August 22, 2005 at 11:46 PM

Just a quick update... Its still pretty darn hot over here, so I didnt do that much practice today. About 2 hours. I think that im starting to get the hang of those octaves in the vieuxtemps, it is definately improving. I can hit the higher ones in tune, but it is such a stretch when you get in to first position, playing 1-2-4. IMO it is a harder stretch than fingered octaves. The rest of the piece is easy compared to those few bars. I seem to have to push my pinky as far as it will go to get that C#. If anyone has some tips on this piece I would really appreciate it. I tried playing caprice number 4 as well today. That is one tough cookie! I love all the chords, it is such a beautiful melody. The faster passages would take a serious amount of work to get up to a high standard though. Ill stick to my moto perpetuo, that piece is easy compared to most Paganini. I listened to Vengerov's I Palpiti today. After I picked up my jaw off the floor I had a pretty inspired practice!
John

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