Late nights, early mornings and piano

This morning the sun woke me up fairly early and I headed straight to the keyboard. I'm still running through the scales and arpeggios in rotation and starting to gradually work them up the metronome.

Once I was fully awake I played through the Corelli Sarabanda. As soon as I could play the tricky second half of the piece I tried the whole thing through at crotchet = 40. I managed to get through the piece without major problems so I spent a while working it up through the traditional metronome markings. So far today I covered 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 and then stumbled at 63.

Yesterday's listening was Hank Mobley's Roll Call... a lot. Another really good album. Oddly enough I prefer the rest of the album to the title track (which we play in Alter Ego.) Maybe I'm listening to that one with drummer's ears too much instead of just enjoying the music.

I may have to go for a long walk in the country today. It is fairly decent weather outside and I need to work off last nights steak, chips and salad!