New daily ritual

January 19, 2007 at 2:57 AM

It's been quite upsetting lately for whatever reasons. Nothing has changed. I practise my violin daily, cello when I have the time, play the piano when I feel a bit blue, go to work, get paid, pay bills...

Somehow something is missing. Still in the midst of violin lesson break. Rehearsals in the orchestras haven't started yet. Can't seem to find a CD that I want to buy. Can't find new musicsheets that interest me.

Due to the extreme changes in the whether lately, my violin strings got badly out of tune one day when I returned home. After getting them back in tune, they wouldn't respond anymore. It's time to change a new set of strings. Too taxing.

Am not progressing much lately. Seem to have fallen into the spell of repeating to practise the same thing over and over again without having any aim, knowing exactly it's something I needed to avoid. The most unimaginable thing is not getting excited even when it comes to playing Bach!

One thing did encouraged me a bit. I can now play the first 2 phrases in Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen (the first "run" has been holding me back from trying). Didn't dare to venture any further in that piece. These 2 phrases are my new daily ritual. I'll play it before and after practise. My previous daily ritual was the opening phrases of Bach's Adagio from Sonata 1 for solo violin. Sorry Bach, I need to move on.

From Terez Mertes
Posted on January 22, 2007 at 2:38 AM

Oh, you've got Januaryitis. I get it every year. And while my variables are slightly different, with a few minor word changes, I could say "Yup.... yup... yup" to everything you said.

It'll pass. It always does. (I'm telling myself the same thing.)

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