Starting the class after next, I’ll change my cello schedule from weekly to every 2 weeks. This will give me more practice time before the lesson. Hopefully I won’t be feeling so “beat up”. Last class I told my teacher, “Somehow I played this song better at home …” and my teacher said, “I heard that from every other students. HHm!” I was just telling the truth.

I have started doing shifting. It’s less mystical than I originally thought. The technique is not very unnatural for me – I find it quite easy to do – but that’s probably because I don’t care if I am right on the note now – and the note after I shift isn’t too much off from the other notes I play normal… sometimes it’s dead on, sometimes it’s a little off. (That says a lot about how “well” I play.) :X

This week’s exercises 1) G major scales – 2 octives (with shifting on the last 3rd note) 2) the first half of Minuet No. 3 by J. S. Bach.

My confidence index (out of 10): 2.

This week, I would definitely blame the lab technician who drawn blood from both of my arms yesterday, and gave me one bruised right arm, and 2 red pea-sized needle marks on my left arm. I practiced for 20 minutes today and my arms and left shoulder were tired already. I bet my teacher can’t say “I heard that…” anymore – yay!