Re-learning playing cello

I achieved my goal for week 3 without any problems!

Though the start of the final week have not been good. I was not able to play at all this Monday due to work and me being a bit sick. I played during my lunch today (just finished!) which felt great.

I have decided to mark this project as completed a bit beforehand but I largely feel this experiment was a success! I have more energy and feel more motivated at work. I also feel that my problem solving skills are back at more my usual level.

As a result I have decided to continue playing cello during my lunch break once a week.

Week 2 have ended and I have been playing 3 days a week! Success! I decided to add it into my outlook calender to make sure I don’t miss it!

In short term it have been affective. In the afternoons after I played I have been more positive and energetic.

I have learned that 30 mins is a bit much at the moment since my hands really can’t keep up and start cramping after only one song. I need to add in quite a lot of mini-breaks and even then I probably is more close to 20 mins. Though I have already seen improvements in strength and dexterity in my hands!

Increasing my skill is not my primary motive but I’m positively surprised at how much I still remember! A lot of muscle memory still remains! I have been playing a lot of Swedish folk songs such as Äppelbo gånglåt, Visa vid vindens ängar and Vår friska vindar. A lot of fun!

I started the project completely off: after the DK30 is over and on a Wednesday afternoon. But I was motivated and did not want to wait for next DK30 or even on a new week so here we go!

Today I dusted of the cello and got it tuned! Not a completely easy task since it have been hanging on my wall for the past years, but with the help of a tuning app I got the cello sounding almost right. Played some scales and since my 2 year old daughter was very interested I also played a song she enjoys: twinkle twinkle little star. A worthy start to this project!

My goal for the coming weeks is to use the working from home situation to my benefit and take 30 mins of my lunch break, 3 days a week, and devote to some fun cello playing! To start with I will play whatever song I to feel like, but I will probably view Scherzo by C. Webster as a goal since I remember how fun it was to play.