1. A little Mozart in the morning goes a looooooong way.
2. Everyone should spend the first 5 minutes of their day doing what they love. Read a poem. Play your favorite song. In my case, play a lil piano. Gardening. Running. Whatever it is that gets you in "the zone"...do it. There is a 50% chance that you will have a better day if you do!
3. I am forever grateful to the song "In My Life" by the Beatles for helping me to successful identify an ascending minor 6th interval. Also, in their song "From Me To You" the syllable keep you satisfiiiiiied" is an augmented chord. Thanks again, guys, for making the aural component of my prep a little bit easier - and enjoyable.
4. Playing really fast for a long time is very hard on one's wrist if proper technique isn't used. THANK YOU, Doris Richards, for talking me through this! A side to side motion is ideal, not up and down.
5. I can accomplish anything with enough Diet Pepsi.
6. Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" has a diminished 7th chord in it. And that's how I identify THAT one.
7. A little scotch tape can also go a long way. Check out that amazing sequence of pages that I assembled above! Yes; copying, cutting and taping [pasting] were involved! Perfect for those page turns both backwards AND forwards (there's a coda).
8. My neighbors, it turns out, do not like Schubert as much as I do :-(
9. Working full time + adding one component per night of my exam to my study schedule = sleep deprived but powerful Mariah. Don't mess with me. I've been up until midnight every night this week and I could crack at any second!
10. I love playing music.
Goodness gracious. I've just spent another 20 minutes blogging that I could have spent practicing, listening, composing, music theorizing, transposing, improvising.....
Practice exam tomorrow at 7:30 am. Observing/co-teaching 9 AM-12. Practice. Private lesson. Practice? SLEEP. Practice. Practice. Practice.
Exam for realz: Monday at 5 pm (after a full day of work, of course). 90 minutes. No stopping. Video taped. Sent to Yamaha Corporate. Eek.
See y'all on the other side!
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