20 minutes
Passage
Flying Home
MHB
Invention #1
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday 1/20
60 Minutes
Right and left hand exercise, "Flying Home", reviewing "Love is Green", "Morning Has Broken"
With the left hand work, learning to differentiate between the release and return of the wrist and the twisting of the arm. The feeling in the left wrist is slightly different than in the right, because there is a gentle arch in addition to releasing/returning action. There is a clear difference in the fullness of the tone with sensitive use of the wrist. "Flying Home" will provide good exercise in this area throughout the week.
For "Morning Has Broken", practicing playing the chord progressions smoothly. I noticed that they often get cut off when moving to the next chord shape, so I took the advice of "deciding when the fingers will change" and worked with that. Also, practicing playing thechords in 6/8 rather than 3/8. Rhythmically, this means 1 2 3 ^4 5 6, instead of 123 123 etc.
60 Minutes
Right and left hand exercise, "Flying Home", reviewing "Love is Green", "Morning Has Broken"
With the left hand work, learning to differentiate between the release and return of the wrist and the twisting of the arm. The feeling in the left wrist is slightly different than in the right, because there is a gentle arch in addition to releasing/returning action. There is a clear difference in the fullness of the tone with sensitive use of the wrist. "Flying Home" will provide good exercise in this area throughout the week.
For "Morning Has Broken", practicing playing the chord progressions smoothly. I noticed that they often get cut off when moving to the next chord shape, so I took the advice of "deciding when the fingers will change" and worked with that. Also, practicing playing thechords in 6/8 rather than 3/8. Rhythmically, this means 1 2 3 ^4 5 6, instead of 123 123 etc.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
For yesterday:
Monday 1/5
45 Minutes
Memorizing "Passage", calisthenic work with the right hand.
Before sitting down to practice, I wondered whether F.M. Alexander had anything to say about relaxation in his famous book "The Use of the Self". I checked the index and found not a word spent on the subject, but there were phrases like "pulls the head back" and "depressing of the larynx" which piqued my interest. This, and a few other things I've been reading, led to a change in attitude for me from "tense and stupid body > THE RELAXED STATE" to "an O.K. body > letting go of its unnecessary tension" - or holding onto it, if it wants to.
Monday 1/5
45 Minutes
Memorizing "Passage", calisthenic work with the right hand.
Before sitting down to practice, I wondered whether F.M. Alexander had anything to say about relaxation in his famous book "The Use of the Self". I checked the index and found not a word spent on the subject, but there were phrases like "pulls the head back" and "depressing of the larynx" which piqued my interest. This, and a few other things I've been reading, led to a change in attitude for me from "tense and stupid body > THE RELAXED STATE" to "an O.K. body > letting go of its unnecessary tension" - or holding onto it, if it wants to.
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