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January 27, 2006

Progress

I feel like I'm slowly making progress with my return to the violin. There's be a couple of days that are frustrating, but I even on those days, I still feel like I have made some progress. In the vein of the discussions that occur on violinist.com, I like to warm up with a bit of the Carl Flesch action, (scale system). I've stayed primarily within the confines of G and C major, with a bit of A minor thrown in for good measure. I remember having a bit of a struggle with 3rds back in the day, so it's oddly refreshing to see that not much has changed there. I then gravitate to some Wolfhart studies, and later some Kruetzer Etudes. (Jeri seems to be a big fan of some of the Kruetzer Etudes, her clapping from the great room always makes me smile). For my "piece", I've still clung to the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto as though it's some sort of heroic venture. I'm not sure why I cling to this rather than some Wieniaski, or perhaps Havagnaise by Sarasate. I attribute this largely to the fact that I played the Mendelssohn, and am frustrated by not being able to play it now. I've stepped around the 1st movement for now, and am instead focusing on the 2nd movement....always a favourite of mine. I did get the sheet music for Havagnaise, but that's best saved for a rainy day. Make that a snowy day. My curiousity has be aroused about the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, I'd never heard it before, and the bits and pieces I'm able to dig up on the innernet lead me to believe it's quite a romantic piece.....I've not had luck searching for the sheet music though.

It's different drinking beer and practicing....my parents should have allowed that in my younger years.

Contrived by Joshua at January 27, 2006 11:00 AM