Progress

July 23, 2009 at 1:39 AM

Since the last post I've been practicing a lot. Since then I only took one day off, because I went to the movies to watch Harry Potter and when I got back I had only a couple minutes to practice. Also, Monday was my mother's birthday and I couldn't do my full three-hours practice, but I managed to do some work with open strings, scales and a simple piece I'm having fun with.

I was very surprised today, by the way, because I spent only one day away from my violin and after practicing I was (am) so tired! No part of my body really hurts, but I am really tired, needed to sit down a bit . Almost like going to the gym, haha.

The first movement of the Vivaldi A minor concerto is much better than it was, and I finally managed to play it entirely by heart (and even closing my eyes while playing during the whole movement). I still need to work on it, though. I need to clean it, specially, of course, the faster parts and the octaves and tenths. I also need to improve the dynamics.

I play (just once) the other movements of the concerto everyday, because by doing that I find it much easier later on to really learn the other movements, since I already know a bit of the score and the intentions of the composition, I guess. I find the second movement really easy (technically), it's just about shifting, and playing in other positions than the first (up to the fifth). Nevertheless, I think the second movement is the most beautiful musically.

As I'm (was) focusing on the first movement, I'm (was) spending about an hour on it everyday. The first movement is not that bad anymore, though, and I'm thinking about splitting this period of time from now on, half of it for the first movement and the other half for the last. Or else I could practice the first movement in one day and the last in the next.

I'm also testing d'Addario Prelude strings, and I'm really liking it. I think it's a good product for the price.

Best wishes for all!

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