🦋 Second lesson
This evening I am having my second fiddle lesson with Lisa Gutkin, who impressed me favorably at our first meeting. What I want to work on: blues; "John Hardy"; vibrato; "I'll Fly Away" and a couple of similar folk songs. I was going to go to a lecture on Robert Musil beforehand, but the schedule switched around and I will not be able to make it. Got my midterm back in Network Systems last night -- I scored 62/100, which in the wacky world of Professor Rubenstein's curves is an A. (Class median was 44.)
We worked on vibrato and blues, and a lot of bow hand exercises. And toward the end of the lesson some work on "John Hardy" and on playing drone notes while I am singing. I can do some really nice stuff jamming on "John Hardy". It is time that I should start keeping a book of what songs I play. Offhand: - John Hardy was a Desperate Little Man
- Shine On
- I'll Fly Away
- The Louisville Burglar
- St. James Infirmary
- Will the Circle be Unbroken
Anything else?... as I say, time to start keeping a book.
posted afternoon of Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
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