Saturday, 8 March 2008
Intelligent practise - wrong sections
Another orchestra session rather like a Magical Mystery Tour - which is a bit unfair having read Yarnplayer's thoughtful comment! I had dutifully practised difficult phrases, fingering, timings etc. Singing, clapping, as well. I homed in on certain passages and really concentrated on them rather than practising the whole lot. What happened? We did not touch any of them! We went full tilt into the fast passages which I had saved for the future! Arrh well, I suppose I did not do too badly having (almost) mastered the technique of playing the beat notes and letting the genius section fill in the rest. Afterwards, I, and one of the other cellists, about the same standard as myself, went to her house and played some duets together for an hour or so. It was really enjoyable, and we plan to do it again in about 3 weeks' time.
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Maybe next time you could try the strategy I used this week: Don't practice any orchestra music at all so there's no beating up on yourself for practicing the wrong thing. It worked. I was more relaxed at rehearsal on Thursday night.
Oh, I wish! You are obviously much, much better than I am! Sight reading is ok at home or in a lesson, but the orchestra is different altogether. There is no concession speedwise, and I am simply overwhelmed. I am just ignoring my fears this week and isolating passages to practise and get right, and if he doesn't tell us his plan for the next week, well, too bad, it'll all come together at some time! I may get to your enviable position one day, I trust!
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