Viola lesson recap: Tue May 3 2011

[shadowspar]

It's awesome when your teacher gives you permission to suck, either explicitly or implicitly. In this case, it's the latter; no matter how little practice time I've managed to get in, I never get a guilt trip over it.

I feel like I've been either on the road or sick for all of the last three weeks, with the concomitant lack of practice having the expected effect on my technique. Nonetheless, we worked on left-hand technique that'd help me reach higher notes & lower strings more easily (elbow well to the right; palm angled well towards the fingerboard instead of facing you), tuning up my intonation on the C string, and bringing the fourth finger into play.

More practice.

Comments

[laughingrat]

Your teacher is extremely cool.

[shadowspar]

Indeed she is. I'm very fortunate to be learning from someone who's not only the concertmaster of the local symphony, but such a gracious and patient instructor to boot.