I haven't had much time to play. I am better, not under the weather right now, but we are rearranging a room so we can make it a spare room and put the queen bed back in that was in there years ago. We will have to get a new box spring and matress, but we save the bed frame. 

I need to have it done in a couple months because we will have a couple of cute little visitors. I am also getting rid of things that were in there that we no longer use, mostly my knitting and sewing items, while I am at it.

We have a bunch of really nice material, yarns, sewing and knitting books, etc to bring in to a not for profit place about 15 miles away that sells them. They are paid by the pound for items they take in to sell to keep the items out of the trash. Pretty neat. They also have a knitting bee for kids to learn to knit. I think they have someone you can get sewing lessons from. I am going to check while we are there because I desperately need hands on teaching to make some slacks. I have been ever so close, but there are so many points on slacks that you have to get right. I am never able to get it right. This has been an ongoing issue for a few years. 🥴

Anyway, I was going to take my viola outside yesterday, but, surprisingly, it was really too hot and muggy! Wow. I guess that is a good thing? The neighbors were not home yesterday, so it was an ideal time, except they did text me last year and thanked me for the concert, 😂. They were out on their deck while I was on my deck playing. If I had known, I would have gone inside, 😂 It will be too hot today to go outside, plus we are supposed to get some nasty thunder storms. I think they will go around us. Might get some rain, but the thunder storms usually go north or south of us.

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No offense taken. Not a professional here. I also emailed the photo to myself to get a low resolution version to post. It was very good.

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Hey, @stringy Alf answered my question about metronomes, so I am going to learn that other piece I want to do for your lament party good enough so I can do it with the metronome before I submit it. It might make it smoother, I know I speed up in spots because 8th and shorter notes make me do that. It will be a little while. 

ABitRuster helped me understand the other questions I had about it. Nope, not telling you what I am working on.

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Bummer. I played my viola today, and my shoulder was sore in the area of the Bon Musica! 

My violin was better when I switched, so I practiced the other song for String's lamenting party. I have to break it into sections. I really want to get this right. 

I should probably let my left shoulder rest tomorrow. It isn't broken or sprained or anything, it just does not like my viola, like I do.

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Yes, I did. It didn't give the viola enough stability and rise at the chest end. That is the issue with mos of the violin shoulder rests, too.

But, the violin is smaller and lighter, so I can make do, just gets wonky if I try any vibrato, which I really don't know exactly how to do it on a violin, so not a big deal. I lose some stability if I try to shift. I have enough trouble with first position, so I am not shifting at the moment, so not an issue for that yet.

But, the viola is heavier and larger, even though just a 15.5 inch size. Foam just gets so warm, no airflow. 

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I seem to have lost my violin tuner. I was using it in a different violin yesterday, and it was not on it when I went to put it on the Lord Wilton. Bummer. My ears are just not good enough to know when the strings are tined, and to determine if I am on the mark or flat or sharp. I know it will show up because it cannot walk. I must have taken it off that violin and placed it somewhere. I know it was really busy here yesterday, and I probably got distracted or called away before I could reattach it to the Lord.

I probably had it in my hand and set it down. Since I don't have a large two-story house, it will be spotted. 

As a result of my missing violin tuner, my playing the violin today was not good. I did play around with bowing and was able to pay more attention to that because I knew I was not going to sound all that good. 😂

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My problem is that I need to have it on all the time. I get lost on the fingerboard and can never find my way back. It is not due to constant dependency. I just cannot tell flat, on target and sharp. I have tried over and over and it just frustrates me and I quit. I don't mention it here much because I am usually told to not use it, again it gets hung up. Some people need assistance from available tools. It is frustrating. 

Anyway, because I need it attached to the end of my violin, and on, an app would not work. I need a charged phone for those videos of my granddaughters when they are posted,😁. I actually did have an app quite a while ago, shortly after I got my violin, and thats is when I found that it does not work for my needs.

I will find it. If I don't I will get another. We are moving things around right now to make a spare craft room into a spare bedroom, so my playing time is limited. I think I might know where it is, as a matter of fact! I need to go look.

Thanks, SharonC. 

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I did it! I posted Memory from Cats in Stringy's Lament Party, 

Stringy's Lament Party Post 89

It took many times of recording. I was really bad, I just do not like the key of C. Hate it. I do not like the sound of the C, I prefer C#, the same for the F, I prefer F#. But, it was easier to just play as the sheet music was written.

My intonation was pretty bad. I don't usually do repeats. I am lucky to get through a section or a piece once, to repeat it is really asking for trouble. With this, the main section is done 3 times. There ya go. Earplugs are necessary, or turn the volume down so it is not as loud, 😂😂😂.

I should probably purposely play in the key of C, but I really do not like it. 

Well, I need to go get groceries, see you all later. There is cheese in the fridge, if you want it. Mice really do not like cheese, so, it is all for you, 😁.