Monday, December 20, 2010

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 85 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 75 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 75 bpm.

Arpeggio Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 38) Various drills @ 75 bpm (thumb free stroke is harder than thumb rest stroke)

Rythm Exercise
Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent

Repertoire:
Estrellita
Reviewed first part. Re-memorized chord progression in 2nd part - F#9+5 chord is hard to remember

Samba exercises
Track 3 exercise (- note degrees of D6/9 chord

Friday, December 17, 2010

Way too long of a hiatus, but life (working on an organic farm for 1 month) often gets in the way of things...

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
Of course, fingers aren't as flexible as they were when I played every day

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 75
S - L - O -W
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 80 bpm.

Repertoire:
Estrellita
Reviewed first part. Re-memorized chord progression in 1st part

Samba
Played 1st exercise at 100% of target speed.

Track 3 exercise (just started)

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 75 bpm
Noticed that I have many finor flaws when I play it at 95 bpm. So went down to 75 in order to play precisely.
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 80 bpm

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 80 bpm.

Repertoire:
Estrellita
Warm-ups were a bit flaky, but got it down on the 3-4th run.

Pica-Pica
Position switch in measure 15 difficult. Need to play at slower speed.

Samba
Played 1st exercise at 100% of target speed.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 80 bpm

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 80 bpm.

Repertoire:
Estrellita
Warm-ups were a bit flaky, but got it down on the 3-4th run.

Pica-Pica
Position switch in measure 15 difficult. Need to play at slower speed.

Samba
Played 1st exercise at 100% of target speed.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 85 bpm. (

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 80 bpm.

Repertoire:
Estrellita
Fingers were cold. Didn't feel the tune at all.

Samba
Played 1st exercise at 90% of target speed.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 85 bpm. (

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 75 bpm.

Rythm Exercise
Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm

String Walking exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight @ 60 bpm

Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm
l, m @ 85 bpm

Synchronization Exercise
(Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 85 bpm. (

Thumb Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 41) @ 70 bpm.

Rythm Exercise
Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent

Repertoire:
Pica-Pica and Estrellita
Played back-to-back . Felt a bit rusty after not playing for more than a week. Yesterday I played in front of some people and I was very nervous. It was very hard for me to get my mind off of trying to sound good and not make mistakes.

Samba exercises
Played Track 2 from Nelson Faria's Brazilian Guitar Book. Played at 90% of its speed in Transcribe. Very good rhythm practice.