Accordion practice

Pleased to have managed a little accordion practice this afternoon, though very light headed from my neuro disease and struggling with normally automatic things like bellows control! After that I've been updating my sheet music arrangements on my computer. Here's a photo of my workflow today, transferring changes noted on the printed version of my sheet music to music notation software program Notion on my Mac laptop. Sometimes I also have a mini USB keyboard plugged in, to work out harmonies, holding it up accordion style. And yes the fountain pen is a key element in this. It's a Pelikan M200 Green Marbled with EF gold nib swapped in, and Diamine Chocolate Brown ink. That combination can cope well with the printer paper I print my sheet music in, and is sturdy enough that I don't worry about it dropping off the music stand (hasn't happened yet!).

There is a recorded version of this tune on my Twitter feed today. It definitely needs more practice, especially the middle portion. But given how light headed I was this afternoon and how hard I was having to work at things that are normally automatic I'm happy! At least my fingers were being cooperative, and seemed to have a better idea of what to play than me!