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I need to put slurs to this. However, I also want to keep practicing it without slurs because it is a great exercise for the right hand.

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Played this entire piece for an audience. Here I’m working on one of the variations that I’ve had problems. In this video I’m trying to make a new habit with my lefthand pinky. When I do a glissando with my fourth finger, I have a habit of landing on the far right side of the finger. This can make the pitch sound out of tune. So, I’m trying to land closer to the left side of the finger.

This is a hard piece to pay if you haven’t had much time to warm up.

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Haven’t had much time to practice or post videos. People are finally starting to show up to work on my house to do repairs caused by Hurricane Michael back in October of 2018z However, rats are starting to invade my life and I’ve had to devote some time to pest control and keeping my two two dogs safe. I also have to help out with working on the house.

This is an excerpt from the Passacaglia from Rodrigo’s Tres Piezas Españolas. I’ll post and say more about this later.

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These strings are too old to be making a video. I struggle more with this variation than any other. I know my right hand moves way too much. That’s something I’m working on.

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Feeling better about this excerpt of the piece here.

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A little bit of Orbon’s preludio. Haven’t focused on this piece in a while. I tend to be a little too bright on some notes.

I changed my strings not many days ago, but I think I already need to change them. I think that, after playing on carbon trebles for so long then switching to light ej43’s, I’m a little surprised at how fast my strings wear out not.

Tomorrow I plan to do a video where the Preludio leads into the Danza “alla attacca”.

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Doing some metronome work with Rodrigo’s Fandango. It is easy to speed up the quarterly chords if you’re not careful. Likewise, it can be hard not to slow everything else down.

I am recording and using the metronome all on my phone here. My house is much improved since Hurricane Michael, but most things are still boxed up. One day I’ll find my metronome.

Day 11

Feeling kind of sick, like I’m coming down with something. I hope this is not the case, but I really feel very weak and my throat is a little bit sore.

This is an excerpt from Harold Blanchard’s Innocent Meandering. I only listened once, and the recording itself seemed a little bit buzzy, as if I had distortion turned on or something. Maybe one day I’ll learn how to make a better recording with this telephone.

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After posting a video, and mentioning how frustrated and displeased I was with the recording, I decided to make another recording of the same Pavan. I’m slightly more pleased here.

Back to other pieces now.

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Final variation on Milan’s sixth pavan by Joaquin Nin-Culmell.

I’m less than half pleased with this recording, but, given the duties I have taken on lately, that’s all I had time for today.

Enjoy my suffering. Lol