Pretty much doing the same thing. Working on smoothing out the shift to second and combining it with what comes before it. Getting there.

It is a good thing that I really like this piece.

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My cello went pretty well this morning. I am still working the Bourrée, and I am still loving it. I like the feeling that I know I am getting better with it.

I am working on that fourth finger E on A string to the the fourth finger A on D string, followed by the third finger  G# on D string to the open A. The E on A followed by the A on D is quite hard for me. I could dumb it up and do the open A, followed by the G# on D and open A(again). I don't want to do that. 

My problems are that it feels awkward and the bowing. Pretty much everything! LOL I will get it, eventually. I cannot bridge the finger and do both the A and D string at the same time. That is what killed guitar. I cannot bridge my fingers across two or more strings. I couldn't do it when younger, and certainly not now. Sometimes, there are just things you cannot do, this is one of them. So, I have to slip that fourth finger to the A on D, from the fourth finger E on A. I am working on an adjustment. It will get there. Once I figure out exactly what I have to do and where I need to be in my bow to do it, I will just have to smooth it out. 

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So, I have decided to forgo the forced shift and concentrate on bowing with this piece. Natural shifting will be better to use for learning to shift.

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I was playing my violin yesterday. It actually went pretty well. Have to lay off my cello for a couple days.

I was surprised how well the violin held its tune, Just minor tweaking, and the humidity and temps have been so up and down the last few weeks. Even my Grandpa's Fiddle held its tune. One of my violas was way off, but it happens with that one. My Fiddlerman viola holds it tune just fine. 

I need to decide on a song for my violin and viola, rather than doing random pieces. Will have to go through what I have and see what will help the most. I made a good choice with my cello piece.

Time to get back into the swing of things.

Later.

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Still deciding on a violin piece and a viola piece. I am going through my books. My cello is coming along just fine, slow, but it does take me a while to get the fingering smooth.

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@ABitRusty, My knitting machine is great! I was able to do some ribbing. Unless you know about knitting machines, you won't have a clue what it means to have a ribber attachment to do that. I wish I had that when I made my granddaughters ll those hats, They love hats, especially the younger one, She wears a winter hat in the summer. I will try to make her lightweight hats. I have not do

ne a sweater or socks yet. They are a little more involved and I have not "evolved" that far, yet.

No song ideas yet. I am looking for something for the violin that will introduce simple shifting, not a lot of black because it blows my mind and makes me automatically try to go fast. I want a piece I can memorize, and in a key I already know because I am trying to learn proper technique, not have to struggle with new keys, at the moment.

Pretty much the same thing for the viola, except not necessarily any shifting. Something to get me to go from string to string, fingered, not open strings, smoothly.

I keep falling in to the same trap. I move along faster than I should or I am ready for.

I like some of your slower fiddle pieces you play.  ur, I can't tell what the main part is exactly with the background. If all flows together so beautifully when you do it, I am not in to fast fiddle, Right now. And some of the fast ones, sound like jazz to me, and I am not in to jazz at all. Blows my mind, and not in a good way, 😂😂😂😂.

Something with a melody I cn pick up on.

I will find something, soon. I have some in a book of waltzes, are you the one who recommended it? It has some, what could be nice pieces when I can play them, but I can't learn from them. I need 4/4 for now. I have played some of the waltzes, but I do not get anywhere because I struggle too much with the waltz rhythm, and I need to work on simple bowing, not also fight with counting waltz beats. Does this make sense? I can't tackle more than 1 thing, for now. Videos posted do not help me. I don't even watch them now, so I am just work on my own. I know a lot of people really get help from them. I have problems using them for learning my knitting machine, too. Weird.

I am not interested in any of those classical exercises, I am after actual pieces. 

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Yes, I thi think will just find something I like and will enjoy doing over and over. I am not out to learn to perform in front of anyone. This is must for my own enjoyment. 

Thanks.

I have tried What a Wonderful World on my Violin and viola. I figured it out on my cello with my piano sheet music a couple of years ago. I love it on my cello, but it just does not have the sound I want on the violin or, even the viola. Probably because I love it on my cello so much. I have that E on the A string that I love the sound of.

I will have to find something like that for my violin and viola. Maybe I can find the same song for those. 

I am going to go through my piano books today. 👍

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