Hey there, the latest update...practicing is good for you. No really, consistent and patient practice is actually good for you mentally, physically, and well of course musically. I know that most of you are saying to yourself or at the screen, "no shit, sherlock." But today was one of those practice sessions where even though not a ton of music got worked on I feel super productive and I feel that what I did work on has become much stronger so when I revisit tomorrow I won't need to recap quite so much.
Today was technically a day off, from work at least, but as a musician I know that there's no such thing as a day off. So I went in to practice today got roughly four hours in on todays log, three hours this afternoon and an hour long review session just about an hour ago. In todays practice session I worked on Monte Nido which is a lovely piece that is relaxing to listen to much less play. Since I got a lot of the work done on this piece earlier this year I've been working up the third page and some transitions which is coming along nicely. It is time to start imaging this piece though which will serve as a bit of a challenge because the overall chord progression doesn't really change that much Cmin, Aflat Major, Bflat Major, there is a B diminished in thrown in there from time to time but most of it is just variations on three or four chords.
The other piece that I made time to work on today was of course the Koppel Concerto. I haven't gotten quite as far as I would have liked or hoped at this point but I am making solid progress, all be it slow, it's solid. Today the fourth page came together for me it's not quite to the tempo that I can play the rest but it's solid enough that I was able to image it so I can work on it outside of the practice room. One of the biggest reasons that I'm ok with this slow progression is that I know once I get to page six it starts to recap material which means that by the time I get to page six I'm most of the way through the whole piece. After that there's another page or two at the end and then there's the Cadenza, which is a whole other story altogether.
Patience and persistence is paying off slowly but surely. The best part about practice is that it's a great distraction from everyday drama and bullshit that exists, relationships, work, insecurities, etc. More time needs to be spent focusing on practice, focus on just one task at a time and then move on to the next.
Lots to accomplish in a seemingly short amount of time but persistence will pay off. Let's do this!
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