December 15, 2007 at 1:52 AM

12/14/07

OK, a lesson learned: When practicing a piece in G one uses low two to get C natural rather than playing the wrong note for 4 days in a row. No wonder it never sounded quite right. Embarrassing.

Today:
~1 hr
scales, Suzuki book 1 pieces 9, 10, 12. At least the metronome is becoming much easier to use. I can't believe I was out of key all this time. I now have excellent cerebellar muscle memory for playing the piece that way.

I will not do this again, I swear.

From Albert Justice
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 4:18 AM

Do you have a keyboard?

From Tim C
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 4:20 AM

This was more of a brain fart than anything else. Everything I've been doing for weeks has been in D, so I just kept right along...*slaps head*

I know the difference but didn't ~bother~.

From Albert Justice
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 4:38 AM

I hear you!

There will be times, when a sharp will sound correct in music, if it has a relationship with the key one is in the circle of fifths as well--actually just as in what you experienced. I have to watch this a lot too.

From Emily Grossman
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 8:45 AM

No one knows what "sounds correct" unless they have some aural understanding of the modal structure in which they play. You can train your ear to recognize incorrect notes like C# in a G major piece, and although the process may be long and tedious, I think it's completely worthwhile.

From Albert Justice
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 10:16 AM

well said and worth thinking about.

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