WEEK 1: Dóbroje útro (Good Morning)!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Nikita Koshkin challenge! This is the place for the Week 1 Submissions!
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Koshkin #1. First 4 measures. I like this a lot. It's very surprising and very challenging for me. This is the first time I made it through the first 4 measures without hitting the wrong string or misplaced my fretting hand, so I'm so happy!
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Study 5 (in progress)
What was easy: Eating lunch today.
What was difficult: Like all of these studies, there is a lot of material that requires fingering that I am not used to.
- The entire B section in D major (measures 14-28) I find very hard. I feel like my left hand is constantly contorting and stretching in ways that are uncomfortable. Many of the fingerings in the score are quite difficult for me, but I can't seem come up with solutions that work any better.
- Measures 36-38 are a bit of a mess right now.
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Lets start the challenge earlier this time because 3 weeks goes by a little too quickly! I hope to play a few of them over the weeks, even if my goal is to play #10 by the end of the challenge. So here's my initial take on #1...