*laughs* nick didn't believe me that i hadn't played since my lesson on thursday when he heard me last night. he just didn't hear the beginning of my practice session when my ear was trying to remember what the rhythm of the notes were. :) peggy's been giving me a wider variety of things. this last week i got a piece to practice embellishments and a tune you hear a lot in jam sessions called 'liberty'. it's coming along rather well.
the one thing that i have a hard time with is when i'm listening to myself play, i can hear in my head something that would sound really neat as an embellishment, but then trying to pick out the notes *and* remember what i was thinking at the same time is really hard. if only i had perfect pitch when singing - i could maybe hum what i'm thinking, record it, and work it out that way. usually, it just gets garbled in my head and sounds rather lame when i finally give up. i'm guessing that this will come with time - i've only been playing about 5 months. i suppose i shouldn't be to hard on myself. :) i just need to see if i can find the piano or organ music for 'let all mortal flesh keep silent.' everytime i start to play that song, my brain remembers these rolling, grandiose, majestic notes and chords played on the organ from when we sing the hymn in church. *basks in the memory* i love that song.
Posted by kendra at January 28, 2003 09:59 AM