Today I played C Major arpeggios and felt good about them. I was hitting the right notes most of the time and moving with more speed and confidence across the octaves. Again my body was moving along with my hands—though I suspect it might now be too much and I will soon need to tone that down.
I also read through a bunch of songs in JTMCP 3, including Bach's Prelude in C, Clementi's Sonatina, and Thompson's Tarantella. Played through Massenet's Melody, too—especially the beginning (refrain) which I memorised and was actually trying to play decently. I ended with some finger exercises. For the left hand, I used Burgmuller's Ballade and for the right Maykapar's Toccatina. Felt my 3rd and 4th finger loosen up when playing trills because I tried to work that technique at slow and medium speeds. I guess my read through the first part of The Skaters inspired this work out. It helped.
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