March 27, 2005 at 6:12 PM

The Metronome is evil!

Sometimes when it rains, it pours. I went to my lesson on Friday and really felt good about the weeks practice.

During practice after some ear training and bow correction. We started to review the excercises. I focused more on the music like riffs than the finger excerscises and it was obvious right away.

Then we brought out the dreaded Metronome! At speed 70, I choked and choked and choked. I practiced with the Metronome early in the week but just a few times and it went well, so I moved away from it.

I will practice all the time with a metronome! I will master this beast!

Also during my practice sesion, my instructor astutely noticed that the E string did not have a plastic tube on it and was cutting into the bridge. Thus now both my playing violins are in the shop. The Bill Townsend getting Knilling Pefection Pegs installed and the Romanov getting a piece of parchment put under the strings.

I went on another failed adventure. Decided to try and tune and play my ZSM. While tightening up the Eing. It broke!

Fate is cruel sometimes ;)

I'm going to put a new set of strings on it today. Maybe a little Easter luck will kick in.

Jason

From june rhee
Posted on March 28, 2005 at 10:03 PM

you know jason, your teacher can help you change your strings if you ask real nicely...;)

-june
(EIGHT violins?? holy smokes!)

From Jason Thomas
Posted on March 29, 2005 at 2:35 AM

I was just an octave too high. :)

I wouldn't dream of using valuable teaching time on string maintenance... ;)

Jason

From Jason Thomas
Posted on March 29, 2005 at 2:38 AM

>8 violins?

10 As of today.... But I told myself I'd stop at 10 for now till I could play well. Thankfully, I only buy for stores with full trade up policies, although I have made a few E-bay purchases.

Yes, it's a strange variant of OCD that has made me wildly successful in both the corporate world and my hobbies. A little touble in my personal life sometimes.

Jason

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