Thursday 2/26
30 Minutes
Primary #1, Primary #2
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
For yesterday...
Sunday 2/22
30 Minutes
C major pentatonic scale, 1st inversion C Major arpeggios
And for today:
Monday 2/23
60 Minutes
Derailed at the Station
Mostly just putting this piece together with correct fingering, strokes and transitions. Haven't started practicing with a metronome yet. Also, working on being more relaxed while seated and playing.
Sunday 2/22
30 Minutes
C major pentatonic scale, 1st inversion C Major arpeggios
And for today:
Monday 2/23
60 Minutes
Derailed at the Station
Mostly just putting this piece together with correct fingering, strokes and transitions. Haven't started practicing with a metronome yet. Also, working on being more relaxed while seated and playing.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Recovering from spyware, backtracking...
Tuesday 2/10
40 + 20 Minutes
"Isreal", "Morning Has Broken"
Getting into some of the "detail work" talked about on Sunday. There's some good articulation exercise available in these 'chord-change' pieces, and also some metronome challenges (one a very slow 4/4, the other in 6/8, where metronome ticks are treated as dotted quarters instead of ordinary quarters). I'm also practicing playing chords with a light touch.
Some presentation work, practicing walking on and plugging in gracefully.
...
Wednesday 2/11
15 Minutes
continued Tuesday's work
I've been focusing on technique work lately, on the assumption that improved technical ability will carry over into repertoire anyway; but working with repertoire gives its own insights into technique.
...and tonight...
Friday 2/13
60 Minutes
C major pentatonic scale, 1st inverstion C major arpeggios
Haven't done fretboard knowledge work in a while.
Tuesday 2/10
40 + 20 Minutes
"Isreal", "Morning Has Broken"
Getting into some of the "detail work" talked about on Sunday. There's some good articulation exercise available in these 'chord-change' pieces, and also some metronome challenges (one a very slow 4/4, the other in 6/8, where metronome ticks are treated as dotted quarters instead of ordinary quarters). I'm also practicing playing chords with a light touch.
Some presentation work, practicing walking on and plugging in gracefully.
...
Wednesday 2/11
15 Minutes
continued Tuesday's work
I've been focusing on technique work lately, on the assumption that improved technical ability will carry over into repertoire anyway; but working with repertoire gives its own insights into technique.
...and tonight...
Friday 2/13
60 Minutes
C major pentatonic scale, 1st inverstion C major arpeggios
Haven't done fretboard knowledge work in a while.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Monday 2/2
20 Minutes
right hand exercise
Concentrated session. I found a good reference point for the "effortless" downstroke, and was able to return to some of the balancing relationships in the body throughout.
A theme from a year-and-a-half ago is re-emeriging, the difference between "starting" and"beginning".
20 Minutes
right hand exercise
Concentrated session. I found a good reference point for the "effortless" downstroke, and was able to return to some of the balancing relationships in the body throughout.
A theme from a year-and-a-half ago is re-emeriging, the difference between "starting" and"beginning".
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