About
This visualization is a personal log of my cello practice sessions for 8 days. With it, I seek to capture my progress as a cellist as well as how over time, a piece can become more familiar and personalized to one's playing style.
Terms
- Staff: a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch
- Measure: A single unit of time, designated by vertical measure lines that run perpendicular to the staff
- Note: a symbol denoting a the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- Rest: a symbol that indicates the absence of a sound
Key
- Each measure represents a single practice session, for a total of 8 practice sessions. Within each measure, there are 5 notes that represent the 5 main sections of my cello practice: scales, etudes (exercises), solo #1, solo #2, and solo #3.
- The height of the note on the staff represents how happy I am with my progress for the section--the higher the note (vertically & pitch-wise) the note is on the staff, the happier I am.
- The type of note represents the length of time spent for a given section. The eighth note
represents 5-10 minutes. The quarter note 
represents 10-15 minutes. The half note 
represents 15-30 minutes. -
A rest
represents a physical rest that I took in the middle of the practice session