The ongoing quest to play alongside the John Williams recording of the classical guitar version of ‘Cavatina’ continues.

I have reached the halfway point.

One of the many great things about YouTube is the facility to slow down the speed of recordings in order to be able to play alongside them and I can now match Mr. Williams when his playing speed is cut in two.

One must crawl before one walks.

The key to this particular puzzle lies in the opening seven bars of the piece. They are all barre chords, meaning that multiple strings must be held down by the left index finger whilst at the same time the remaining middle, ring and pinkie fingers on the left hand are engaged elsewhere.

Moving smoothly in this section and in time with the unforgiving friend that is my metronome, is a challenge.

It’s all good.

The piano has also been getting a bit more attention of late.

The goal here is to play the pieces I know on ‘automatic pilot’, as it were. And I have renewed my on/off relationship with learning the theme to the movie ‘Schindler’s List’, link below.

I’m getting there.

Speaking of on/off situations, My Good Self has also returned once again to the idea of improving my French.

Un jour, J’arriverai.

On the home front, Dublin city centre has a definite whiff of life to it these days and so it comes as no great surprise that the ‘numbers’ are not as good as they had been of late.

The Irish Public seem to be forgetting the overriding life threading issue that is at stake here.

I speak, of course, of the reopening of The Great Institution of Chatham Street.

My fingers are crossed.

Along with my eyes, ears, nose and legs.

Life can be so confusing sometimes.