Today

Day 3 of your cycle· plan suggests this

This one's about stamina, so keep it in short bursts to protect your back. Don't chase ♩=150 early. Each week, play a longer stretch in one go (see the tempo table).

• Morning back check
• Physio set (2×10)
• Warm up — open strings, slow full bows, long tones; relaxed, back-aware i 6m
• Scales & arpeggios — 3 octaves in today's key with a rhythm/bowing variant; then slow double-stops (thirds, sixths, octaves) for intonation i 8m
• Left-hand drill — Schradieck or Ševčík op.1, a few patterns, even and relaxed i 4m
• Étude — a moto-perpetuo / bowing study (Paganini Moto Perpetuo or Ševčík op.3 bowings) in short bursts for the sixteenth stamina. Skip if the back or time is tight i 8m
• Ease in — détaché then sautillé on open strings, a scale building in speed; short bursts only, protect the back i 4m
• Burst 1 — mm 1–16 in one go. Focus on evenness and a relaxed bow arm. Set to today's goal ♩=124
• Quick break — stand, shake out your bow arm, reset your posture 4m
• Burst 2 — play a longer stretch (→32 / full 54 by week). Stop if you feel strain ♩=124
• Quick break 4m
• Put it back together — today's full stretch in one go, about 10% under tempo. The bursts have to join up cleanly — a perpetuum mobile can't take a breath between cells ♩=112
• Reger op.131b (2nd violin) — slow, seated double-stop / intonation pass only, to keep your part fresh without loading your back further. Don't run Reger up to speed on a Schumann day. Drop this first if your back or time is tight. 8m
• Scheherazade cool-down — high-position tuning, gentle on the body 10m
• Log today's session
• Save your best Schumann pass — the BPM you reached and how much you played unbroken
• Back check after playing

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