stop while ahead

23 minutes .... oh, that's right, I'm not going to count this week.

Interesting lessons. On Hansel & Gretel, I played the second page nicely, it was pretty, but on the first page I was rougher. Then I went back to the first page and played it and it was good the second time around. Yes, you could say it was because I was warmed up the second time around (though I did warm up before I played), but I think more than that, I was more relaxed and thinking more about the song, the whole music. I want to carry that memory into rehearsal tonight. Get myself out of the way as much as possible.

Here also is the technique I want to bring into rehearsal tonight: warm up, then carefully tune my tuning slide. Play my troublesome B natural and D in 4th position. Listen for them and feel for them. THEN I will be ready to play.

Incidentally, I NAILED the B natural perfectly just now, right out of the blocks.