Down with mazurkas and waltzes

I think that any composer that makes your uncoordinated left hand leap across the keyboard from a open octave position to a scrunched together chord position should be punished. I'm accompanying Michael for his Grade 3 violin exam. Two of the pieces are fine; one is a mazurka. Grrr. Next time I am asked to accompany I will first ask "is he playing a mazurka?" and then answer accordingly! Oh well, I suppose it is good practice for me.

Always waiting for the "click"

It always amazes me that you can stumble and stumble and stumble, practice after practice, and then all of a sudden things click into place. I guess my mind finally reaches a point at which it can concentrate on 2 lines of music, 2 sets of fingering notation, hand coordination and even dynamics all at one time. My Bach Prelude was nearly flawless this evening (slow, but flawless) after weeks of grrrrrr. Very satisfying indeed. Now to speed it up...