Here's a journal entry for today. I got up at 20.27, which is quite late, but had a good sleep after the night shift. I make myself a cup of tea then retreat back into my room.
The PoDN. Good preparation which leads straight into 30 minutes with guitar. Here's a brief report to share:
Relax into myself.
Relax into the environment.
Relax into the guitar.
Set the metronome at 72 BPM.
Practice the 1st Primary: 1324 pattern (ascending the fretboard) 4231 (descending)
Work on the 4 inner strings, between 1st and 13th fret.
Quarter, eighth, eighth triplets & sixteenth notes.
Observe what tensions arise in the body when I change the speed, and let them go.
When reach sixteenth notes limit the working area (from 3rd until 11th fret) and multiply individual notes of the pattern. For example:
2 2 2 2 - repeat first note 2 twice, second note twice etc.
then...
2 1 2 1
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 2
Also approach 5 notes per beat.
Complete with the 'Music for the found harmonium'.
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Later I join Marek and Belen in the living room and have a cup of coffee. Marek offers some mushroom soup, very nice and flavoursome. We go out for a walk around Harrogate, it's a full moon tonight, it's windy and the air is fresh. It is also Friday night -> many people around enjoying their night out. After this I go to the shop on my own.
Another picture from the Yorkshire Dales. That's how the day looks like:
Night animal is free to do its night business when everybody else is asleep as every normal person does. This includes: chi kung, JoTD, reading from KW's book, meal.
Also guitar time II, briefly reported here:
Prepare with the Alexander lie-down.
J.S.Bach repertoire:
Review first 20 bars of Prelude VI, then learn bars 21-24. Use visualization technique.
G gigue
d courrante
Play. A groove comes up, then another one. I play around them and record on mac. Have a lot of fun with it!
Check the watch, almost 50 minutes.
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Short sitting. Then take it easy and watch The Cable Guy .
6.20 am
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