Recovering – Harpsichord vs. Piano

7 03 2010

WELL, THE PLAGUE APPEARS to be abating – I’m feeling more or less human, again. Still have a residual cough, but I’m not knocked down, and I’m not constantly interrupted by hacking fits at the keyboard.
Harpsichord vs Piano

I started out playing the Bach Inventions and the Scarlatti K380 with the keyboard set to the [...]

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Still Sick – Thoughts on Trills

3 03 2010

THIS UPPER-RESPIRATORY GOOMBAH has knocked me down for three days, with no end in sight. It tends to leave me pretty exhausted.

I’m still practicing, but one night I carried it too far and finally went to bed amid an explosion of hacking, coughing fits.

Perhaps I shouldn’t do that, until I get better.

Something that I’ve [...]

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