Saturday, August 29, 2009

Ear no worse, but certainly no better, after practicing. But it hurts now. Yays.

The F pedal may be sticking because of the new bolts, but not why I thought. The slot has changed tolerances because of new bolts are holding the base on in a different way. Maybe refelting really is all that's necessary. But doesn't explain the E and the B catching, which they've been doing for years. Whoa. Over 10 years. Has it really been that long? Maybe I'll just go ahead and get my harp regulated when it gets checked up.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Day off to test my ear. Left ear tinnitus appeared Tuesday, and gets worse after practicing. wtf?

Taking harp to technician on Monday to see if sticky pedals are fixable.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Finished 1st 4 meas, 4 more learned. 1 more hour after lunch was exhausting, but it's getting hot out, too.

Harp appt on Monday. *sigh*
4 more measures in rt hand, got left hand up to 120. Practice more after lunch.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

2 lines learned.

Finding harp technician because more pedals sticking, much creaking of harp, and general not-working-well of other things. I don't think I'll be able to play gigs with it in this condition, and definitely not be able to record. I really do not want to replace it as I've had this harp since I was 14. It would be traumatic. Merely thinking about it makes me tear up a little.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

More whiteout fumes. Need to put fingerings pg. 25.

F pedal sticking again, need to find harp technician in this area. =/

Monday, August 24, 2009

Harp lust!

Beautiful new Aoyama harp. *drool*

Harp rental is $250. Hrm.
Need better whiteout. Do they make the tape kind with a really fine tip?

Dussek: wrote in pedal markings on pg 24. Got rid of piano finger markings.

My finger joints hurt, which happened the last time I worked really hard on fast scales. What is going on?

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dussek: rt hand scales eighth = 160, barely. Stretches are crucial to playing scales, bump up stretches to 2x per day.

Working on problem spots does work! Keep doing it.

Call harp showroom tomorrow.