Practice Nov. 6, 2006

Time:  120 min.

I have tried out my bright idea of raising my shoulder, but my shoulder ached for the passed week.  Thus, I should try to find a medium in between.  Raising my shoulder allows my hand to move up and down the  fingerboard without wasting time adjusting my elbow when I go over the break point between thumb and normal position.  Today, I also noticed that there’s some joy’s to playing with the bow hair loser.  I don’t know what to do about it.  When I had my lesson with Mr. Hurst, he adjusted my bow such that it was loser than I’ve kept it for the past few months.  On the other hand, Mr. Angell likes the hair tight.  I guess it’s up to me.  In the orchestra, I feel better with a tighter bow because I can press more, which is bad.–but it feels so good.  I should talk to Lee and Hurst about this.