The 40/30/20 piece challenge has been quite popular among musicians in the past few years, I came across this challenge on the website "Piano Syllabus", and I'm tracking my pieces there.
The main idea is that most students only learn around 10 pieces each year, but practising more pieces is what actually fuels motivation and improves sight-reading significantly. I like this logic, so I decided to give it a try!
You can read more about this challenge here:
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In 2023 I wanted to do 30 pieces and only did 25, I think.
This year I'm aiming to do 40 pieces in a year so, hopefully, I'll be able to do 30 xD
A couple of weeks ago I finished reading the whole 2009 sight-reading specimen, Grade 8, More (Additional pieces). This piece is the n. 9, called "Light-footed", it sounds quite nice :). Pieces are a page long, I have to scroll on my laptop mid-piece, so the video has a cut. I'm counting the whole collection as 1 piece for the challenge. I read the collection twice and some harder pieces 3 times.
Spoiler alert: I'm practicing a lot and finishing more pieces than I expected to. It's incredible what us humans can do when we're motivated!
Sorry teach, I wasn't counting here...
Recorded: 11 May 2024
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