Yesterday was another productive lesson. I was able to demonstrate that I knew some tunes by heart; I played The Minstrel Boy, Highland Laddie, and Will Ye no Come Back Again start to finish with some minor adjustments by my instructor-mostly fine tuning some of the embellishments. I need to remember to write more notes about what needs to be corrected-I got home and realized I couldn't remember everything we talked about, in particular-which song was it that I was skipping a note? I had to spend a lot of time today on all three songs, playing with the music in front of me, note by note, to try and find the missing D..
My new song is Teribus. I took one look at it during my lesson and my first thought was "Oh, holy crap. I'm never going to learn this one." It really intimidated me, to the extent that I didn't even practice it when I got home from my lesson yesterday. So today, I knew I had to start on it. OK-take it one note, one embellishment at a time. Pay attention to the timing. Listen to instructor's recording. Turns out-it's not as hard as it looks. Maybe I am making progress!
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