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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.

Do you have a keyboard?
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~.

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.

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.
well said and worth thinking about.