Piano Week 51: Year-end recording prep

Weekly Focus

Week 51 prepares final recording conditions and execution. The goal is predictable recording workflow and repeatable takes.

Success this week means your checklist, take process, and musical plan are ready for final capture.

Repertoire & Chord Map

Primary recording tune is My Romance, with Fly Me to the Moon as transfer check. Keep final arrangement fixed.

Recording loop:

intro | full form | short solo | ending

Daily map task: use same recording checklist and take labels every session.

Supplementary Listening & Ear Training (Required)

This selection is deliberate for “Year-end recording prep” and should feed immediately into your comping/improv decisions.

Weekly listening pick:

• Take Five — The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Why this track now: It highlights odd-meter pulse and phrase symmetry, which matches Week 51’s goals.

Ear tasks (10–15 min, at least 3 sessions this week):

1. Listen once without the instrument and name the key center by ear (major/minor/modal). Then verify the key at piano.
2. Find one cadence or arrival point, then play: root + shell ii-V-I (or closest functional equivalent) in that key.
3. Lift a short 4–8 bar fragment by ear, play it slowly, and record ~30s so you can compare your hearing vs. the recording.

Extra challenge (optional): transpose your lifted fragment to the weekly priority ladder when possible (F → Eb → G → Bb → C).

End-of-Week Reflection

Is your recording process now predictable enough to trust under pressure? Carry one primary and one backup take strategy into Week 52.