Thursday, January 31, 2013
Bach on the piano again
Went and got my old sheet music from my teen years. Took Shirmer's First Lessons in Bach and went downstairs and started working, again, after all these years, on the first piece (it's book 2), a polonaise. Been doing that a few days and I've almost got it again. I'm gonna re-learn the other pieces I learned so long ago. Today i started working on Invention 1, two part. Can't play guitar, so it's back to the piano, and Bach. The Yamaha keyboard is great -- I play in harpsichord mode. Better than a real piano. Bye bye, guitar and blues and jazz. Hello again, piano and Bach.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Change to the Friday Writer
OK, I've change my strategy. Writing every day is an impossible goal. I will write as much as possible on Fridays, when kids are in school and I'm at home. We'll see how that works.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Mixing Blues and Ragtime
So, what I'm gonna do on the guitar front is to mix blues and ragtime. So, the ragtime is the basis of the song, and I'll find places to solo with the major pentatonic scale -- to replace the vocals. Thus, my rags can go longer and not be so repetitive, and my blues improv knowledge can be used. Plus, it's something a little different. Lately I've been favoring the VG strat. Strats are great!
And, no writing!
And, no writing!
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