These two lessons have been spent working on The Slur And Stomp Song and Crazy Circus as well as my second composition. I still can't believe I wrote a piece I find difficult to play correctly.
I am making good progress on all songs. At times I have to remind myself that a while ago I did not know how to drive a car. It took a while but now I can do it automatically. It will be the same with the violin. I am still at the stage where I need to think about my hands, my arms, my posture, the violin, the bow, my wrists, my fingers, my neck and so on. I am determined to stick this through so eventually I can play the violin as effortlessly as I drive a car.
I also debuted my third composition: Mr. Elephant. When I get some time I will post PNGs of my music scores. Actually, they are undergoing changes based on Laura's feedback. The first composition, Roly Poly Puppy is pretty much unchanged but not yet annotated in NoteFlight. As Princess Sage pointed out, Mr. Elephant sounds like a Play School song... or a Laura Thompson song. I am sure not all of Laura's pieces are Play School-esque. The ones I have played so far have been designed to teach me. I look forward to the day when I can play some of Laura's more substantial works.
That's it for now. I am still going and still enjoying it, and now with composition there is even more reason to look forward to my lessons.
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