May 29, 2003
by Joe
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I started appreciating Petracchi’s Simplified Higher Technique book a lot more when I decided to skip around and try the exercises in the middle and throughout the book, rather than plowing through from the beginning. I then realized that I … Continue reading
May 11, 2003
by Joe
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I have made good headway into the Prelude to the Bach Cello Suite No. 3, and just about nailed the Allemande and the Bourrées. The Prelude is the key part of this piece and has the trickiest fingering problem in … Continue reading
April 15, 2003
by Joe
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Thanks to some valued advice from Don, I ordered a new set of Pirastro Flexocor G, D, and A strings, and a D’Addario Helicore E string. I ordered ‘em from Lemur, which by the way is proof that there is … Continue reading
April 12, 2003
by Joe
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“Why aren’t you practicing?” was pretty much my motto when I was in college at New England Conservatory. I’d be talking to some people in the hallway shooting the breeze, or sitting out front on the steps, and inevitably the … Continue reading
April 8, 2003
by Joe
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I drove up to the bass shop and had a look at the almost completed work being done on my bass. The neck looks rock solid and it is great to have it at the proper width. The new fingerboard … Continue reading