Lesson didn't go too well today, mainly because of recent bad medical news. Was very difficult to concentrate on playing.
Schroeder, #34
Will work on this one more week. Considering I hadn't played in a couple of days, due to work, etc., I didn't do as badly as I had predicted. B changed the bowing a bit so that the slurred chords are downbow. Other than that I need to:
Use more bow
Use less pressure, while using more bow. This should help with the screechy sound.
The slurs B added need to be smooth
Will often need to be playing on the tips of the fingers.
May try to pick up the speed; need to be consistent with the tempo.
Also, watch the dynamics.
In4th and 5th measures from the end, make sure fingerings are correct. Was playing the chord wrong. First finger needs to stay on E while playing the C on A string.
Breval Sonata
Again, did not play well at all. B said as long as I played the first chords fully, could do away with the vibrato.
Throughout I was killing the sound. Take the bow off the string to get the note to ring. Throughout I marked notes that need to be held slightly longer.
In measure 58 + make sure the bow continues in the air and taper off the notes.
In measure 95 + play with more bow as get to the top of the run. Make sure thumb is in place for hitting high G correctly.
Will work some this week on the Breval and hopefully pull all this together. Will also begin working on the Vivaldi Sonata in E minor, just the first part of the Allegro movement. B wrote in some of the fingering from her copy as the Suzuki version doesn't have much in the way of fingerings.
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