Practice Notes

Practice Notes
Played for a little more than an hour and a half. Changed organization by going directly to the etude, then the Gavotte, then the other minuets, with a couple incidentals in between.


It was only a fair night. I had to slow everything back down again as my bowing got sloppy. I'm not sure to what degree this change of song arrangement played, but slowing down brought the roof back on the house.


Retrospectively, I poured the last three or four pieces into the mix pretty quickly about three weeks ago, so I also need to be more patient. Yet, I also need to keep things slow in general because while trial and error worked on piano very well, it is also true that it took literally years to become interpretive.


I had one fairly good run of the etude, and feel inclined to begin all sessions with a zen tactic--'all elements considered', slowly. My other passes tired my hand as usual, though they were 'a little better' than previously.



I began taking the Gavotte apart, phrase by phrase. This piece is extremely dynamic, and I will not be satisfied until I accomplish the following:

the first phrase that crosses over the A string to the accent notes is a core rift for now as well as in the future.

the resonating notes leading in to the 16ths are a study of their own as well, including the 16ths

I cannot imagine a better study in mastering the relationship between detache and stacatto, as well as pizzicato.