As I do have some musical background (some piano in school, guitar, and violin), I had progressed through the book at home at a greater rate than my tutor expected, so after a short time, we looked at one of the pieces I struggle with.
"Shop-a-holic" (the first piece in the previous video I uploaded) was what we looked at. We worked on keeping my accelerando neater, and keeping control of the ritardando rather than relying on my "intuition". The final few bars were also a stumbling block, as this piece follows a pattern that increases in speed then throws some legato at you with a change in pattern.
Coming away from this lesson I felt good, I have something to work on now with this piece, while familiarising myself with later pieces ready to focus on them. But this now feels more musical, and less like a technical piece.
It can be amazing what 30 minutes with a teacher can do. Roll on Lesson 3.
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