Half an hour yesterday and 40 minutes today, playing the same repertoire. Ashokan Farewell, A Taste of Honey, On the Wings, Down by the Sally Gardens, Oh Shenandoah, Wayfaring Stranger, Gypsy Rover, The Wellerman, Wild Mountain Thyme, Blowin' in the Wind, and Simple Gifts.

Was hoping to join our son today in a rehearsal with the other members of the Praise Band at his church, but family conflicts on his end caused us to cancel. Hopefully next week. This is the second time we've had to cancel as last time he and a couple of kids were sick!

Put in another 40 minutes today playing Blowin' in the Wind, Ashokan Farewell, A Taste of Honey, On the Wings of a Snow White Dove, Simple Gifts, and Absinthe. Again concentrated on the Wexford Carol. Plus, I needed to spend some time on fundamentals of bowing and intonation.

Got back to practicing tonight, playing Wexford Carol for a half hour. I'm really liking this tune and I've asked my son to learn it (which is no problem for him) so we can experiment with playing it as a duet. My thinking is to play it with me playing the melody first and him playing the second or third clef, then reversing the roles, and then playing the melody together. Might be interesting.

Tomorrow I'll be attending the rehearsal of the Praise Band at his church. Don't know how much playing I'll actually do, but it should be interesting and fun. It's been decades since I've even attended session like this and the first that I'll attempt to join in on.

I had some thoughts tonight about the TonalEnergy app while practicing. I also documented this in the TonalEnergy app thread and a couple of things I really like about it. First is the elapsed time in the app so I can better keep track of how long I practice. Second is the bar at the top of the screen that shows in tune, kind of close intonation, and out of tune percentages to see if I'm getting closer. Felt really good tonight when I hit 46% in tune and 46% close when playing Wexford Carol.

Another thing is something that I'm going to try soon. Make a video concentrating on the TonalEnergy app screen and then playing it back to see WHICH notes have poor intonation.

Back to Wexford Carol today with a 30 minute practice. I now have an added incentive to learn this well. Our son passed the score on to the Praise Band's leader as a possible tune to play at church during the Christmas season. That's assuming that @Fiddlerman doesn't object to his score being used in this way.

Another 30 minutes on Wexford Carol tonight. One particular problem are measures 10-11 of the 1st part where the 16th notes run into the triplet 1/8th notes. Getting better, but not ready for primetime. Another problem area I had, but has gotten better was measure 9 of the 1st part in the jump up from G to F♮ and the following 1/8th note D and quarter note C.

Edited: Forgot that we won't have the Praise Band rehearsal next week since we will be celebrating our son's birthday on Saturday. He'll be turning 50 on Oct 10! I refuse to believe that we have a son that is that old. We must have adopted him when he was 20 (not really!).

Half hour again tonight on Wexford plus about 5 minutes on Simple Gifts and some improv. Just needed to play something different. I've been playing on along with the MuseScore rendition to not only improve timing but also intonation. Should be ready to record about December 1 (lol).