Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2021-04-29 22:08
I live in Vermont, USA, and am fully vaccinated with Moderna's vaccine. Vermont has been among the states with the lowest Covid numbers, and residents have been pretty careful. There's still no public music going on, but local community bands are trying to start up for a summer season by playing outdoors and exercising other precautions.
It's been a lonely time. A sister and a nephew died, both of non-Covid illnesses, and loved ones couldn't be there for them, or gather to memorialize them as yet. Clarinet practice has been my major rock, 2 or three hours almost every day. I spend a lot of time on scales and related patterns, focusing on any rough or weak spots, patiently teasing out what to correct. My finger and tongue technique, and some aspects of sound, are at my best level ever. However, I've retired from group or public playing due to depression issues. Practicing, improving, interpreting and imagining, listening and reading - that is enough. More than that is too much.
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