Well the Christmas plan sort of worked... I took more time off and on certain days I followed my plan and got small productive things done. I even performed the prelude and Allemande of Bach for postlude at a church service. Now it is Christmas Vacation week and I am so grateful to have one full week of not teaching. Students continue to let me know they are available for lessons and I am having to intentionally say no each time. Thats hard, because I could also use the money, but I need this time for me- to recover (from travel, holiday, student recital, busy Fall) and to practice!
Monday 12/27 2 hours mostly on movement two. Also cleaned up/clarified the bowings in Gigue
Tuesday 12/28 2 1/2 hours Cleaned up/clarified the bowings in the two Gavottes... fun comparing my version with the two versions I am learning from... fun to compare their bowings and fingerings and decide what I want to do... I'm not sure I am making solid WHY/Cohesive decisions but I am learning a lot...
Wednesday 12/29 2 hours Very productive today! pinky and third started hurting after yesterday. I got through today okay, avoiding just two spots that aggravated it. It hurts so deciding to not push for more time today.
Thursday 12/30 1 and 1/2 hours. My first attempt I quit in four minutes and came back many hours later... I just kept trying and got some time in.
Friday New Years Eve! 2 hours. I spent a lot of the day just trying to come back and put in time. It wasn't that productive, in the end I did a lot of playing through...
Saturday REST
Sunday 1/2 2 hours. Told myself First, I'd make hot chocolate, then I'd stretch, then I couldn't get up until I'd done thirty minutes and I had 45 very productive minutes on Bach! 15 min. work, then play through... Did 1 1/2 hours on Bach, then half hour on Finzi.
Super proud of this week! 12 hours!
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