February 3, 2004 at 1:25 PM

I woke up early today, I havent been able to sleep lately and maybe Ill explain why some other time.

So I took the violin into the office and played almost three hours, this time playing part of the Bach G minor sonata from memory, it is such a gorgeous piece that I love playing and it isnt too hard at all. The D min is sounding good consistantly and Im making more progress on the Chaconne. I never thought I would be playing this stuff as well as I am, nothing can explain the feeling that come over me when those notes come out of my instrument. I am really happy with my progress even though I have alot less time to practice.

At night, I have been going through the Szigetti book and the copy of Fischer's book "Basics" came in and Im strating to work with that. I can also play the first 10 notes of the Paganini A min caprice really slowly but more importantly in tune and I find it to be a great shifting exercise.

Maybe Ill work on Vivaldi's summer soon? I find baroque to be so addicting!

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