I am taking a break from practice to settle my lips down. I would love to continue but my mouth was falling apart on my high notes and I'd like to squeeze in a little more time today.
I need to head over for Magnificat at ... about 7:15, I think, to get there early enough to get a ticket and a seat. http://juneauempire.com/stories/120408/mus_364075923.shtml. Oh, that leaves me with more than an hour to get rested up and do a little more practice!
I did warmups up to my octaves and pedals, but then I started working on my Beeler and duets first to get further warmed up before I pushed high and stretched low. IT HELPED, especially with the high notes. I did not start breaking apart until the C above middle C. Very nice. The G in 2nd position came nicely even, though rough in 4th still.
I'll finish working the last half of the second duet and then want to move on to the Shostakovich, picking up where I left off a few days ago in the 4th movement. I also realize that I need to start working on the student symphony music. I am playing a bassoon part for the Beethoven violin concerto for the spring concert and there is an alarming numbe of eighth notes. As in, 3 pages. 3 pages of 8th notes on the trombone! Mercy.
And, rearranging my blog today, I see that one of my goals for November was to work on tenor clef music every day. Well, I have not been doing that. However, I will point out (to my little self critic since I don't see anyone else bashing me) that with the Shostakovich in alto clef that is a challenge in and of itself. However, the critic is right in that I need to keep working on the tenor clef. I moved my goals up in the page, but of course now I need to update them for December. Sigh.
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