I had some blog posts to catch up, I realize that I have neglected it. Today we decided to focus on the parts we are not so good at in order for us to move on to the 3,4,5 etc page. We mostly practiced that and we were going to record a video but we took so many takes, that we did not get any good ones and we ran out of time. I was thinking maybe I could record it at home but it wont sound the same without the piano piece. I will decided but I might post it, so stay tuned.
– Ruby
Two weeks ago I took my cello home because the class of genius hour was all wasted on tuning my cello. My tuning was way off because the days are getting colder so the pegs moved dramatically, and I could not tune it. I took it to my cello teacher, whom by the way is wonderful at these sort of things. He fixed it up, but since it was really cold today my dad said I could not bring it because the wood is going break, he said it wasn’t worth ruining a cello, even if it is my spare cello. We had a chat with Gabriel and it was decided this isn’t going to work, since cold days keep coming. So I guess I have to find a new project. I have no clue what I’m going to do. I want to do something with my dog, but I wanted to do that come March since setting up her hoops and ramps works better outside. I could also do cooking but like everyone is doing that, but my uncle is a chef and he could help me. Great, now I need to start over and need a new idea. Great! If anyone has any suggestion please comment, I am in desperate need.
– Ruby
Our violin player quit. It is now just me and Gabriel. Its fine though, peoples mind change. I brought my cello today, and I got to say it sounded pretty good. We had a a few visitors came to see and they said we sounded really good, even though today was our first practice. I practiced my cello “homework” as a warm up and I was surprised that it sounded okay considering my cello had not been tuned in a while and its 3/4. I play a full sized cello and have not played a 3/4 since grade 6?. We have decided to play Pachelbels’s Canon in D.
-Ruby
I forgot my bow at home today, seems like I keep forgetting things. To avoid this problem any longer I decided to add a reminder to my phone. So that left no there choice but for me to do pizzicato. Pizzicato is a form of playing (usually for beginners) where one plucks the string. It sounded okay, but either way its the fingering I have to work on, bow or no bow the fingering is not affected. We were going to record a video but the downside of playing pizzicato is that its not very loud, so it will have to be another time. Regardless, I like how it is sounding. We got to the 2nd page of music so that’s a plus. I can’t wait to preform in February.
– Ruby