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12/16/07

December 17, 2007 at 3:56 AM

Lesson day today. Not too terrible, but we're sticking with the same three pieces for next week. What I mainly have to work is the hand position for G major, being able to get quickly in and out of the low 2. Liz wants me to be able to get into a block fingered A on the E string...which is giving trouble.

Had an interesting conversation with my stepdaughter today, who's been doing cello for 9 years. She critiqued my practice and said she thought I needed to include some improvising for fun and find some other easy pieces to work on outside of lessons. It sounded good to me so I started improvising during practice tonight. Strangely I wound up coming out with the cue from Star Wars where Luke watches the double sunset. That must have floating around in my head for years. I wonder what else is in there.

Talk to Lizz about this, but when you learn to get over to the G with a solid landing, explore how you can pull back from that motion to see how much you 'really' need. You may be different but I find once I learn a motion I have to tune it for minimal wear and tear on the wrist.
The violins playing when Luke is watching the double sunset (or is it moonset?) is classic! It's in my head too.