video of 'Baby Blue' being performed, which I have referenced many times whilst learning the piece.
No comments:
Post a Comment