Anki:

Reviewed yesterday's and added a couple of 3rd string - 2nd string cards.

Warm-up/Technique:

Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight @ 100 bpm
m, l with eight notes @ 65 bpm


Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free.
l, m @ 75 bpm rest & free

Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes -
80 bpm. Above 80 and the pinky starts to go up :(

Hard with l, m - decreased to 60 bpm. Still hard

p. 67 Exercise - Putting it all together @ 62 bpm

Thumb Exercise (pg. 41) @ 65 bpm



Repertoire:

Pica Pica
Played @ 80 bpm, focusing on measures 14 - 15.

Estrellita
Noticed that I need to mut the B note in measure 4 of part C

Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Reviewed yesterday's.

Samba Caribe
Wrote out notes on first 3 strings for 7th position (in order to get the last 5 measures of the piece down well).

Gig Feedback:
Played at an open mic on my way home from the sound-recording center.
Pica-Pica arpeggios were a bit off, but I nailed Estrellita. Still hard to get into the actual groove of the song, but had more success with the latter.

There were things to learn from the other participants in the jam. There was one rock-star type dude who really carried the whole band and created a certain rock energy. He good showmanship - besides the guitar licks, he also used lots of hand gestures. Also, I noticed how much of a difference an in-the-pocket drummer makes. This is the kind of stuff I need to strive for in my guitar playing....

Made-up a little practice lick. Here's the video