Interval Review:
Reviewed intervals and as per yesterday's post, 6 new cards.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position.
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) i, m at 108 bpm. Near bridge at 95 bpm.
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 85 bpm free
Rest stroke very difficult even @ 85 (big improvement from yesterday)
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 92 bpm
Scale Rhythmic Variation
Played etude @ 84 bpm with i, m.
Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 84
Repertoire:
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 89.
Samba Caribe
Played @ 65 through. Part A measures 12-13 @ 70 bpm
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Played beginning to part A w/o metronome.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Interval Review:
Reviewed intervals. I decided to add all the remaining cards at the same time, because I spend too much time each session figuring out which cards need to be added. So, I added about 30 cards to round out the high strings. From now on, I'll just add 5 or so cards a day, and that should do the trick within a week. I think I've been on this project for a bit longer than planned.
Sight Reading:
Level 3 4/4 @ 75 bpm.
I recently bought a very interesting book called simply The Rhythm Book, by Steve Savage. It is great for nondrummers - it starts from scratch and analyzes modern drumming in pop music.
In the beginning, it has some simple practice exercises. Somewhere in there, it suggests that it's a good idea to keep a mental track of the count. It was hard keeping the count while doing the latter exercise.
Delcamp Volume II pg. 61
@ 55
Fretboard Review:
79 correct, 2 incorrect (97%) @ in 2 minutes.
Increase to 7 frets tomorrow
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position.
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) wow! I didn't play for two days and I can only play at 108 bpm. Noticed that it is harder to nail the string closer to the bridge. Can only play at 95 bpm.
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 85 bpm free
Rest stroke very difficult even @ 78.
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 88 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 110 bpm rest & free.
l, m @95 bpm rest & free
i, l @ 91 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes 95 bpm.
l, m @ 83 bpm
Putting it all together p. 67 Exercise - @ 93 with i, m.
@ 75 bpm l, m rest stroke
Scale Rhythmic Variation p. 68 @ 100 bpm i, m
@ 77 bpm l, m
Played etude @ 70 bpm with i, m.
Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 84
Repertoire:
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 85. I want to get up to speed ASAP so I can find a singer.
Pica-Pica
Tried to make video, but too many mistakes, too nervous. Don't really know how I'll play in front of 50 classical guitarists tomorrow, but I'll just have to manage.
Estrellita
Same as Pica-Pica.
Samba Caribe
Played @ 65 once through. Sounds good!
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Played beginning to part A w/o metronome.
Reviewed intervals. I decided to add all the remaining cards at the same time, because I spend too much time each session figuring out which cards need to be added. So, I added about 30 cards to round out the high strings. From now on, I'll just add 5 or so cards a day, and that should do the trick within a week. I think I've been on this project for a bit longer than planned.
Sight Reading:
Level 3 4/4 @ 75 bpm.
I recently bought a very interesting book called simply The Rhythm Book, by Steve Savage. It is great for nondrummers - it starts from scratch and analyzes modern drumming in pop music.
In the beginning, it has some simple practice exercises. Somewhere in there, it suggests that it's a good idea to keep a mental track of the count. It was hard keeping the count while doing the latter exercise.
Delcamp Volume II pg. 61
@ 55
Fretboard Review:
79 correct, 2 incorrect (97%) @ in 2 minutes.
Increase to 7 frets tomorrow
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position.
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) wow! I didn't play for two days and I can only play at 108 bpm. Noticed that it is harder to nail the string closer to the bridge. Can only play at 95 bpm.
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 85 bpm free
Rest stroke very difficult even @ 78.
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 88 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 110 bpm rest & free.
l, m @95 bpm rest & free
i, l @ 91 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes 95 bpm.
l, m @ 83 bpm
Putting it all together p. 67 Exercise - @ 93 with i, m.
@ 75 bpm l, m rest stroke
Scale Rhythmic Variation p. 68 @ 100 bpm i, m
@ 77 bpm l, m
Played etude @ 70 bpm with i, m.
Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 84
Repertoire:
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 85. I want to get up to speed ASAP so I can find a singer.
Pica-Pica
Tried to make video, but too many mistakes, too nervous. Don't really know how I'll play in front of 50 classical guitarists tomorrow, but I'll just have to manage.
Estrellita
Same as Pica-Pica.
Samba Caribe
Played @ 65 once through. Sounds good!
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Played beginning to part A w/o metronome.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Interval Review:
Reviewed intervals. Need to start adding remaining ones.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position. Fingers definitely lost some flexibility while I was away in Mexico. Good reminder to just keep at it :)
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) back down to 105 (instead of top 113)
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 85 bpm free (down from 91)
Rest stroke @ 80. Tried filing nails a bit, but it made it even worse
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 88 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 110 bpm rest & free.
l, m @92 bpm rest & free (down from 97 bpm)
i, l @ 88 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes 95 bpm.
l, m @ 83 bpm
Putting it all together p. 67 Exercise - @ 80 with i, m.
@ 75 bpm l, m rest stroke
Scale Rhythmic Variation p. 68 @ 97 bpm i, m
@ 75 bpm l, m
Played etude @ 70 bpm with i, m.
Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 80
Repertoire:
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 71 bpm.
Pica-Pica
Played once through.
Estrellita
Played once through.
Samba Caribe
Part A measures 13-14 played once through.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Played beginning to part A @ 70 bpm up to part C.
Reviewed intervals. Need to start adding remaining ones.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise - 1st position. Fingers definitely lost some flexibility while I was away in Mexico. Good reminder to just keep at it :)
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) back down to 105 (instead of top 113)
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 85 bpm free (down from 91)
Rest stroke @ 80. Tried filing nails a bit, but it made it even worse
String-Jumping 1st string to 5th string, 2nd string to 6th string @ 88 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 110 bpm rest & free.
l, m @92 bpm rest & free (down from 97 bpm)
i, l @ 88 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes 95 bpm.
l, m @ 83 bpm
Putting it all together p. 67 Exercise - @ 80 with i, m.
@ 75 bpm l, m rest stroke
Scale Rhythmic Variation p. 68 @ 97 bpm i, m
@ 75 bpm l, m
Played etude @ 70 bpm with i, m.
Percussive Exercise
Played Nothin on You rhythm @ 80
Repertoire:
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars cover)
Practiced @ 71 bpm.
Pica-Pica
Played once through.
Estrellita
Played once through.
Samba Caribe
Part A measures 13-14 played once through.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Played beginning to part A @ 70 bpm up to part C.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Thoughts:
Just came back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A break from playing music everyday was definitely a good thing. It allowed me to look more objectively at my playing. Additionally, I got tons of new insights from The Book of Rhymes, by Adam Bradley, which I read on the plane. I'll have to go through it again, as it's a pretty deep read.
Interval Review:
Just decided to review intervals today, since the cards piled up to 100. Reviewed half of the due cards.
Just came back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A break from playing music everyday was definitely a good thing. It allowed me to look more objectively at my playing. Additionally, I got tons of new insights from The Book of Rhymes, by Adam Bradley, which I read on the plane. I'll have to go through it again, as it's a pretty deep read.
Interval Review:
Just decided to review intervals today, since the cards piled up to 100. Reviewed half of the due cards.
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