Watching the ball.

Really enjoying reading the inner game. I find it is very useful.
www.theinnergame.com

An interesting observation. Watching the string vibrate is like watching the ball in tennis. It channels the body focus and awareness..

Interestingly.
- My mum is just as good at picking out the ill notes in F# major. There is no skill in having a good idea if it is well looked after.
- Motor skills can be practiced.
- Magic is in the composition and communication.

Practice from what is known and possible and built on that taking no short cuts. Enjoy & Learn rather than perform.

I have spent my life trying to perform.

A new technique. Play scales with a tuner and stop randomly to see how 'off' i am. fascinating!

Another guide: Don't practice more than one thing at a time! Do one thing and enjoy it. The biggest limitation on progress is boredom.
- bowing.
- scales.
- chromatic scales.
- appeggios.
- shifting.
- double stops.

once a 15 minute run of the above is done in a chosen key then move onto a study and work on one of the above for each session.


Why is it that the right side of my body (shoulder blade etc) is so much more tense after extended practice. My bowing arm places a huge amount of pressure on my middle back. Strange? Should my left side also struggle? Perhaps my right should is being too cautious and i should let my arm do all the work... Is my right shoulder being tense? tba

Is my right should trying to compensate for my right arm.