Inspired by Danielle's concert I did some practise that evening as the following morning was another trip to Anne's with Robyn to play some more trios. We are improving and concentrated on the three South American Dances by Ortiz and Dancing Lambs by Grandjany. Last time we were playing the pieces quite slowly just to find the notes but we have realised that the pieces should go a lot faster to get the right spirit and feel. However when we speed up we don't get all the notes right, which is highly off putting. the thing to remember is that the pieces sound better up to speed with wrong ntoes than they do at a slower speed with the right notes. I find this with my own teaching and regulary try to pull pupils out of the way of thinking where they go back and correct notes that are wrong, or slow down just so they can get a right note. I have an experiment where I play all the notes of a well known nursery rhyme, firstly with all the right notes but wrong rhythm and secondly with mostly wrong notes and right rhythm. Few of them get it from the first playing but do realise what it is on the second time. But it requires a lot of determination to accept the wrong notes in a rehearsal.
We enjoyed our morning and recorded Cumbia Deliciosa. It didn't sound too bad! Our next plan is to practise our parts individually and hopefully get Rohan in to hear us at some point. As if Rohan doesn't have enough to worry about already having to teach us all individually!
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