Lesson 10/25/03

We worked on a couple duets today. The first was a minuet (I forget who it was by) that I started on Thursday. We made it through, but it was fairly slow. I’m going to continue working on it for Wednesday.

The other minuet I worked on turned out fairly badly. Part of the problem is that my high D and C# are both very out of tune, even with the new mouthpiece. If I could remember to open the high D only a crack, it comes out more in tune, but I’m not yet skilled enough to remember that. I think I’ll move on to a different piece tomorrow.

On my way out of the store, I picked up a new book of movie themes (with an accompaniment CD). One of the pieces is from Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is probably the whole reason I got the book.