Well the shoulder has been holding up so far. Having the capo on the fourth fret is helping out a lot.
I have been practicing on the 9th and Fur Elise for short time slots (like commercials, LOL). I don't have them memorized, but started looking into starting to learn another piece of music.
I have always liked the feel and sound of the baroque style music. It is strange like I have heard this Violin Concerto Theme before, it's popular from what I read on Wikipedia. Anyway it is pretty easy to pick up on the melody and you can predict in the way it is going. (if you heard it before?)
Great piece
9/11/08 Welp, has been my big word this morning, only practiced through each piece of music 2 times. Thinking about when the time will come when I will remember and close my eyes and really enjoy the music. Really dissatisfied that I waited to practice right before I went to bed. I slept good, but my focus on the Violin Concerto was a mess. I will practice soon as I get home from work and right before I go to bed. That should be at least an hour :).
9/16/08 Last night practiced on Mendelssohn's, Violin Concerto I do not know how long. The fingering was all wrong, because my left was picking up when it did not need to and creating extra work for myself. I went on and practice Fur Elise and the 9th Symphony a couple times through focused on the fingering of these as well.
Thinking of using the drum bit on the key board to keep my timing in check and maybe practice longer than just an hour tonight.
PS; Watched Leathal Weapon 2 and Mr. Pesci was in that!!! It's not good to forget things, because people get the idea you don't care. People don't take or have the time to understand, but now I know to say, "PT-SD"
Peace of mind
9/12/08 Good morning, got home had dinner (oatmeal) and got right to practicing the three songs twice through. It was pretty good practice session, I felt alert on most of the music. Then I practiced right before we went to bed, better than last night. My finger memory is starting to kick in, but the mind loses track if I close my eyes still.
9/15/08 Got home from San Juan Capistrano, South Cost Plaza and Westminister about 6:00 pm. I am thinking I started practicing about 6:30 with all the little things I needed to do at the house.
I was pushing myself to remember Beethoven's 9th symphony, because I feel I could practice better watching my fingers on the fret board instead of the sheet music. I want to say 16 measures is all I could remember with the repeat, the feeling (PT-SD) was coming into play, so I eased up. I went on and played through the 3 pieces, 2 times and planned on going back later after I watch a movie.
The movie was a lot longer than I thought. Leathal Weapon with Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, but no Joe Pesci. This watching old movies is helping me with my memory, like exercises as well as the guitar. Big things I can remember, like walking up to Joe Pesci and the kindness he showed toward my nieces :) I always show respect when I encounter a celibrity. Thinking the word "meet", but we did not exchange names.(I'm getting a little off track)
