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its the weird positions, sometimes they hurt my head. Like who plays in half position?!? but that's what makes sense and my fingers get mad at my brain for making them do something they dont want to. Fingers say, "but we could just slide back to get you the G-sharp before hitting the A.. whyfor you make us do C with the 4th finger? 4th finger not used to hitting C!!!")

its kinda like my fingers all get stumbly.

so we take 5 to 7 notes at a time. over and over again until I'm certain no one ever wants to hear me practice anything since it doesnt actually sound like MUSIC.

more time tonite. I miss being a kid and having HOURS to play.

On the good news front, its forced me to confront the state of my room which needs a spring cleaning tout suite. :)
(now, if only someone could help me with the spring cleaning and grand clothes folding!)

bah. i hate bach.

no, i dont hate bach, I actually like this piece I'm learning, and I'm enjoyingl earning how to pick up a piece and take it apart. But for some reason, my ears were not working last night, and I COULD NOT GET things in tune.

OMG, nothing worse in the world then a violin not in tune. Where the fuck is the c#? that was the worst. :( poor C#, kept sound like a D... which then threw off the rest of the bit...)

*struggle struggle flail flail*

that was my lesson last night.

I'll be practicing A major scales tonite. BAH! BAH, I say! Partly its finding things in positions I'm not used to. Teacher sez, "C#, 1st finger, G string," and I think, 3rd position, but 1st finger sharp, but for some reason, I can't hear the note. which means I can't really find it on the string. Which just makes it all messy.

man, it was dumb of me to put the wood violin in to be repaired just as the holidays hits -- this is always the time for sneaky costs coming up.

But my 250-300$ repair of my old Lady Macbeth was tossed out the window when she was opened up:

this is what she looks like without her top and this is all the work that needs to be done -- all the little tags are cracks, or places that need filling.

No one's getting Xmas presents from me. Maybe Spring Presents. :) The labor of a good luthier is worth its minutes in precious metals, but after 20 years of ownership and 50 years on this planet, I think she deserves it.

On the electric violin side of things, I found a lot of my music from when I was a kid, and have been playing Gavottes and going through playing scales, more scales, and still more scales, but this time I'm thinking more about the patterns my fingers make during the scales, and I'm paying more attention to the minor scales. I'm gonna ask the guitar guys at work if I can borrow some effects pedals. Purple Haze, here I come!