Ms. L. has me starting--in a way--on the third movement of the Bach. I believe the way she put it was, "The third movement has some tricky stuff in it, so you might as well get going on it now."
This means...double stops. From about 2:18-2:30 and 2:55-3:11 here, though it's not written as double stops, that's apparently how you have to finger it to make it work. Ms. L. wrote up some exercises for me to gradually work my way into it, so practicing those has been a big part of my week.
So far, it's (deceptively) not bad. Transferring those exercises into the piece while attempting to sound musical will be the hard part!
My big learning experience with double stops came in college when I learned the Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G, which has some double-stop playing. I got those bits under my fingers (with a ton of practice), and that piece is still one of my favorites that I've ever played.
My big learning experience with double stops came in college when I learned the Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G, which has some double-stop playing. I got those bits under my fingers (with a ton of practice), and that piece is still one of my favorites that I've ever played.
So I'm not scared of double-stops, and I feel capable of learning them, but it still feels like a big step. They can be a bit of a strain, physically, so it feels like progress to just be working on them. Five months ago, I couldn't have done this.
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