Jan 7 (Var 1)

I'm not quite ready to call this one. It's close, and it's a lot closer before I start the recording. I considered recording the entire session, and just saving the best time through, but my coach told me that would be cheating. Anyway, this is a good, low-consequence way to start working on performance anxiety.

I focused on the second half today; the two parts are similar enough that learning one half makes the other half harder to play. For instance, in each half, the right hand plays a descending arpeggio that is picked up into a scale by the left hand. The first time, you pick it up with the index finger, the second with the middle one.You drill and drill that second finger, and then you accidentally use it when you mean to use the third. And vice-versa. Elsewhere there's an arpeggio pattern in the left hand where you play the same pattern in back-to-back measures, but the fingering changes. Of course. It's maddening. Bach is maddening!

This is not yet final. Here it is: