Today was a good practice day!
Started with scales of D G C major/minor, then triads.
Launched into Stitches and Britches for three rounds, then Paddy McFadden twice and Road to Lis'ten'verda once. Tried different speeds.
Tried Mary's Wedding without a refresher, then with it at various tempos. Fixed a crappy note progression I had misremembered, and then played around with phrasing.
Stretched and shook hands.
Bowing Exercises!
Then theory practise as I tried to transcribe one of the conservatory testing peices from grade 4 piano to be played on the fiddle. Got a LOT frustrated because the phrasing for piano isn't designed to have to think about when to shift strings, let alone be in a key that I can do it all from first position rather than the harder bit of switching up to second. Gave up. Just finished some positive self talk, and will try again tomorrow.
Feeling cautiously pleased with myself.
Still haven't made it out to the new live sessions. One day.
Also thinking about starting a slow session down at the VPL, once a month? The problem would be it would have to be on a weekend, or a weekday morning, because spending that kind of time not at home on a workday is not okay when you have pets.
Ah well, another day a little more gained.
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