June 13, 2004 at 4:45 AM

I got in some good practicing today and also changed all my strings to the Evah Pirazzis I had stored up. They really have some pizzazz. Of course it was not a fair comparison as my Dominants were 4 months old and there was a twang on the G string, and a reediness on the A string. Incredibly, my Incredibow sounds great with the Pirazzi strings. I had given up on it because it sounded so dull with my violin, as all carbon fiber bows sounded dull. But maybe it's the strings, and not the bow. My Pereira bow still sounds great, and for some reason, does not sound as brittle with these new strings. Of course, I also mucked around with bridge position, and found a position that made my violin really ring. It's funny how less than 1 mm can make a difference. So I'm a happy camper and everything from Bach to etudes to hymns sounds really big and sizzling.

I've picked out the Bach Partita in d minor as the one I want to ask my teacher about working on (minus the Ciaconna, as suggested). I've started with the Allemande and working on it slowly. I'll also ask my teacher about Dont Op 35, #1, to work on in addition to #2 (memorizing) and start on #3. I need to gather a large set of stuff since my teacher and I will miss 5 weeks or more of lessons this summer due to vacations. I think I'll be bored with just one etude, one Schradieck study and the Kreisler Praeludium/Allegro all summer! I'm thinking also to add the Mozart Concerto #4, because this was the one I entered a competition in high school with and came in #2 in the region. We'll see what he says, and whether he'll spend all of the lesson marking fingerings and bowings. My former teachers never marked much and I still have the Mozart that she marked up long ago.

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June 13, 2004 at 4:45 AM

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