{"id":16212,"date":"2019-09-26T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=16212"},"modified":"2019-09-26T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T17:01:37","slug":"mahler-symphony-or-a-c-major-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/26\/mahler-symphony-or-a-c-major-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"mahler symphony, or a C major scale?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My practice materials lately.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday marked the first day that I was able to play anything on my viola for a period of time measurable in minutes rather than seconds. It was both a relief and a stark reminder of how far I have to go. There will be questions of how my instrument is set up to deal with, both in terms of the chin rest and the shoulder pad. I may have to go higher with the chin rest, and lower with the shoulder pad, to relieve pressure on the clavicle, but I may adjust – the left clavicle is a bit higher than it used to be, and that will take some adjusting to. Overall, it is good progress, which I will be steadily building on. I remarked to my wife after I was done that it felt like playing an entire Mahler symphony, not a simple three-octave scale! I am truly missing being at work with all of my colleagues, and also want to get out on my bike again before the weather really turns to the rainy season. These are two powerful motivators, as is my diminishing sick leave balance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday marked the first day that I was able to play anything on my viola for a period of time measurable in minutes rather than seconds. It was both a relief and a stark reminder of how far I have to go. There will be questions of how my instrument is set up to deal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"nobleviola blog | mahler symphony, or a C major scale?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[3945,3660],"class_list":["post-16212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-viola","tag-injury","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-4du","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16082,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/29\/on-the-mend\/","url_meta":{"origin":16212,"position":0},"title":"on the mend","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"One plate and ten screws later! 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