Piano 2025.1
Piano Progress – Spring Semester 2025
This semester marked some exciting strides in my piano journey. For context, I began seriously studying piano during the pandemic using the Suzuki method, reaching the early stages of Book 5. While this gave me a strong foundation in repertoire, I’ve been working to fill gaps in my "traditional" piano training—especially in technique and sight-reading.
My focus this past semester was: 1. To work on Bartók’s Mikrokosmos Vol. 3 and record the Vol. 1 a tempo; 2. To play all Suzuki pieces books 1-4 and record it (I’ll try to do that once per year until 2067); 3. Improve sight reading skills and technique.
I also discovered Turi Collura’s Brazilian Piano—an absolutely fantastic book—and focused on Zequinha de Abreu’s Tico Tico no Fubá as my main repertoire piece.
For technique, I played Major, natural minor, harmonic minor, and dominant scales, with right hand in scales + left hand arpeggios (and vice versa). This drastically improved my hand independence and left-hand agility—plus, it’s now my go-to warm-up for group classes!
The project this Summer is to delve into my NEW ACCORDION (Sanfona para os íntimos) and to play on the street, to lose my shyness (yes, I have that!) and fear of presenting in public.
