Fiddle practice log 10/1/2021

[annathepiper]

Time practiced

10 minutes

Scales practiced

• One octave G
• One octave D
• One octave A
• Two octave G
• Two octave A

Arpeggios practiced

• One octave G
• One octave D
• One octave A
• Two octave G

Techniques practiced

• Being mindful of where I’m going to put my fingers before they land
• Left hand rehearsal of tune fragments
• Double stops, using “upper, lower, both” pattern of strings
• Placing slurs in appropriate parts of tune fragments

Tunes practiced

• A part of Blarney Pilgrim
• A and B part of Feller from Fortune

Commentary

I’ve reminded myself of this before and I need to do so again: when doing double-stops, the angle changes necessary to hit both strings at once are smaller than I think they should be.

And with both the tunes I played around with today, I feel like I’m getting more of a handle on strategic placing of slurs. Which also helps me make a tune just flow better in general.

With Feller from Fortune, I was able to more or less stagger my way through both the A and B part. But not all the way smoothly. More practice!

Crossposted from annathepiper.org. Original post: https://www.annathepiper.org/2021/10/01/fiddle-practice-log-10-1-2021/