Wow. Two days in a row. I'm cooking now.
I was encouraged by how I felt when I practiced last night. I got the uke out again tonight. While that is not very unusual for me what is unusual is that I did a serious practice two days in a row instead of just noodling and playing songs I know.
I read through the essay again. I linked to it in the last post. What struck me as odd is the advice to stop playing the piece for a month once you accomplish a certain level. Then repeat that a couple of times. That may be different for me if I really like the song I'm learning. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
The mistake I made tonight was not warming up much. It was a long day at work and although I wanted to practice, I didn't want to practice. My intention was to practice 20 minutes, like the essay suggests. I spent maybe 30 seconds running through a simple warm up then on to the practice.
I started slowly but I probably increased the tempo too soon and my fretting hand started to ache a bit. It helped when I slowed the tempo.
I ended up playing for a while after the 20 minute practice session. I played a couple of songs I'm comfortable with and that helped my fretting hand to relax.
I think I'm going to continue with this practice method for awhile.
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