There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem

I actually fancy the Brahms Requiem, but I can understand this writer's qualm. Today was so so, but my playing was great. I was really looking forward to my lesson today and it ended up being fabulous; however, my practice session after my lesson was interrupted abruptly by my lunch not agreeing with me. By evening, I had semi-recovered and got back to practicing.

8:00 AM
Breathe - 3 min
Buzz - 2 min
LT - 2 min
Slurs - 3 min
Scales - 5 min
Pottag - 5 min
Fantasy - 10 min
Morceau - 15 min
Warm Down - 5

11:15 AM
Breathe - 5 min
Buzz - 2 min
LT - 3 min
Slurs - 5 min
Scales - 5 min

Lesson

1:00 PM
Articulation/Scales - 10 min
Alphonse - 5 min

and Lunch returns with a vengence

7:40 PM
LT - 2 min
Slurs - 3 min
Scales/Articulation - 10 min
Alphonse - 5 min
Pottag - 5 min
Kopp - 5 min
Morceau - 10 min
Fantasy - 15 min
WD - 5 min

Lesson Stuff:
My lesson went pretty well. We worked mostly on scales and Pottag. I am trying a new mouthpiece this week - a Lawson (ooo). It has a larger throat and bore than the C15 I was using. So far it is working great. the inside of the rim seems a bit to sharp for me. Assignments for this week:
Scales - E major, D Minor
Articulation/Scales - Art. excercises on major scales up to 4 sharps/flats / some minors
Arpeggios!
McCoy - Sightread
Alphonse - Through 7
Pottag - 43-44
Kopp 1 - Mib, Sol
Kopp 9 - Mib, Re

My practice sessions seemed very productive today. I am really liking the Lawson mouthpiece, but we will see where it is after a week, we my have to even go deeper to an C8! Morceau and Fantasy are improving very well. My final run of Fantasy in the evening was really good. I couldn't find a recording of the Fantasy there, I'll have to look at the library or on Naxos.

Quote: George Bernard Shaw