I am officially done with Bach’s Minuet in C, which I feel a little weird about because it doesn’t sound perfect yet, but I have to remind myself that perfect is not a thing. Especially for novices.
I am now on “Long Long Ago” in C (hey, it’s Suzuki Book #2, exciting!) and its variation. The variation requires a lot of string changes, but as Luna plans to make me do part of Bach’s Cello Suite #1 soon, I need the practice.
We also worked on Vivaldi’s “Spring”, the dumbed-down violin part converted to cello here. Luna had me put in a bunch of bowing on the sheet music, and I’m doing some fingering notations on my own (wherever I slow down). I can sight-read this piece pretty well, since I’ve been listening to Vivaldi since I was tiny, but baroque bowing is hard so I’m getting distracted by trying to emulate Luna.
So I have tons to practice, which makes me happy.
She said my bowing elbow is doing better, by the way. So yay.
Hey hi hope you’re doing well (enough) (considering the hellworld)!
There’s a delightful version of Vivaldi’s Spring by Black Violin that I recommend. i don’t know how comment windows handle links, so it’s on Spotify and YT.
Hey there! I love Black Violin. They’re so good…