Szechuan, what's going on? It has been a month (and three lessons) since your last post. Stuff has been getting in the way which means blogging has taken a back seat.
To sum up, I have been working on my assigned pieces from ABRSM Exam Book #2 plus Farewell To Skye. They are at the stage where I know the notes and can play them in tune for the most part. The pieces now require polish before they can be played in front of an examiner.
The biggest lesson I have learned in this time is to break pieces down to small enough sections to focus on in the practice time I can manage. A section is usually a bar or two and sometimes can be a few notes.There is not a lot of point in continually playing the entire piece from start to finish. If I do that it is harder to zero in on the problems I have with the piece.
Once again, scales are my friend. I can sort out so many bowing issues while playing scales (or even parts of scales). Scales take away concerns about learning to play notes and concentrate on bow work. Yes, like using whole bows and working out when to spend-and-save the bow especially for longer notes.
Lessons have settled down to 1230 on Saturdays, and that includes time for violin for Sirisha and I as well as piano time for Anand and the princess.
I will do my best to be more vigilant with my blogging in the future.
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