I played a whole tune without mistakes!

KatieBell · Post by **KatieBell** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:50 pm

Just wanted to share my joy. I got my Freeman Tweaked Generation D in the mail last night and have hardly put it down since. I already had a group of songs picked out that I wanted to learn to play. When my first choice (the Bird Song) didn't agree well with the notation software, I switched to my second for the time being.

Dabbling in the Dew by Lesley Nelson-Burns

I'm playing it at about 60% of its speed and I went through it completely, from memory, without any mistakes. Woohoo!

Now to get back to practicing to make this fluke a more common occurrence...

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:09 pm

Good for you! I felt much the same way at my last session when I realized I played along to at least 5 of the tunes - playing along meaning playing at least 60% of the notes! Some of them I played almost all the notes.

It's fun to feel yourself progress.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:14 pm

Congratulations, Katie!

I knew you'd do well.

--James (Jim_P on chat)

Trixle · Post by **Trixle** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:09 pm

Congratulations, i know how you feel

I've just recently started to be able to play a few songs without mistakes...on rare occasions. Grats!

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:11 am

Yippee! Bring on the sessions!

Tom

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:50 am

way to go. now the next skill to learn is how to make a mistake and make it work.

KatieBell · Post by **KatieBell** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:29 am

Good for you Diane and Trixle! Congratulations!!

I'm no where near the point of making my mistakes sound good. I can make a nice bird call, though.

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:29 pm

Katie, I don't know you yet, but I'm excited for you just the same. Great job! I know what an accomplishment that is.

Erik

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:38 pm

Good for you! It will happen more and more the longer you play. .. of course, it will never be total..

... and that's OK. Have fun, get better, do your best and grow.

bonnieb · Post by **bonnieb** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:12 am

Congrats Katie! I just started the whistle in August, so I sure know how you feel.

My motto: "I am better then yesterday, not as good as tomorrow."

Keep on whistling!
Bonnie

bigpow5 · Post by **bigpow5** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:34 am

you rock!

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:39 pm

Good Job, Katie!
Whenever I play a song without mistakes, I try to remember the moment because it will be months before it happens again.