Interval Review:

Reviewed and added remaining 2nd to 3rd string descending intervals. Tomorrow start adding 5th string intervals (5th to 4th ascending, etc.)

Sight-Reading:
Leavitt's sight-reading book - p. 96

Thoughts:
After practicing the large string jumps, I played the etude I made up at 65 bpm. So far so good. I wrote in the past that I have trouble making lines descending from the 1st string to the 6th. So, I played the etude in that way - and it was really difficult - my brain was freezing up. Good to know, because this is obviously something I need to work on.

Warm-up/Technique:

Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 75 bpm
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 65 bpm (used in the little position jump etude I made up

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

l, m @ bpm.

Putting it all together p. 67 Exercise - @ 100 bpm

Thumb Exercise @ 72 bpm


Repertoire:

Pica Pica
Played @ 85.

Estrellita
Focused on Klickstein's pre-performance checklist

Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Part D first two measures.

Samba Caribe
Part A - jump between measures 12-13 is quite hard. Practiced at 60 bpm.

Bart B measure 7 chord jump - hard to get it clean. Practiced at 65 bpm.
The problem can be broken down into 2 components:
1. the actual speed with which my wrist changes position
In order to improve this, I can keep my fingers as close as possible to the fretboard as I'm changing the position), and just practice the actual position change

2. change in the position of the thumb on the neck