Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Summer Project: The Lilting Banshee

I hated learning this one. Endless problems, and I'm still not sure it's quite right. I still need to work on that high a in the b part... I'll fix that when I keep playing it in the future, but for now, I'm tired of resetting the recording every time I make a mistake, so this will have to do. Honestly, I must have spent at least a half-hour cancelling every video I started because of a little hesitation or mistake. I play so much worse when I know that I HAVE to play perfectly. When it's just for fun, making a mistake is no big deal, and, paradoxically, I don't make them... *Sighs* But I should get used to playing under pressure if I'm ever to play in sessions, so...good practice? >.<

Also, I'm ahead of time. So to summarize...
The Banshee had to be learned by April 28th
Tobin's Favourite had to be learned by May 5th
The Lilting Banshee had to be learned by May 12th

I'm a week early. And that's really good. I'm getting a little tired of hearing the whistle all the time. :P It's such a shrill instrument, and I love playing it, but there are limits to how many hours I'm willing to put into anything. So if I can get a few days off before learning my next tune, it'll be a welcome break.

Also, to brag a little, I sent my video of Tobin's Favourite off to my teacher, and she said it was great! I'm so happy to know that I'm making progress. :D Not many of my friends or family care one way or another about this hobby of mine, and that's certainly better than pelting me with rotten tomatoes whenever I play, but a little bit of praise is also appreciated. XD And all the more so when it comes from someone who actually plays the whistle, and plays it much better than I do.

Anyway, enough of all that. Here is my little Lilting Banshee.




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