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3 + 4 + 5/100

Okay, so I slacked off a little on posting about this. I may have or may have not skipped number 3 (had a long day). As for day 4 and 5, I practiced technique mostly and yesterday I did half technique half rep.

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a big ass mood

a gentle reminder: you are not lazy when you aren’t getting stuff done, you are just overwhelmed by everything you have to do and it is okay to take a step back, take a break and think things through

not so gentle reminder: stop lazying around and get your fucking shit together

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if this is not how I am in 5 years I don’t want it

Who needs to practice when a cat needs your attention, anyway?

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If Jascha Heifetz was alive today you know he’d be playing on a balcony somewhere every day for passers-by

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2/100

Today I only did an hour of practicing, which if I’m being honest had a rocky start. When I say I suck at practicing I genuinely mean it. I’m lazy. However, my girlfriend essentially bullied me (i.e. encouraged) me to practice so I did. Focused on scales and some exercises given by my teacher. Basically, technique work. Tomorrow I have a feeling I won’t be able to do much practicing either, but here’s to trying.

I’m also going to try and get some aesthetic pictures of my viola w tea in the background or something since everyone in this tag seems to be doing that lol.

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1/100

So today was both good and bad. In addition to practicing for 100 days I started using an online journal to sort of map out my practice sessions throughout the day and also to record how things felt, what mistakes I felt like I was making, what I worked on. 

I did about 2 hours today but am aiming for 3 hours daily (felt ultra shitty about my practicing when I saw Mr. Perlman suggests 3 hours andforoverachievingstudentnomorethan4-5). I noticed some issues I have, but I did do some exercises to work on them. I guess I’m just anxious since I know what I’m doing wrong but I’m not doing them right yet. anxiety tingz. Oh, well, I have 100 days and I’m pretty determined to becoming a not shitty musician who does indeed practice daily and for more than 1 hour.

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I suck at practicing lol very useful

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Summer Goal

(yes I’m aware I was supposed keep posting journal entries for the bach and/or any new rep, but I got distracted what can I say)

This concludes my first year at music school and I can say it has not been easy. I’ve learned so much and I want to take this summer to transform myself as a musician. Sure, two months can’t do too much, but I want to try and make the best of it.

My teacher pointed out that I’ve been playing with an incredible amount of pressure in my left hand. Since I’ve always played like that, I never noticed. So I’m going to be focusing on my left hand techique - making it lighter, better intonation, all that jazz- and my right hand. My teacher has said that my sound is pretty good, but there’s room for improvement. I want to try and have a better sound, more even tone, and just to feel more in control of my bow hand.

I’ll be sharing any exercises I find here and am open to suggestions :)

I’m also going to try to post daily about my practice sessions key word is try

hopefullythatmotivatesme

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me listening to a new recording of a certain piece after listening to one recording way too many times: okay is this too slow or is the one I’m used to too fast

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christ I remember playing this. felt this on a different level

Today I made the mistake of thinking I could sight-read the finale of Tchaik 4

I could not

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friendly reminder Janine Janse should eat all of us jesus christ what I’d do to reincarnate as her

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From a conversation between Ernest Guiraud and Debussy, Debussy: Volume 1, 1862-1902: His Life and Mind (by Edward Lockspeiser)

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Get to know me!

Thanks @stressed-composer for tagging me! Haven’t been active in a while, so it was v unexpected :)

Instructions: Tag 10 followers you’d like to know better!

Name: Sofia

Gender: f

Star sign: Libra

Height: 5'5"

Sexuality: figured out a lot this year lol lesbian 

Hogwarts house: Slytherin (don’t know how accurate that is to how I am)

Average time of sleep: 6-7 hours

Current time: 12:55 pm

Dogs or cats: dogs imabigbigfanofcatsthough

Blankets: 7+

When I made my blog: I legitimately don’t even remember maybe 2015?

Why I made my Tumblr: in all honesty I just randomly though of my username, liked classical tumblrs, and knowing how forgetful I was I just made it thinking one day I’d actually use it 

Reason for my url: v proud of my viola. she’s pretty.

Tags: @lingling40hrs @charlieestudies @tchaikovskyfucker69 @that-one-violist @operaqueer @pianononsense and also anyone who sees this on their tl and wants to participate :)

Get to know me!

Thanks @perfectly-bassic for tagging me! These are always fun

Instructions: Tag 10 followers you’d like to know better!

Name: Rochelle

Gender: f

Star sign: taurus

Height: 5'4"

Sexuality: bi

Hogwarts house: THEY CHANGED THE QUIZ AND NOW IM A GRYFFINDOR INSTEAD OF A HUFFLEPUFF AND NOW I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE. WHAT AM I????

Average time of sleep: not enough

Currently time: lol 12:51 am

Dogs or cats: Yes

Blankets: so many

When I made my blog: October of 2016?

Why I made my Tumblr: I don’t like Facebook, and I wanted to share stuff I found funny that is not appropriate for my grandparents to view. I also don’t want people to judge me. I also found myself sharing more Tumblr post than anything, so I wanted just see them at the source

Reason for my url: I was exhausted and hungry and probably thought I could go for a whole thing of guacamole. I was super depressed and it was freshman year of college so idk

Tags: @sardonic-soprano @softboysocialist @bfuhrnerd @veradune @vibraphone1o1 @key-of-b-flat-major @adhdtrek @justanotherpiccplayer @slightly-confused-cat @musical-engineer and anyone else who’d like to participate!

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am back

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Bach Suite No.2 Journal Entry #1

since the beginning of this blog, I thought it would be incredibly useful for myself to record my approach to pieces to share with my teachers, have a clearer goal, etc. however, I kinda slacked on posting here for a bit, so I’ve missed recording my approach to sonatas but I caught myself in time for the start of Bach Suite No. 2 

I’ve done a little bit of work so far, but only on the prelude. I find bow distribution as well as interpretation throughout the prelude to be difficult. Something my teacher told me that was helpful was how he viewed the prelude as a peaceful prayer. Something extremely helpful has been to think in large phrases instead of measure to measure.

Since I’ll be starting the Allemande, I’ll be working on refining the prelude as I go along. 

All the recordings I have heard of the Prelude:

Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola) : I. Prelude Lillian Fuchs - https://youtu.be/JJLFAj6DPS0

Bach Suite No. 2 in d minor | Erika Gray (viola) https://youtu.be/Q0O9gFf-tiI

Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D min. BWV 1008 Casals https://youtu.be/HhMo7320RlI

Bach, J.S.: Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude by Mstislav Rostropovich

 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BMV 1008: I. Prelude by Anner Bylsma

Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BMC 1008: I. Prelude by Andre Navarra

Suite No. 2, BMV 1008, in D Minor: Prelude by Janos Starker ( cadenza is A+++)

Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude by Yo-Yo Ma

Suite No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1008.: I. Prelude by Jean-Guihen Queyras

*I might eventually make another journal entry on why I like each recording since I strongly like certain parts of each one