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Cello lesson #2

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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.

2 Comments

  1. 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.

    Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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    • switchknitter

      Hey there! I love Black Violin. They’re so good…

      Saturday, May 2, 2020
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