Sunday

I spent about an hour yesterday trying to play the Vivaldi piece in time with a metronome. Things are definately falling into place here. I feel like I'm getting past the mechanics and into the music now. I was practising this at a modest 60 bpm yesterday but today I have worked it up to 100 bpm. The last eight bars aren't quite comfortable yet - I usually play them correctly but they don't feel like I "own" them yet!

Duncombe's Gavot is coming along nicely. I am playing this at 76 bpm now. The parts are starting to get programmed into my hands and as a result I find myself making fewer errors. Those errors which do ocur are usually down to a lapse in concentration.

I have the Song of Erin up to speed now and am enjoying playing it through.

I have also got Trudging up to speed - this is quite a fun piece to play.

I think I'll try and tackle another piece later on - I had a flick through the Grade Two book yesterday and it looks a little scary so I intent to cover all nine pieces in the Grade One book before diving into the more challenging material.