Day 4/40
Today I focus on working on pieces.
Begin with playing through Cantaloupe Island (bass) with the recording. In the past 3 days I worked on my use while practicing the guitar - the attention needed to be divided between two processes. Playing with the recording seems to be bit more challenging, because there's one more thing to pay attention to - listening to other parts of the piece.
Then move on to reviewing the bass from Larks Tongues in Aspic II. That's when the end gaining creeps in, and even when I notice it I don't do anything about it - interesting. By end gaining I mean trying to get it at the expense of my coordination (excessive tension, suppresed breathing etc.) or the wholeness of the body. Finally I decide to stop, and change the speed to half tempo. My system also slows down.
Complete the practice with playing through CI again. This time play while standing , aiming to maintain gentle awareness of the flowers outside the window (but without staring at them)
Unfortunately I can't take the photo of these pink flowers. Instead, here's a lot of pink from Yorkshire, photo by Monika.
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