Piano Week 47: Repertoire polish 2

Weekly Focus

Week 47 polishes the second repertoire tune to match the quality bar established in Week 46.

Success this week means both core songs sit at the same reliability and detail standard.

Repertoire & Chord Map

Primary tune is Misty, with My Romance as transfer check. Use Week 46 quality criteria as your benchmark.

Core polish loop:

Imaj7 | vm7 I7 | IVmaj7 | ivm7 bVII7 Imaj7 vim7 | iim7 V7 | iiim7 VI7 | iim7 V7

Daily map task: compare take quality directly against Week 46 reference standard.

Supplementary Listening & Ear Training (Required)

This selection is deliberate for “Repertoire polish 2” and should feed immediately into your comping/improv decisions.

Weekly listening pick:

• Night Train — Oscar Peterson Trio

Why this track now: It highlights blues phrasing, groove authority, and dynamic contour, which matches Week 47’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

Where is polish now consistent across both core tunes, and where do standards still mismatch? Carry one shared quality rule into Week 48 set simulation.