How many instruments?

The purpose of the Resolution Number 9 has been partially successful.

I have finally had a major breakthrough  -- as my piano teacher in California called it -- with the Ravel. I can get ALL the way through to the last page without the stumble on the B minor, second inversion arpeggio on the third page (why THAT is so hard, I have no idea). So being ever one to sabotage my own success, instead of sticking with the piece and finishing it, I have been playing the real guitar again. Not the bassoon, of course.

This means I have been building up callouses on the left hand, which is not pretty, but necessary. The thing that is different than previous bouts with the guitar, however, is that I have learned a bit of focus and intent with regard to practice. And this from choir rehearsal. "Everything is everything," I guess.

But we are entereing the time of year when it is permissible to play Christmas music on the piano, which is only going to gum up my original project. Still, perhaps the whole thing is about starting down a road, "the long and winding road," I guess, and to have some fun. I am not done with Guitar Hero or Rock Band, though, I know it.