This week I focussed on articulation and rhythm in all three pieces,

Tambourin, Dudziarz and Elegie

I downloaded recordings of each of the pieces to give me an idea how the
examiners want to hear the pieces played. I continued to isolate bars in Elegie
and applied that technique to the other two pieces. I also thought about the
different styles of the pieces and what articulation they typically used. Elegie is
a romantic piece so I used very long bows to make it very legato. Dudziarz is a
folk piece so I added improvised ornaments. Tambourin is a baroque piece
there are often spicaatto sections.
Tambourin can be difficult to play in sections as it is very fast and requires a lot
of co-ordination between the bow and fingers. I still find the double stopping
thirds challenging at high speeds but I can play them in tune at a slower
speed.
I have been playing Tambourin, Dudziarz and Elegie this week and now have
incorporated the written articulation into my playing as well as some of my
own ideas.
Each practice session I have:
-Played all the pieces using a metronome
-clapped the rhythms
-recorded myself playing sections of the pieces and listened back to the
recordings to try and improve the overall performance.
-reviewed fingering and bowing to ultimately improve articulation.