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I did not get back to this place again yesterday, it was a hectic day so you know how that goes. I did go in and review my September progress and found that I touched on each item that I had hoped to; there were a lot of basic refresher things that made it easier to just attempt for a short period of time.

Now that I have a set of easy warm-up tunes that I can work on improving while I am getting ready to get into the real music for the day, I will be able to go ahead with harder pieces to use as things to practice. I am pleased that I got the Star of County Down at least back to where it was when I last played it. I had some pieces in my mind to bring to the table for this month, but now that I have been given the Swan Lake and Danny Boy to work on with hands together, I am excited about that. Also, I want to start looking at some Christmas music that I want to play during the season. Huron Carol, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. More, but that's a good start.

I guess the bottom line is that I did some practice, some blogging, some thinking and creating in this area and got off the couch to do a few minutes when I didn't feel like it. Last night I wanted to try both hands on the new pieces and was at it for about an hour.

Goals for October:
Daily work on the practice pieces:
* Happy Birthday
* Westminster Bells
* Sakura
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Work on the two 'hands together' pieces:
* Swan Lake
* Danny Boy
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Pull out the Christmas music to begin making selections:
* Hark The Herald Angels Sing
* Huron Carol
* Good King Wenseslas (sp?)
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I'm not sure what I'd like to be able to do at Christmas time that I want to know the music, but its always a desire to be able to play the music on the harp as it is so wonderful to listen to and usually the pieces are very easy to learn & relearn.

Okay, that's the best I can do for now.

Meg