Dependable Bach, good old Bach

I have a cold, and I've been moaning about for the last few days.  There have been times when I really haven't felt like doing anything.  This morning was one of those times.

I took some medicine - an herbal supplement with many times the daily recommended dose of zinc and vitamin C, among other things - and decided to just try carrying on as usual.  I did my dishes and decided to practice.  Maybe my neurons would be too busy firing about music to remind my brain that I still had a cold.  Either the medicine or the practicing worked.  I feel better.  Not great, but better.

I figure that if I can go to work with a cold, I should be able to do things that are more important and more fun, like playing music.  Yesterday at work, I tried to think of all the "blessings" I had that didn't depend on whether or not I had a cold.  Parents, music, nice Fall weather.  Thinking about music in that context also made me want to practice. 

I've warmed up to this week's Bach movement.  It's a variation on the preceding movement.  It's all in triplets.  It's very dainty and graceful.

There's one great part where you roll the bow from the E string to the G string, then back up again, hitting the open A, D, G, then D again.  It reminds me of the famous opening line of the Bach Cello Suite.  You can growl and pretend to be a cellist on that open G. 



Grumiaux plays all the notes detached! My music has many slurs. Well, he doesn't do the "growl" the way I do, but he's a great musician. I'll find another video if I can.