It's so hard to have a day off!
Before you judge this statement, just try to see it from my point of view. I know this sounds contradictory because I'm actually happy that I don't have to work today but at the same time this is a situation where I should have to choose among too many things. And it can be a struggle.
How to decide whether to...
- Go for a walk?
- Go to the beach?
- Do some curation activities?
- Celebrate this day, Día de la Hispanidad? (that is why I don't have to work today)
- Stay at home for the whole day and play with shark and cherry sticker sets?
- Write down the music scores of some pieces I will have to play in one month?
- Procrastinate and write this post for Hive?
- Clean the entire apartment?!
You see now what I am talking about. Not to mention that I could read again the posts of HiveBeeCon and respond to those I still haven't done. Or just wait for a StV post, while doing nothing else. It could be an option too. However, to help myself I can already rule out some options. For example the celebration and the cleaning 😂
The beach can still happen in the afternoon and in the meantime, we went for a sunny walk. 🌞 One little creature is now always coming with me, but the story about his immigration to Spain and his new name will come apart. He deserves a complete story of his journey.
To make my struggle harder I can include the possibility of a siesta... to my list...
Owwww, hi... I am back. 😂
So, it was a siesta that came without being planned... Anyway, we would not celebrate anything today, the beach is also now out of the game. Let's go back to the work around the music. Yesterday, the director of the choir gave me the pieces and the scores I have to prepare for a concert which will happen on November 11. The scores are useless, as it is not what I am supposed to play from them 😂 His wife plays her own made-up version, from a music partiture written for several instruments, not for piano. I have never played this piece, a Spanish zarzuela El Barberillo de Lavapiés composed by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. I will not risk trying to figure out my part blindfold. On my request, she (the wife of the choir director) played it for me yesterday, I recorded it and asked her what she played in certain places.
My work is now to listen to this recording, plus use the scores as a reference and write it down as a piano version. My son (for composing) uses a music notation program, Musescore, which will I also use now. I started this morning and did until the part you see on the computer monitor. It is fun, I like adding the little notes to the staff, but it takes a bit of time.
About the piece itself, I had no clue either. I am trying to find more information now for me and listen to the part of the zarzuela, the part I have to play. Although the choir I will play with will not dance and act on the scene (we will perform it just in a normal, concert form), if you are interested you can hear the piece by clicking on this little link.
I have more pieces to learn, all more or less with the scores that have to be changed but I think I will cope with those better. This one is the most challenging one.
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Should I just clean the apartment now?
I still have time to choose from the activities on my list 😂
