Well, this week was rather productive thanks to me having less homework to do.
I worked quite a bit on the Eugene method, almost entirely on the tone building exercises. I tried to alternate between D Major and b minor every other day, so I probably spent about an even amount in both of them. Somewhere this week I started to play with a far more relaxed lower jaw, and I've been liking the results in response and ease of playing, but I'm not sure on the sound since I haven't had anyone really listen to it yet (so that I know I'm moving in the right direction).
I rather enjoyed this week's Cavallini etude (Op 3 #1). I focused a lot on playing only the first and last 3 notes of each figure so that should sound alright. I managed to get the tempo up to the written ones as well.
I didn't really polish the Debussy all the way, but I feel like I want to move away from this piece for a bit and work on something else. I'm sure I'll come back to it eventually. What that something else is I have absolutely no clue since we already ran through all the rep we chose for this semester from last year.
The Borodin excerpts still have a good bit of work left on them, but I can at least play them at a lower tempo for the most part. I wasn't able to get an A clarinet (turns out they're all checked out right now), so I just did them on the Bb.
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