Anyone else slow right down in the summer ? I have to force myself to play my clarinet (but really enjoy it once I get going) and as for the piano, well ....
I have to say I've just moved out into the country to a house with heaps of land and I am really busy with it. My piano needs tuning - what with the move and the intense heat, it sounds awful - but each day I have these moments of terrible guilt - what if I never get back my intensive interest in music ? That would be a catastrophy. I wonder if it's because I've moved, I woncer if it's the heat, maybe I'm just never going to feel the same way I did. I passed my grade 8 in December last year and am supposed to be working on the Dip - don't know if I should bother !!!!

Everyone goes through low patches, and I think the Summer weather doesn't help.

Don't worry, you'll come back to your music soon. And it may be refreshed by the break.

cheers

Katyjay

Hi There

I totally know how you're feeling. I'm also going through an unethusiastic phase but for different reasons. I do find that once I stop practising for a day or two, I start spiralling down and think how difficult it'll be to get back into playing my pieces and then I don't bother for another day or two and now it's been a week since I picked up the guitar. I think my enthusiasm will return when circumstances change i.e. son goes back to nursery, my morning sickness passes.

I'm sure if you managed to have the perseverence and persistence to reach Grade 8 then your enthusiasm will return. You sound as though you've got a lot on your plate at the moment. Once things settle, I'm sure you'll be playing the piano with relish.

I'm finding it hard to keep going at the moment too, even with concert preparation for Saturday..

I have the concentration of a goldfish and one of my problems is that when I have what seems to be too much to juggle I just can't get started. I know that it's better to make a start and work my way through the 'to do' list but........

I feel less like playing at the moment as well. I think it was such a sigh of relief after my exam that I just took an unconscious break. As I off to a sax weekend and then a week summer school I had better start again or my lip will be gone

Take a break and come back refreshed when you are ready.

The weather is not good for concentration. Plus when you move house you tend to want to get everything straight. You will soon get back to it in September.
Beverley.

I had to stop playing yesterday with the heat and humidity - everything refused to go right...
Today I've been lucky enough to have had the chance to play some lovely music with viola da gamba and harpsichord chumming me, and have felt sooo much better for it. I too have a recent exam under my belt, and had to take a two-week rest from playing anyway; my dexterity and stamina have taken a bit of a knock, but I now know that I can get it all going again without too much trouble. I'm sure the same will happen for you, once all the other hassle settles down. Playing an instrument isn't really like riding a bike, but resuming playing isn't as bad as some people think.

I bet alot of people are like that!! I havent lost intrest but I just can't be bothered to practice because of the weather.. I want to practice and I need to Practice...

Hope you become enthusiastic again !!

Ben

I wouldn't worry too much about it - given you have just moved and the heatwave isn't helping. Once things have settled down, you'll probably get your music going again.

how wise you all are, and i hope my enthusiasm comes back, probably is the move and the weather joining hands against me !!!
I must keep positive and say to myself, yep, I'll be enthusiastic very very soon !!
Thanks all of you