Then I moved to the heart of the work, starting with more memorization work on the Handel Gavotte. First I played the piece through - I try to do this every time I work on it to cement it. Memorizing certainly makes the piece easier to play even with the music, as my fingers know what's coming next. I worked more on Part B, particularly the 3rd through 5th measures. It wasn't coming easily yet, but I think I made some progress, however small.
Then I continued with the Van Eyck 32 Comagain, modo 3. I refreshed the 1st and 2nd sections, and then started work on the 3rd section. It quickly became clear that I had to back off the pace I had set earlier - I ended up at 66 for the quarter note, down from 80. The sequences of 1/16 notes were too difficult at the higher speed. The rhythm is also tricky - I had to break it down at first to get the hang of it. I also started working on using the diga tongueing to speed up the pairs of 1/16 notes, but that isn't quite working yet. This piece is pretty challenging and will require a lot more work.
Then on to alto, starting with the Linde 19. I reviewed it, starting with the last section and working towards the beginning by section. Most of it had stuck pretty well - over the next several days I'll continue my review and spend most of my time on the most difficult note sequences.
The two Musettes by Chedeville were next. I worked only on the first one, and most of my time was spent on the 8 trills - only 4 different notes, as some are repeated. I worked on the individual trills and also on the notes immediately prior and after. Tomorrow I think I'll review this and then try playing with the metronome to get the trill timing correct.
I finished by working on sections 3 and 4 (my divisions) of the Theater Tango, trying to cement the rhythms and also the notes - they aren't that hard, but section 3 is pretty fast and section 4 is in a different key (change from B flat to F) which drops the E flat.
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