August 20, 2003 at 6:42 PM

Progress

I have been playing the complete b min sarabande from memory for the last two weeks or so and still alot of troubles so that is going kind of slow, for some reason the chords are alot herder for me to play than the d min sarabande.

The bach d min giga has introduced me formally to shifting into 3rd position. I have been practicing shifting and 3rd position for a while and I feel I have that togather already with respect to intonation. The giga also has formally introduced me to spiccato, something new for me that I am only now beginning to experiment with.

The last movement of the bach c maj I was working on before, I put on the back burner to concentrate on the b min sarabande and because I was not having much luck with it, I plan on coming back to it soon.

Page 1 of the tartini devils trill sonata is starting to sound like music and im starting to experiment with vibrato a little though I feel Im not ready to practice vibrato yet because I want to work on intonation a while longer.

Liebsleid Im starting to hit the notes regularly in 3rd position + I was watching the Oistrakh video of this piece and it is so clever how he will switch fingers on the same note to make the next phrase easier to play, very clever.

I know all of vivaldi's spring mvt 2 and will soon work on winter 2nd mvt soon, I love those so much.

The beginning of paganini caprice 5 is still not there but the leagto is alot cleaner than it was, it is helping me alot to play those patterns but still a long way to go.

I am satisfied with my progress on the violin so far this year and it is so rewarding to me more than I can say.

Piano and Guitar

I recently called an old friend who agreed to let me practice on their piano, I have many plans of playing bach chopin and mozart in the near future and Im getting excited about that. I also plan to resume playing parts of the bach lute suites on guitar in the next few weeks.

Last weekend I was hanging out at the jazz bar and a musician I know was playing there, Derek DiCenzo. I may start taking jazz guitar lessons from him even though I already know some jazz but this guy is the guru master and he is so creative and vary laid back and always is smiling and happy. I think a good techer should be intensely cretive and that is something that gets forgotten.

Pain

2 Days ago I threw out my back just laying in bed and its finally starting to heal but no violin for 2 days, talk about withdrawl! One of my frineds told me "Gecmis Olsun" which means something like "i hope your back heals" in turkish. Laying on your back for 2 days changes you. Im starting to heal but I better stay away from anything that involves leaning over for another week or so. I spent some time listening to Reger solo sonatas op 91 and corelli op5 so when I get back into it Ill be completely inspired to play. I havent had time to watch any videos or listen to music in a long time because I have been practicing so hard.

CD Trading

There is a cd trading group I have become involved with trading stuff you cant buy anywhere, I encourage all to join who are looking for things they cant find anywhere.

Random Thought 1

I recently read that an ancient parable that said a quiet tongue reveals a smart head. Im not so sure about that, maybe a quiet tongue reveals somene who misses out on things.

Random Thought 2

I have neighbors who have to listen to me practice. Perhaps they are like Buri's neighbors who he beleieves may be trying to poison him?

Until next time...

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