Goals

Still working through the same book (Shipton).

One of my goals for my current sabbatical had been to try to finish the book before the end of the sabbatical.

I'm really really close, but there are still 4-5 songs in the book and my sabbatical technically ends at the end of this month.

Hm. I just realized that I have my own sense of making progress with a piece.

• First stage is that I can play all the notes through, off tempo.
  
• Second stage is that I can play them through and it vaguely sounds like the actual piece.
  
• Third stage, would be that I can play through at tempo with the music.
  
• Fourth stage is playing through at tempo with no music.
  

I'm certainly not to stage four with the whole book, but I'd love to be at stage three.