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JanJan2
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(3/20/01 1:16:06 pm)
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Just
wondering . . .
How many pieces do the rest of you
work on simultaneously? At any given time I'm apt to have 5 or more
things "in the works" and wonder if I'm spreading myself too thin?
How do you all juggle multiple projects?
Like right now I'm
working on a Bach prelude, a Brahms sonata, Vocalise by Rachy, and 2
different Beethoven trios. I always find my practice time being
dictated by what I'll need to do next (if it's Tuesday, I'll work on
the trio that meets on Wednesday, etc.). It feels like I'm always
having to put something on the back burner to get the latest thing
up and running---and nothing ever really comes up to a rolling boil,
so to speak. I just keep shuffling the burners around.
And
there's SO much great literature I want to learn, if I bought all
the music I'm itching to try, my music stand would topple
over!
How do the rest of you manage it all? TIA for any
suggestions, input.
Janet
Edited by: JanJan2
at: 3/20/01 1:16:06 pm
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Bobbie
Registered User
(3/20/01 3:02:34 pm)
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Re:
Just wondering . . .
Good timing for your question.. I
was just wondering that myself. Right now I have four orchestra
pieces, Beethoven variations with a pianist, and stuff for my
lesson. I always feel like something is not getting full time
consideration. Usually (she writes guiltily) it is orchestra that
gets short shrift, though I do try to get it up to speed if a
concert is coming up. One of the challenges of being a
cellist-by-night, I guess. The only solution is to take on less (no
fun) or to find more time somewhere, or to juggle things and
manage.
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rexmeow
Registered User
(3/20/01 4:14:36 pm)
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Re:
Just wondering . . .
I hate to say it, but I'm also
guilty of working on a couple pieces at the same time also, also
read a couple books at the same time too. Theres just so much music
I want to learn and play too.But what I have taken to doing is
cutting it down now sometimes.Pieces I want to memorize I'll
concentrate on those until I've got it down like I did on Vocalise
and Elegy.Now I'm working on memorizing Bach's Suite 3. Than I'll
pick a Sonata to learn: Bach's Viola da gamba Sonata in G at the
moment, than a concerto :Haydn's C right now. If I get bored
practicing those over and over I'll venture into new music to take a
break from the others. But I'm trying to perfect the pieces I'm
working on before going on to new pieces, but its hard sometimes.So
I guess you might want to concentrate on the pieces you really want
to learn or need to, and lightly touch on other stuff to keep it
interesting at the side.Maybe work out a schedule.
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Dorie
Straus 
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(3/20/01 5:27:44 pm)
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Re:
Just wondering . . .
My orchestra does 3 concerts/year,
so except for the summer I have 3 pieces to work on at all times. I
have gone back to my early morning practice: 5:30-6:30 and I
practice with my daughter most afternoons: her stuff. I've tried to
do cello work during the summer but the past 2 summers didn't work
out that way for me.
This year my orchestra is throwing in a
performance of Peter and the Wolf with a puppet theatre. We've had 3
rehearsals for this and just rec'd our May concert music. Peter is
this coming Sunday then we'll be back to normal.
The cello
has not been a high priority this year but with the new cello I'm
making a renewed commitment. Things are settling down, too. I felt
that last spring I was getting somewhere and I was the most prepared
for our May concert, the most prepared I'd ever been - felt like a
personal best. Things fell apart over the summer, lot's of life and
a bad round of arthritis. I have to work to get back to where I was
but I really want to do it.
Just Do It. (Nike swash)
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Martine
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Registered User
(3/31/01 5:10:47 am)
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less if
you just started ??
Hi everyone !!
I just started 2,5
month ago and now I work at 2 pieces (Bach's preludium of the 1st
Suite and the Largo of the Cello Sonata by Chopin) and lots of
technique and bow exercises. It's hard for me to keep it all up and
make 'enough' progress each week..... do you think those things will
get better when I play longer ??? Hope so !!
xxx Martine.
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