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December 2006

one year anniversary

December 9, 2006 14:26

A little over the one year mark, so I thought I should probably make an entry.

Where am I now? Motivation is still running very high. Technique improving nicely I think. Just started working on the first movement of the Seitz student concerto, and it seems within reach technically. My biggest problems seem to be ryhthm and musicality. I find I am concentrating so much on the technical aspects of the piece, I forget that it's supposed to be music. I'm assuming that that will come along with time. Also working on Kaiser etudes, double stop and position excercises and rudimentary vibrato, with some other short fun piece thrown in now and then.

The more time that passes, though, the more I realize I have to learn. My goal for the coming year is to reach the point where people I don't know actually enjoy hearing me play simple pieces (and not just say they do to be nice).

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