Hello again.

Mom wants me to now, every day, write posts about the length of yesterday's. So, today I have a cello lesson. It's been a while since my last lesson, about a month. That is mostly because Teacher Ellen goes out to do all sorts of music festivals for most of the summer, so today was the earliest time we could get one in. Considering that my auditions are at the end of the month, we will probably spend some time going over my audition piece, however I think that I will want to work mostly on the Shostacovich Quartet that my quartet is working on. It has a part that goes about a fifth higher than what I am comfortable playing. To make matters more annoying, Mitchell, one of our violinists, takes one look at it and says: "Oh, that's really easy. It's just in first position."

I swear, a violin is about an octave and a fifth higher than I cello. So what is in first position for him is in ouch-my-hand-does-not-stretch-that-far position for us cellists. In other words, it is in thumb position (Google it. Look at the pictures. It's not pretty.) Thankfully, I have a lesson today, and can learn about how to do it then.