There was a lot going on this week and not much to do with my practice unfortunately. On the plus side I did go and see two shows: Camerata Of St John's "French Twist" and Chaika Meet Mzaza On The Mountains Tour. Two very different shows and each of them awesome in their own way. I have blogged about them already =)
To my lesson, it was Sirisha-less again this week. We started off with the Paploma duet. I really need to get into it a little more. It has been a while since Sirisha and I have played it together. Laura gave me some pointers and I will be sure to incorporate them into my practice.
We moved from there to scales and exercises. My scales are going really well, especially F Major which I have only had a for a little while. It was sticker time for the sliding exercise, finally. I really enjoyed playing that. This means I now have another exercise to do - Minor Stretches AKA "Spock Hand" on account of the finger positions. Time to rewatch those original Star Trek episodes =)
There was time before we finished to play the Air In G. I think this needs a lot of work, and certainly a lot more love and attention. I still can't put my finger on why I am finding this piece so hard. I suppose it won't be anything more practice won't fix.
And that was it. Laura was trying to keep her lessons on schedule. She says the last student is sometimes half an hour or more late. Laura is nothing if not generous with her time.
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