Slogan: Doing the Work Reaps Rewards
Hye,
This is the last day of the month so I need to do a summary of the work that I have been trying to accomplish. The music that I listed was one of the best for me this time. I practiced all of it more often during this month than usual. Christ Child's Lullabye is my favorite at the moment, I must admit, I was able to pick up the two hands action easily and it keeps getting better and better every time I play it. My hope is that I am going to get the connection and start finding two hands just an added feature to any piece that I want to try it in.
We had a music lesson at Christine's with Alyson, she showed us new simple pieces to work on for next month's lesson; I need to sit down and work on them regularly. We had some lunch and a couple of laffs and I got lots of Happy Birthdays for my b'day which happens to be tomorrow.
I have gotten the music all put into a single binder so they aren't all in 4 or 5 different binders, folders, or envelopes. I still have to go thru and do tables of contents for the sections, make section covers, and remove any duplicates to store somewhere else. I certainly do seem to accumulate a lot of copies of the same thing.
I have to come up with a new slogan for my birthday month, hmmmmm, I'm tryna hum a few bars to see what comes of it, lol lol lol.
My list of music for practice this month is:
* Wisteria ~ for warm up, always good exercise
* Rickshaw Ride ~ pentatonic (love that sound)
* Christ Child's Lullabye
* Alyson's Exercise ~ for next month
* Mull of Kyntire ~ for next month
* Amazing Grace ~ just for a change :)
BTW: If I am going to be the only one to serenade me with Happy Birthday tomorrow, then I'm going to play it all month also. I'm in sort of a bad mood about being alone on an important day for me. Isn't there anyone in the whole world who cares??????????
chow fer now,
Meg
Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Slogan: Doing The Work Reaps Rewards
Hye folks,
My, what a busy week. I have been really good and doing my practices everyday. Sometimes I've had to keep it right to the amount of time I had allotted for that day, my mind is tumbling in all sorts of directions. But, it seems to help get my head back on track and think more logically about what I have to do and keep going till I get more done than I probly would have. This is something that has been noticeable for quite a while now.
I did something with music sheets that I can't talk about here, if anyone finds out it could be hurtful. But I need to say that it tooks me two days and I completed the exercise.
On May 25th there was a group lesson at Christine's place. We learned new exercie pieces and wrote out our own on sheet music. It was a hard and (for me) sloppy exercise. Then we had a chance to learn Mull o Kintyre by Paul McCartney and it sounds lovely on the harp, even in learning- and- practicing- with- lots- of-mistakes progress. It was a really enjoyable time and we brought bagged lunches that we sat round the table and ate later; there was good chatting, good laffing, too. The drive was good and the weather was comfortable to drive in also. I am glad that I have been doing some daily practice so that I could sit down and be part of things as smoothl as it gets for me.
I really want to get better at the music for next month. We are supposed to bring it back and work on it some more, this is great, its like a structured session with expectations of getting better on what we've learned instead of just going onto new music like the old is part of the past and has no importance.
I have to go think about doing something less fun, so I'm out of here for now.
Cheers, Meg :)
Hye folks,
My, what a busy week. I have been really good and doing my practices everyday. Sometimes I've had to keep it right to the amount of time I had allotted for that day, my mind is tumbling in all sorts of directions. But, it seems to help get my head back on track and think more logically about what I have to do and keep going till I get more done than I probly would have. This is something that has been noticeable for quite a while now.
I did something with music sheets that I can't talk about here, if anyone finds out it could be hurtful. But I need to say that it tooks me two days and I completed the exercise.
On May 25th there was a group lesson at Christine's place. We learned new exercie pieces and wrote out our own on sheet music. It was a hard and (for me) sloppy exercise. Then we had a chance to learn Mull o Kintyre by Paul McCartney and it sounds lovely on the harp, even in learning- and- practicing- with- lots- of-mistakes progress. It was a really enjoyable time and we brought bagged lunches that we sat round the table and ate later; there was good chatting, good laffing, too. The drive was good and the weather was comfortable to drive in also. I am glad that I have been doing some daily practice so that I could sit down and be part of things as smoothl as it gets for me.
I really want to get better at the music for next month. We are supposed to bring it back and work on it some more, this is great, its like a structured session with expectations of getting better on what we've learned instead of just going onto new music like the old is part of the past and has no importance.
I have to go think about doing something less fun, so I'm out of here for now.
Cheers, Meg :)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Slogan: Doing The Work Reaps Rewards
Hye Folks,
I know, silence again and it seems like I am disappearing again. No, it seems that I have gotten busier and the evenings, when I usually do my entry here, I am not able to think properly.
I can tell you that I have been doing my practicing, I am completely enamoured with the little piece that lets me work in both hands together, The Christ Child's Lullabye, I still have to run thru it a couple of times to get a rhythm, but then I get it and just don't want to quit. But, as with all good things, it comes to and end and I do a little Westminster Bells and I'm out.
I have gotten all the music into a single large binder with dividers for each group of music. It's in plastic protector sheets, and there is a heavy protector sheet for making a pretty cover sheet for the sections.
I need to end this now, so hopefully I have shown some dediation to my music.
Thanks for dropping in,
Meg :)
Hye Folks,
I know, silence again and it seems like I am disappearing again. No, it seems that I have gotten busier and the evenings, when I usually do my entry here, I am not able to think properly.
I can tell you that I have been doing my practicing, I am completely enamoured with the little piece that lets me work in both hands together, The Christ Child's Lullabye, I still have to run thru it a couple of times to get a rhythm, but then I get it and just don't want to quit. But, as with all good things, it comes to and end and I do a little Westminster Bells and I'm out.
I have gotten all the music into a single large binder with dividers for each group of music. It's in plastic protector sheets, and there is a heavy protector sheet for making a pretty cover sheet for the sections.
I need to end this now, so hopefully I have shown some dediation to my music.
Thanks for dropping in,
Meg :)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Slogan: Doing the Work Reaps Rewards
Hye again,
I have been out gardening and digging out the dandelions each day. One daay my arms ached so much that I couldn't lift them into harp position. Now, this may sound like a cop-out to you, as it would have not so long ago to me, but having experienced it I am willing to acept the truth of overdoing things and having to recover.
I am trying to work on getting music sheets organized into a single large binder with divided sections. Hopefully, this will make it easier to pull out the music I want for the month and keep better track of what I have used, am using and still have never used. I need a page of contents. This isn't a day in which I will be doing either activity as I seem to be going thru a slump and concentration turns to confusion and tears very quickly. I need to say that so that I can track any difference in progress that may occur. Is it the same as when I just stop for a short time? What does it feel like trying to get back into it?
I will continue to check in regularly, I want to account for my activity or lack of it.
Cheers, Meg
Hye again,
I have been out gardening and digging out the dandelions each day. One daay my arms ached so much that I couldn't lift them into harp position. Now, this may sound like a cop-out to you, as it would have not so long ago to me, but having experienced it I am willing to acept the truth of overdoing things and having to recover.
I am trying to work on getting music sheets organized into a single large binder with divided sections. Hopefully, this will make it easier to pull out the music I want for the month and keep better track of what I have used, am using and still have never used. I need a page of contents. This isn't a day in which I will be doing either activity as I seem to be going thru a slump and concentration turns to confusion and tears very quickly. I need to say that so that I can track any difference in progress that may occur. Is it the same as when I just stop for a short time? What does it feel like trying to get back into it?
I will continue to check in regularly, I want to account for my activity or lack of it.
Cheers, Meg
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Slogan: Doing The Work Reaps Rewards
Today I am not in a mood to be doing anything. I have no energy and less ambition, but for some reason I was able to go to the music and work away at it for about an hour nearly. I could tell that my thinking was not strong for being terribly productive, but still if I was there and wanted to do any work at all, lets go for it.
I began with Wisteria and Westminster Bells, both a couple of times thru for a short warm up. Then I started working on something that was just sitting on the music stand, with my mind on a different piece, that was interesting to discover that it didn't sound like anything and in the wrong tempo. What a hoot. Finally, I pulled out the Christ Child's Lullabye and went to work on it over and over and over. Searching For Lambs got a workout afterwards and that was all I did really, just those two pieces for the rest of the hour and the two hand thing is coming more easily, still don't have a good replacement for the chord in the music that my harp doesn't have, but I'm still working on that, too.
At 7 PM when I was ready to quit I had done about an hour practice and it felt good, but still have to realize that I can't work too hard at night or I get overtired and can't sleep properly.
Cheers, Meg
Today I am not in a mood to be doing anything. I have no energy and less ambition, but for some reason I was able to go to the music and work away at it for about an hour nearly. I could tell that my thinking was not strong for being terribly productive, but still if I was there and wanted to do any work at all, lets go for it.
I began with Wisteria and Westminster Bells, both a couple of times thru for a short warm up. Then I started working on something that was just sitting on the music stand, with my mind on a different piece, that was interesting to discover that it didn't sound like anything and in the wrong tempo. What a hoot. Finally, I pulled out the Christ Child's Lullabye and went to work on it over and over and over. Searching For Lambs got a workout afterwards and that was all I did really, just those two pieces for the rest of the hour and the two hand thing is coming more easily, still don't have a good replacement for the chord in the music that my harp doesn't have, but I'm still working on that, too.
At 7 PM when I was ready to quit I had done about an hour practice and it felt good, but still have to realize that I can't work too hard at night or I get overtired and can't sleep properly.
Cheers, Meg
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Slogan: Doing the Work Reaps Rewards
Hye folks,
It has been a little stressful around here recently, not a lot going on, but it is all quite intense. Unfortunately, I have not been able to keep up with the writing part of the blog work, darn ~ I really thot that doing enough work to write about would be the problem.
All week I have been hanging out at the harp, little Daria is very patient and very accommodating when I eventually get around to showing up. I keep going back to Christ Child's Lullabye as it is such a great two hand piece that makes me feel so good about wanting to continue to improve. Last evening I did that one and am almost able to do it right thru without going to the music sheet. Rickshaw Ride is coming along better, Sukura, Searching for Lambs is hard but its partly that I don't have a string below bottom C and there is one place that it calls for me to go down to an A below low C. So I am trying to imporvise, keeping in mind that I am also going down lower with my right hand and that compromises all the strings I have, I'm trying to use the A just above C if I can remember.
Wisteria comes at the end or Westminster Bells to get my head back in balance. I'm going to have to study my music to find something new to go onto next month, this is getting comfortable.
So long for now,
Meg :)
Hye folks,
It has been a little stressful around here recently, not a lot going on, but it is all quite intense. Unfortunately, I have not been able to keep up with the writing part of the blog work, darn ~ I really thot that doing enough work to write about would be the problem.
All week I have been hanging out at the harp, little Daria is very patient and very accommodating when I eventually get around to showing up. I keep going back to Christ Child's Lullabye as it is such a great two hand piece that makes me feel so good about wanting to continue to improve. Last evening I did that one and am almost able to do it right thru without going to the music sheet. Rickshaw Ride is coming along better, Sukura, Searching for Lambs is hard but its partly that I don't have a string below bottom C and there is one place that it calls for me to go down to an A below low C. So I am trying to imporvise, keeping in mind that I am also going down lower with my right hand and that compromises all the strings I have, I'm trying to use the A just above C if I can remember.
Wisteria comes at the end or Westminster Bells to get my head back in balance. I'm going to have to study my music to find something new to go onto next month, this is getting comfortable.
So long for now,
Meg :)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Slogan: Doing The Work Reaps Rewards
Hye Folks,
Boy, that list sure looks long for some reason. Maybe its because I really want to get some work done and get back to where I was a couple of years ago. I know that I can do better than what I have been doing so far. Its been great getting back to looking at my beautiful harp and having the energy and ambition to sit down and spend some time with it. There still is no regular daily schedule to do it.
I am really enjoying my new piece, Christ Child's Lullabye, its very easy for me to just get into the rythm of usinng both hands so naturally. I must continue using it for practice, its such an easy step, feels great. I'm also doing The Artist Way again and I'm hoping that it will give me the incentive to get into a proper routine and things are all organized for musical interludes.
Ha ha ha, I found the music for Row Row Row Your Boat and find the fingering is just a little complicated to get my head . . . or fingers . . . around. There's not even a left hand and I'm having touble.
Cheers, Meg
Hye Folks,
Boy, that list sure looks long for some reason. Maybe its because I really want to get some work done and get back to where I was a couple of years ago. I know that I can do better than what I have been doing so far. Its been great getting back to looking at my beautiful harp and having the energy and ambition to sit down and spend some time with it. There still is no regular daily schedule to do it.
I am really enjoying my new piece, Christ Child's Lullabye, its very easy for me to just get into the rythm of usinng both hands so naturally. I must continue using it for practice, its such an easy step, feels great. I'm also doing The Artist Way again and I'm hoping that it will give me the incentive to get into a proper routine and things are all organized for musical interludes.
Ha ha ha, I found the music for Row Row Row Your Boat and find the fingering is just a little complicated to get my head . . . or fingers . . . around. There's not even a left hand and I'm having touble.
Cheers, Meg
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Slogan: Doing The Work Reaps Rewards
Hye folks,
Its a new month and a new message to keep me inspired. This one is important to me because I am working on creating a new attitude within me. My old understanding was that bad behavior was rewarded with attention; whether good or bad, it was all attention. Now, I want to relearn how to do things, do them as well as I know how, to the best of my ability and know that its good enough to reap the rewards.
Since I started this blog at the beginning of the school year, it feels like I am coming to the end of things, but that isn't true, there is no end when working on a project of the heart. But I am going to think of a way to reward myself for progressing with my work. No no no , it won't be a daily trip to Dairy Queen, no sense doubling my weight just to keep me motivated, I'd have to get a small harp that I can walk around with so I can walk while I practice at that rate:)
I have made up a list of all the pieces I have used as part of my monthly lists all year and have come up with a set of pieces that will give me a good practice session even if I only do each thru once or twice daily.
Music To - Do List For May
* Wisteria
* Sakura
* Happy Birthday/Here Comes The Bride
* Sean Bui
* Star of County Down
* Swan Lake
* Rickshaw Ride
* Christ Child's Lullabye
* Searching For Lambs
Well, that is half the list for the year. There is also going to be a small group lesson with Alison this month so she'll have a new piece for us to practice. I am so happy that I am going to be able to join them, its been so long since I have been available during the daytime.
I also want to get the rest of the music sheets in plastic sleeves and gotten into binders for easier handling. That is going to be part of what I want to accomplish during this month, so be prepared for an update on my progress in this area also.
So, I think I've covered all the important areas for the moment.
Cheers, Meg
Hye folks,
Its a new month and a new message to keep me inspired. This one is important to me because I am working on creating a new attitude within me. My old understanding was that bad behavior was rewarded with attention; whether good or bad, it was all attention. Now, I want to relearn how to do things, do them as well as I know how, to the best of my ability and know that its good enough to reap the rewards.
Since I started this blog at the beginning of the school year, it feels like I am coming to the end of things, but that isn't true, there is no end when working on a project of the heart. But I am going to think of a way to reward myself for progressing with my work. No no no , it won't be a daily trip to Dairy Queen, no sense doubling my weight just to keep me motivated, I'd have to get a small harp that I can walk around with so I can walk while I practice at that rate:)
I have made up a list of all the pieces I have used as part of my monthly lists all year and have come up with a set of pieces that will give me a good practice session even if I only do each thru once or twice daily.
Music To - Do List For May
* Wisteria
* Sakura
* Happy Birthday/Here Comes The Bride
* Sean Bui
* Star of County Down
* Swan Lake
* Rickshaw Ride
* Christ Child's Lullabye
* Searching For Lambs
Well, that is half the list for the year. There is also going to be a small group lesson with Alison this month so she'll have a new piece for us to practice. I am so happy that I am going to be able to join them, its been so long since I have been available during the daytime.
I also want to get the rest of the music sheets in plastic sleeves and gotten into binders for easier handling. That is going to be part of what I want to accomplish during this month, so be prepared for an update on my progress in this area also.
So, I think I've covered all the important areas for the moment.
Cheers, Meg
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