Warm-up/Technique:
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 75 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (Pumping Nylon pg. 63) with i,m sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm
Same with l, m with qurater notes @ 100 bpm

Finger Independence #2 (pg. 15) with quarter notes @ 100 bpm
Finger Independence #4 with quarter notes @ 100 bpm

Repertoire:
Pica Pica Measure 14 @ 70
Also, mentally reviewed chord changes in 1st and 2nd sections of Pica Pica
Played whole tune @ 70
For tomorrow: need to review Musician's Way book to see what I need to work on in the piece, besides speed.

Estrellita
Reviewed chord changes of 1st section
First section. Noticed couple of problems. Recorded. Analyzed.


Problems to solve: Big position switch in measure 10 - getting better with practice
Glitch in position switch in measure 2 - I think it's due to performance anxiety
Glitch in chord changes in measure 14 - right-hand finger independence problem

I realized that I don't have a recording of the song I wrote for Makiko's birthday.


In this video you get to see the horrendous ceiling (or is it a floor?) that the previous tenants made. Also, you get to see that I'm struggling a bit to retrieve the lyrics from my brain. Regarding the playing, reviewing the video, I was surprised how close to the bridge I was playing. I think that was partly responsible for the excessively bright and somewhat impersonal tone (maybe...?).