"I spend my quarantine by practicing the organ at home since I have one"

Last week I asked our readers how they are spending quarantine and today I'd like to share what some of them replied:

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Frank Mento
I spend my quarantine by practicing the organ at home since I have one. I’ve been playing through all my repertoire, plus sight-reading what I never learned, and transposing everything I play into all keys.
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Vidas Pinkevicius
Thanks Frank! This is really productive way to spend this time...
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Anne Kimball
I am practicing on my home organ. I am reviewing pieces from the Bach Orgelbuchlein for now. All my outside jobs are on hold for the next 30 days at least so I have lots of time to practice. I will also be planning music for future services. In addition, I will start looking at new organ music and begin learning it for those future services.
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Vidas Pinkevicius
Yes, please plan and get ready for the future services...
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Frankie Springer
The little organ book JSBach, 8 short preludes and fugues, unfamiliar scales and broken chords, time subdivision difficulties, unfamiliar hymns: at home 🏠 on pair of keyboards 🎹. Piaggero N12 Yamaha. Other organ literature.
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Vidas Pinkevicius
That's a lot of music! Good for you!
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Gary Harger
I have been learning Pastorale in F by Bach and some other Bach pieces for Kleinorgel on the piano. Also using the mefrontmen more. It has been very helpful.
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Vidas Pinkevicius
I love Pastorale by Bach!
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Marie Therese Feldmarschallin
I'm practicing at home in my organ. Trio Sonata 1 by Bach!!!
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Vidas Pinkevicius
Next Trio Sonata No. 2, maybe?

It seems to me that practicing on some instrument at home is one of the best things we can do while locked inside our homes right now. This takes our mind away from the negative news cycle which only brings fear, uncertainty and doubt or FUD.

And as we all know, FUD activates an opposite part of the brain from the one required to be creative.