Day 32 I did it but don't remember the details. haha.
Day 33 practiced in between teaching and cleaning the house. Good practice. Maybe an hour and a half?
Day 34 I anticipated not practicing while my Dad was visiting, but he was content to read in the evening so I did! I worked on fingering the next section in Finzi first movement, reviewed what I had worked on already, practiced some of the third movement, then worked on the Allemande and a little prelude. Maybe an hour and a half?.. Also did scales with a student earlier in the day.
Day 35 Another evening with time to practice while Dad read. Did about 45 minutes. Worked on my hard spots pages... Finzi first movement... got stuck on m.121-133. not sure about fingering but tried it several times. Reviewed everything else I'd worked on. Practiced third movement some spots... a little Fazil Say... then some Allemande and played through all of the Prelude. The prelude felt hard. Physically awkward and difficult.
Day 36 Rest Day
Day 37 Feldenkreis video today talked about asking at what point something becomes difficult. I practiced one page of hard spots asking myself 'Is this hard?' 'What about it is hard?' 'At what point does it become hard?' I was surprised to answer that none of these things were hard. What was hard physically was holding my arms up in thumb position. I was getting fatigued. And also pressing down in very high positions with string height... So the hard spots aren't hard, they are less familiar and the motion isn't memorized... it was a different approach.
Today is Monday, so I'm wanting a plan for the week, but also feeling a but unmoored. I need to keep up my intentional daily memorization of the third movement and also now the first movement. Doing both simultaneously is unnerving and perhaps stupid. I need a more specific plan. And also for getting the Bach ready to perform and also the Fazil Say.
Intentions:
Each Day:
Start practice day with Feldenkrais video, and warmup with those thoughts in mind.
One page of thumb position exercises 2x
Some other kind of scales/technique for 5 or more minutes
Hard spots pages
fingering for another section in movement F 1 and review what I've already worked on. A lite memory challenge
F3 Something intentional for a section I have not memorized. Something intentional for the entire thing memory. Practice spots.
Some FSay... playing through spots, practicing a measure, familiarizing with intention...
ALSO Choose some chunks of relaxed time throughout the week to focus in on Bach... plan a Bach practice retreat somewhere...
No wasted practice time. Be intentional. Not just playing through... this is the time to address problems. be aware. fix things. practice slow and mindful.
Also, maybe some rewards, and some deadlines, play for people...
I feel sleepy!! NO!!!!! have so much work to do!!!
Day 33 practiced in between teaching and cleaning the house. Good practice. Maybe an hour and a half?
Day 34 I anticipated not practicing while my Dad was visiting, but he was content to read in the evening so I did! I worked on fingering the next section in Finzi first movement, reviewed what I had worked on already, practiced some of the third movement, then worked on the Allemande and a little prelude. Maybe an hour and a half?.. Also did scales with a student earlier in the day.
Day 35 Another evening with time to practice while Dad read. Did about 45 minutes. Worked on my hard spots pages... Finzi first movement... got stuck on m.121-133. not sure about fingering but tried it several times. Reviewed everything else I'd worked on. Practiced third movement some spots... a little Fazil Say... then some Allemande and played through all of the Prelude. The prelude felt hard. Physically awkward and difficult.
Day 36 Rest Day
Day 37 Feldenkreis video today talked about asking at what point something becomes difficult. I practiced one page of hard spots asking myself 'Is this hard?' 'What about it is hard?' 'At what point does it become hard?' I was surprised to answer that none of these things were hard. What was hard physically was holding my arms up in thumb position. I was getting fatigued. And also pressing down in very high positions with string height... So the hard spots aren't hard, they are less familiar and the motion isn't memorized... it was a different approach.
Today is Monday, so I'm wanting a plan for the week, but also feeling a but unmoored. I need to keep up my intentional daily memorization of the third movement and also now the first movement. Doing both simultaneously is unnerving and perhaps stupid. I need a more specific plan. And also for getting the Bach ready to perform and also the Fazil Say.
Intentions:
Each Day:
Start practice day with Feldenkrais video, and warmup with those thoughts in mind.
One page of thumb position exercises 2x
Some other kind of scales/technique for 5 or more minutes
Hard spots pages
fingering for another section in movement F 1 and review what I've already worked on. A lite memory challenge
F3 Something intentional for a section I have not memorized. Something intentional for the entire thing memory. Practice spots.
Some FSay... playing through spots, practicing a measure, familiarizing with intention...
ALSO Choose some chunks of relaxed time throughout the week to focus in on Bach... plan a Bach practice retreat somewhere...
No wasted practice time. Be intentional. Not just playing through... this is the time to address problems. be aware. fix things. practice slow and mindful.
Also, maybe some rewards, and some deadlines, play for people...
I feel sleepy!! NO!!!!! have so much work to do!!!
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