Rachel continues to be very supportive, and she urges me on despite my frequent mistakes. I find it quite hard to immediately recognise the written notes and associate them with which finger should be used, etc. Another thing I find challenging is connecting notes, in a sense. It's hard to make smooth transitions, letting one note continue to ring as the other one starts. It's all a bit overwhelming to begin with, but I try to practice for at least 15 minutes everyday and I'm already noticing that it flows a lot smoother now.
We are now looking at notes which are tied (and therefore held out for a longer period of time), and playing two notes at the same time. We've done songs like Good King Wenceslas, and Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. We do a lot of duets together during the classes, and it's really nice to hear how the two pieces come together. Rachel constantly amazes me with her amazing playing, and it motivates me to improve. She gave me a few songs to practice in one of the books, and says that she's going to bring a book full of christmas music for me to practice. I'm pretty excited about this, as I'm already in the 'christmas mood'.
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