November 16, 2005 at 11:37 PM

Well, my teacher showed me why I was getting cramps;
I'm developing previously-unused muscles in my left hand.
So he gave me some stretches to do, and those have been helping a lot.
Now my veins aren't swelling whenever I play.
I've also decided to do a twenty minute yoga session focusing on my arms and back before I practice.
That should help release tension.

I'm worried sick about this "honors orchestra" our conductor introduced last Sunday.
The best of our orchestra will be taken into the honors orchestra, and the rest left behind.
I'm afraid they'll leave me as concert-mistress rather than advancing me to the honors thing.
I'd HATE that.
They're auditioning us on Borodine's Second (SO HARD! Modern music sounds great but is so very challenging), Beethoven's First and Seventh, and Strauss' Trisch Trasch Polka.
Such an unfortunate name, Trisch Trasch.

I've officially decided to do the Kabalevsky for the concerto competition.
I have to ask the conductor if that would be okay, since she prefers Classical and Baroque concerti.
It's going well, although those arps still give me trouble.

Last lesson, my teacher and I went metronome shopping.
I'll ask for one for Christmas; my parents can't afford to just give me a $50 metronome at random.
After drooling over the Dr. Beat, I decided on a cheaper model with tone generation and tap-in mode that looked good.

I should go practice. Borodin took a whole hour today...

From Sydney Menees
Posted on November 17, 2005 at 11:45 PM

Have fun with the Lab-a-Kab! Sounds invigorating and FRESH.

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