Hands sore after knitting. :(

Lariviere -exercises
Tiersen - Amelie
Tournier - Vers La Source
Salzedo - (Flight)

Vers La Source will also be good because of the thumb slides. And it's pretty so that should keep me satisfied for a little while. Bochsa #27 for thumb emphasis.

Debussy Estampes

Stretchy Lariviere stuff feels good. Tried to start learning Bochsa #27 to strengthen rt thumb, but it's so weak I could but play (heh) 1st 2 lines slowly and badly. Tried to green band substitute for harp thumb motion, which may help.

Time off for out-of-town visitors, lots o' school, and life in general.

Played a little Bochsa, but enough to give myself shadows of blisters. 4th fingers so incredibly weak. Designing in my head something to exercise fingers when not playing. Guitar strengthener thingy would not work because I need to bring my fingers all the way to the palm.

Hands completely pain-free up waking today. Mildly sore after work. Other body parts moderately to severely sore, so the couch, heating pad, and Star Trek are calling.

Tendons really sore in lt hand and not-so-great in rt hand. 20 min Lariviere.

Also, checked Method and it seems I'm doing things as right as I know how.

20-30 min Lariviere, 10 min Bochsa. Fingers tender from yesterday. Rt hand seems to be almost 100%, lt hand still needs lots of strengthening. Look at Method books by Salzedo for proper positions. Green band.

40 minutes Pozzoli. Do not flap hands to relax them! Thumb joints cannot handle that. Tendons seem to be able to handle octaves. Learn a piece? Do I dare actually try to practice something to get it to playing condition? Won't that just jinx me? Rrrrr...

Tendons hurt in wrist area today. Could be from practicing, but more likely from whirlwind cleaning of the kitchen this morning. And Iron Man 2 tonight so no practicing.

ETA: I had time so played 30 minutes Bochsa and La Dispute. No hand problems to speak of. Weird.

40 min of Bochsa. Went swimmingly until I was reminded I have minimal callouses after not playing very much for 2 months. 4th finger on wires strings, owie.

20 min of Lariviere. Still need to concentrate on pinkies. Played Bochsa 'thirds' exercise. And tried to play La Dispute, but my hands were stiff. Then realized it was probably because the room is freezing because I don't have a HEATER anymore. But right wrist got sore towards end of alternating octaves.

It helps to read through old entries. :)

Slowly through (flight). This isn't doing anything.

Hands extra ouchy today so played 2 scales. One in each hand.

Tiny bit of practicing. Really rough day. Still need to lay off the harmonics in lt hand.

Green band. Read through (Flight) and concentrated on pinkies. Basically need to start over and learn piece from scratch again. Read through (Idyllic Poem) and (Inquietude).

Ignoring the oil spill for now.

No practicing. I got the pleasure of trying to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in my rug from my oil heater. Yays.

Lariviere. Bochsa. (Flight) with scary wavy hitting pinkies!

I got some really sad news last Thursday and haven't had the motivation nor concentration to play, or do anything really.

Green band. Lariviere. Notturno. I was, however, astute enough to notice that I transcribed most of Notturno wrong. I have been playing it correctly, but just now noticed the chords are written a third lower than they are supposed to be. Months of listening to Finale play it, months of looking at it, nothing triggered any notice in my head. Months. *sigh*

Now off to study.

Green band ex, Lariviere ex, Bochsa ex. Total of 20 min. Seem to be getting more dexterous.