TCHAIK PROJECT: February 2021

Feb 19, 2021

TCHAIK PROJECT 12 - The frog and the "hanger" tension

Issues appear, and I have to deal with them. In this period diaries it seems that playing short bows on the frog for a longer time can cause tension on my upper back and neck, a region of the body I call "hanger" because of its shape. Learning the actual amount of work my muscles need to do in order to play those frog strokes is necessary, and this is what those body awareness tools are for.

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February 17th, 2020 - Monday

Reading of the day: How to get better at detecting errors especially if they're hiding in plain sight.

Forgot to mention that I started reading a new book, “The Body has its reasons”, by Thérèse Bertherat and Carol Bernstein. I don’t know what happens to me… I devour way faster the books about body than the ones about violin…

Feb 15, 2021

TCHAIK PROJECT 11 - Focus on memorization

Year 2020 already started, too many things to do between orchestra, Tchaik Project, teaching violin, the masters course and another special project on the side. Even though there was the Christmas break, the number of things I regularly do didn't change and the tiredness they caused in 2019 was just waiting to be here again.

Two things are worth noticing in this period diaries: I kept memorization in mind the whole time and I'm addressing an issue that I, later, found out to be an important one: difficulty to practice, to start practicing. And an anxiety behind it.

This difficulty can be expressed in many forms: "I'm tired", "I don't feel like it", "I'm lazy", "I don't have the energy", "There's not enough time", "I really have to do the dishes", "I can't do it", "I'm paralyzed". And sometimes there's this little trouble breathing. Does anyone there have/feel this, too?