Harp practice

Whoops, missed yesterday.

Start 6:55 pm

Tam - Hard parts @ 80.

Welsh Airs 1

Break 7:05 pm - 7:15 pm

Back to Welsh Airs 1. I'm playing at about 54, it's supposed to be 112. Ack! Worked on hard part several times, trying to play a little faster.

Welsh P - Worked on RH for I, then played whole song through. My middle finger will NOT stay tucked in. I think it's physically impossible. (Buzzing on the turns on measures 18 and 36.)

Las Man - Whole song, then focused on measures 1-9. Need to work on 8 more.

And @ 126 was pretty good!!

Finish 7:55 pm

Harp practice

Start 5:45 pm

Tam - hard part @ 80 over and over again. Whole song at 80, okay. (Will need to work on other fast part.)

Ex p 67 1,2. p 27 #6 several times, slowly, trying not to buzz.

And @ 116. @ 126 was okay!

W - played 2x, then @ 88

Welsh P, 1 x, then right hand 3x.

End 6:40 pm

Harp practice

Start: 4:30 pm

Welsh Air I - played through a few times. Rolled chords were better!

W - played through several times, worked on sliding chords.

New song: Las Mananitas arranged by Samuel Milligan from Medieval to Modern Vol 2. Played through twice. Have to work on rolled chord and probably play with metronome next time.

Tam @ 80 -- not bad! (first time through, anyway; arm got tired the second time)

And @ 108 - great! Pretty decent at 116, too.

Cutting it short today.

Harp practice

Start: 5:15 pm

And @ 104 3 times. OK. @ 108... a few glitches with scales. Noticing that the problems come when I stop watching the hand that is playing the scale (in order to place other hand).

Ex p66 - worked more on crossovers/unders. Better.

Tam - terrible - can't even do fast part evenly. I think my arm is tired. Will come back to it later!

W - pretty good. Not very consistent with slides still.

New song: Welsh Penillion Melodies I arranged by Samuel Milligan from Medieval to Modern Vol 2.

Played right hand on first part, then played through once.

Welsh Air I - played through, worked on rolled chords

I think I was leaning harp too much on my shoulder - a bit fatigued now.

Harp practice

Start: 6:05 pm

Ex p27 #6 - played verrry slowly to try to minimize buzzing. Left hand better second time.

Ex p66 (crossovers and crossunders) - played slowly as well

And @ 96 -- so slow! Scales much more articulate. @ 104 - okay

6:36 - break to welcome niece and nephew

6:42 - Tam difficult part - can do it @ 72 consistently.
Played whole thing @ 80.

Welsh Air 1 - played through 3 times. Need to work on rolling chord/slide and the fast part.

Worked on rolling chord/slide and fast part.

Didn't touch new pieces at all yet.

Harp lesson

Harp lesson today went well. I have hour-long lessons every other week.

Peggy helped me to slow down and pinpoint the problems that I have with scales and with the fast passage in Tambourin. I'll be working more on watching my fingers more closely this week.

I also got assigned two more new songs (plus the one that was assigned two weeks ago that I only played through twice). Whew!

Harp practice

Start: 4:05 pm

Why is it that when I play something multiple times, it seems to get worse and worse?

Andiam, Mio Tesoro (And) @ 126 several times. Scales are still rough.

4:30 - need a break from Andiam!!

Harp Exercises (Ex) p27 #6 and 7 @ 72. Rough. Arms/fingers tired.

Ex p85-87

4:40 Tambourin (Tam) - tried 92 but still too fast. Back to 84.
Practiced hard section. Clumsy fingers even at 84. Argh.

4:55 pm Wienachtsglocken (W) - A few times - okay.

5:10 pm Ex p58 (rolled chords)

5:20 pm Tried Andiam and Tam again to see if a break helped. Not really. Calling it a day!