Things learnt today:
2009-May-03, Sunday 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebe1) I love doing scales. Just started arpeggios (chord progressions played note by note). The simple, specific, clarity of each, that just 'fits', is very soothing. Helps calm the beast, a great escape from a hectic mind.
2) I found a legitimate and actually practical use for arm-warmers. Who would have guessed it'd be as a way to warm my arms? Well, wrists and hands more specifically. Warm hands and wrists mean the muscles don't seize up, which in turn means music practice is less painful and more productive.
3) Bodhrán and piano practice don't go well together. The symmetry and synchronisation required for piano gets all shot to hell when only one hand/wrist is moving at lightning speed and with complete fluidity, while the other stays rigid for long periods of time.
4) This implies that all piano practice should be completed before bodhrán practice begins. Which is somewhat inconvenient as bodhrán is by far the louder instrument. Especially when it has become customary to practice piano between the hours of 11pm and 1am.
5) Frustration leads to me beating my hands frantically against various instruments trying to get them to cooperate. But thanks to all the exercise and warming, this doesn't actually hurt.
2) I found a legitimate and actually practical use for arm-warmers. Who would have guessed it'd be as a way to warm my arms? Well, wrists and hands more specifically. Warm hands and wrists mean the muscles don't seize up, which in turn means music practice is less painful and more productive.
3) Bodhrán and piano practice don't go well together. The symmetry and synchronisation required for piano gets all shot to hell when only one hand/wrist is moving at lightning speed and with complete fluidity, while the other stays rigid for long periods of time.
4) This implies that all piano practice should be completed before bodhrán practice begins. Which is somewhat inconvenient as bodhrán is by far the louder instrument. Especially when it has become customary to practice piano between the hours of 11pm and 1am.
5) Frustration leads to me beating my hands frantically against various instruments trying to get them to cooperate. But thanks to all the exercise and warming, this doesn't actually hurt.
