Well, well, well...It's been a very long time since I wrote about my adventures in playing Bach. The reasons are many, but mostly my absence is due to my workload arriving in September, it's quite overwhelmed me. I have also realized that music, learning music is not the same as reading through recipes and cooking. Hardly, what was I thinking?
I am still working on the first 3 fugues for the most part. Developing muscle memory, developing understanding of phrasing and dynamics. Bach doesn't require a great deal of emotional out pouring in these pieces. They are technical pieces, but they are lovely all the same. I've become quite fond of Fugue #1, with all its weirdnesses. It seems to like me too. Interesting how fingers seem to have feelings, and running through these pieces brings pleasure to all my little digits. So, rather than worry about learning every piece in this book, Volume 1 Well Tempered Clavier, I am just going to keep working on any piece until it is basically learned with some level of competency and understanding. I have started the fourth fugue and it's still very much a slog with that one. I can only play it in pieces. I think I'll just spend the rest of my life on these pieces. Why not? Is there something better to do?