100daysofPractice

One of my main concerns about coming back to the world of exams is practice. I don’t do enough.
I am not sure what enough is, but I have a full time job and family commitments. For a long while, the piano was below getting anything like mindless rest.
What I am finding now, is that I can get occasional 20 minute sets in and occasional hours. I am struggling to do it consistently and as I am definitely working on 4 pieces and occasionally sniffing at a few others, this isn’t going to get me very far.
Enter 100 Days of Practice for which I have set up an Instagram. What I have learned from that exercise is that kind of accountability is a hassle. But fine. It’s done. I have Andante tracking time, and I signed up for Tonic as well. Objective there is not to get too hung up on other people listening to me.
Today, I crossed a major frontier with Indigo Moon, one of the Grade 6 pieces. I can play it, however badly, all the way through. We are now no longer chipping away at bits of it but we have the rough sandpaper out. Not ready for final polishing, a lot closer there than it was yesterday.
This is basically following two big practice sessions, of about 45 minutes each. It basically confirms my view that 20 minutes practice a day isn’t close to being enough.
So, accountability is the name of my game. You will find my practice account at @wnbplayspiano.