Monday afternoon
Who: Terry T.
Aim: to work on Flying Home
Duration: 50 minutes
1. Warming up with first primary, 16 bar exercise and Eye of the Needle
2. Played FH twice to identify problem spots
3. Addressed various problem spots with related exercises, ie. playing open strings with just the right hand jumping back and forth from slow tempo to double tempo
4. Made adjustments to strap and guitar position - noticing that right arm is pushing too hard on the guitar causing numbness in right hand
5. Played FH again, slow and very legato
6. Played FH faster but still keep the legato
7. looping Dm section to address left hand accuracy
8. looping Em and Fm section to address left hand fatigue
9. Played FH again, take notes, made adjustments
10. looped the beginning first 5-6 notes of FH with the aim of "beginning" the piece appropriately
Other: Touch up on Growing Circle and Moving Force