Thursday, February 17, 2011

Note Review:
I often forget how the low E and F note looks on the staff, so I found this program to help me out.

Interval Review:

A lot of reviews. Problems with Augmented 4th intervals on various strings. Didn't additional cards.

Warm-up/Technique:

Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position.

Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 84. Still quite challenging.


Repertoire:

Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 80 bpm, but the modified barre position isn't ingrained yet, so I just practiced the chord switches making sure to hit only the notes I need on the barre. Seems like a small thing, but this is what mastery is about.

Estrellita
Deliberately made a mistake on the position jump in measures 9-10, and then played it correctly. You'd think there'd be no difference in deliberate mistakes and accidental mistakes. But there is! It acquires such a jazzy feel when it's deliberate. The Bad Plus, in their version of Smells Like Teen Spirit, use this technique to great effect.

Come to think of it, these deliberate mistakes are a sign of mastery, because they show the player's lack of fear in terms of manipulating the instrument.

Samba Caribe
Part A measure 13-14 @ 54. Sounds good.

Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Reviewed part A @ 64 bpm. Ready to increase tempo.

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