At first my teacher wasn't going to record me - I'm still sick with that sore throat - cold thing that is going around (exacerbated by my flying ordeal this week) and he thought I wouldn't be at my best. True enough, but he did end up recording me anyway.
We went through my rhythm exercises. This time he had a drum track where the drum pattern would shift by an eighth of a beat every two measures, so that the pulse of the beat would be on the beat for 2 measures, then on the off beat. I played exercise No. 6 of the Sevcik bowing exercises (just straight eighth notes) while the audio track shifted while I was playing. The purpose was to see if I could hold steady while the pulse was shifting. The first time I couldn't do it, but by the next time and subsequent times I was able to lock into a steady rhythm even as pulse was shifting. One time my teacher recorded me playing without anything else, to see how steady I was - it was actually pretty good!
Then since we were already set up, he asked me to play something "more lyrical" to get recorded. I chose to play Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, mostly because we had recorded it previously. I was really pleased to listen to the recording - especially after we listened to the last recording I did from June of last year. I could definitely hear the difference in the amount of control I have now vs. 1 year ago. What I could hear that needs to improve is shaping the overall volume and feel of phrases - taking more time for the crescendos and decrescendos.
Today will be a fun day, and I'll write about it later today. I've volunteered to be part of the studio orchestra for the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program and we will be recording the soundtracks for about 5 student films today.
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