Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards and entered 5-6th string descending intervals. Let's see how this keeps up. Right now, I feel like I'm on top of this.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 115 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 95 bpm rest stroke
@90 bpm free stroke
l, m @ 70 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Many minor mistakes and rhythm problems. Played with metronome @ 40. Challenging, but a good exercise, especially to try to
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 55 bpm. Rhythm was way off in measure 29-31, so need to keep at that.
Samba Caribe
Practiced mental imaging. Section A Bar 3 - chord is difficult to nail down.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 11 - tune with nice simple melody. My mistakes with hitting the notes with free stroke highlight problem (perhaps nails are still too short)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Thoughts:
I've been meaning to get back to chord-study for some time - there needs to be progress. Really, I was a bit scared because I didn't know what to start with. And I've started and stopped this endeavor so many times that I didn't want to let myself down again. Obviously, there must have been something wrong with my methods.
I've been thinking that Anki (a space repetition software I use to study and review Japanese) is really quite efficient in balancing all the information that I have to review, so I wanted to make a music Anki deck. Incidentally, someone already created a chord progression deck that's I downloaded straight from Anki. The user has to identify common chord sequences that the computer plays. Very useful. Doing this highlights the fact that in order to venture in a prepared state into jazz, samba, etc, I really should be very familiar with simple chord progressions first. That's because everything builds upon itself and all of the added notes in jazz & samba make it very hairy and a bit overwhelming if one doesn't recognize the basics.
In addition to this deck, I also started creating cards for a deck in which the front side of the card lists the starting string, then the interval and then the ending string. In my mind, I have to imagine how I would position my fingers. For example:
6th string ascending maj. 3 to 5th string
Once I create ascending and descending cards for many of the intervals (skipping strings as well), I should be prepared to understand chords straight off the bat.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 110 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm rest stroke
@80 bpm free stroke
l, m @ 70 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played through. Sounded very good.
Pica Pica
Had to stop mid-play because I kept losing the rhythm. Practiced with metronome @ 55 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Part A 1st 4 bars chord progression (v-V-I-IV - Autumn Leave progression)
Mental imaging exercise (p. 48) - need to keep at this, but generally very good feel
Samba exercises from Nelson Faria's book
Studied chord progression in Part A.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 8
I've been meaning to get back to chord-study for some time - there needs to be progress. Really, I was a bit scared because I didn't know what to start with. And I've started and stopped this endeavor so many times that I didn't want to let myself down again. Obviously, there must have been something wrong with my methods.
I've been thinking that Anki (a space repetition software I use to study and review Japanese) is really quite efficient in balancing all the information that I have to review, so I wanted to make a music Anki deck. Incidentally, someone already created a chord progression deck that's I downloaded straight from Anki. The user has to identify common chord sequences that the computer plays. Very useful. Doing this highlights the fact that in order to venture in a prepared state into jazz, samba, etc, I really should be very familiar with simple chord progressions first. That's because everything builds upon itself and all of the added notes in jazz & samba make it very hairy and a bit overwhelming if one doesn't recognize the basics.
In addition to this deck, I also started creating cards for a deck in which the front side of the card lists the starting string, then the interval and then the ending string. In my mind, I have to imagine how I would position my fingers. For example:
6th string ascending maj. 3 to 5th string
Once I create ascending and descending cards for many of the intervals (skipping strings as well), I should be prepared to understand chords straight off the bat.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 110 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm rest stroke
@80 bpm free stroke
l, m @ 70 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played through. Sounded very good.
Pica Pica
Had to stop mid-play because I kept losing the rhythm. Practiced with metronome @ 55 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Part A 1st 4 bars chord progression (v-V-I-IV - Autumn Leave progression)
Mental imaging exercise (p. 48) - need to keep at this, but generally very good feel
Samba exercises from Nelson Faria's book
Studied chord progression in Part A.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 8
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita & Pica Pica
Played both through. Sounded pretty good, but nails are still too short.
Samba Caribe
Part A 1st 4 bars chord progression (v-V-I-IV - Autumn Leave progression)
Samba exercises from Nelson Faria's book
On hold
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita & Pica Pica
Played both through. Sounded pretty good, but nails are still too short.
Samba Caribe
Part A 1st 4 bars chord progression (v-V-I-IV - Autumn Leave progression)
Samba exercises from Nelson Faria's book
On hold
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Started playing with Glickstein's practice routines. Centered, connected, counted fine, but the actual playing was so ridden with minor inaccuracies and omissions that the tune as a whole sounded awful. Well, my nails are still short.....
Pica Pica
Reviewed chord progression. Dwiddled it a little bit.
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Analyzed A diminished
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 90 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Started playing with Glickstein's practice routines. Centered, connected, counted fine, but the actual playing was so ridden with minor inaccuracies and omissions that the tune as a whole sounded awful. Well, my nails are still short.....
Pica Pica
Reviewed chord progression. Dwiddled it a little bit.
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Analyzed A diminished
Friday, December 31, 2010
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 90 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 85 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Rythm Exercise Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent
Thoughts:
Reviewed the Glickstein's performance advice. So much information in such few words. This is definitely gonna take some time to get down well. Right now, I need to work on getting at least a 3-tune repertoire which I can play in front of people together (anyone..... a senior citizen center, etc) , while slowly working on samba, etc. (music for the kids :))
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Decided to go back to practicing performance as per p. 180 of The Musician's Way. Noticed that I had totally forgot the correct pre-performance procedure (October 13 post). And yet I had practiced this procedure in October quite frequently and was starting to get better.
--------Center---------Connect---------Count-----------Begin
Pica Pica
Reviewed chord progression. Dwiddled it a little bit. Need to keep at it to restore what I had.
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Analyzed A diminished
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 90 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 85 bpm
l, m @ 70 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Rythm Exercise Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent
Thoughts:
Reviewed the Glickstein's performance advice. So much information in such few words. This is definitely gonna take some time to get down well. Right now, I need to work on getting at least a 3-tune repertoire which I can play in front of people together (anyone..... a senior citizen center, etc) , while slowly working on samba, etc. (music for the kids :))
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Decided to go back to practicing performance as per p. 180 of The Musician's Way. Noticed that I had totally forgot the correct pre-performance procedure (October 13 post). And yet I had practiced this procedure in October quite frequently and was starting to get better.
--------Center---------Connect---------Count-----------Begin
Pica Pica
Reviewed chord progression. Dwiddled it a little bit. Need to keep at it to restore what I had.
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Analyzed A diminished
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Mistakenly filed wrong part of my nails - harder to play. Live and learn :) Also, the nail on my thumb cracked because I didn't file it regularly. Need to establish a schedule to file every 3 days...
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 84 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 84 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) Impossible to do with my short nails....
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Rythm Exercise Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Decided to go back to practicing performance as per p. 180 of The Musician's Way. Noticed that I had totally forgot the correct pre-performance procedure (October 13 post). And yet I had practiced this procedure in October quite frequently and was starting to get better.
--------Center---------Connect---------Count-----------Begin
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Got stuck on analyzing Adiminished
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 84 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 84 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) Impossible to do with my short nails....
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 75 bpm.
Rythm Exercise Played blues block chord progression (All Blues for Jazz Guitar pg. 18) @100 silent
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Decided to go back to practicing performance as per p. 180 of The Musician's Way. Noticed that I had totally forgot the correct pre-performance procedure (October 13 post). And yet I had practiced this procedure in October quite frequently and was starting to get better.
--------Center---------Connect---------Count-----------Begin
Samba exercises
Track 2 - totally forgot the pattern
Track 3 - reviewed D69/A
Got stuck on analyzing Adiminished
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 92 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
Pica Pica
Played fully through but didn't focus on the meaning, so not so good
Samba exercises
Track 3 exercise (- note degrees of Adim chord)
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 95 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 70 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 92 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
Pica Pica
Played fully through but didn't focus on the meaning, so not so good
Samba exercises
Track 3 exercise (- note degrees of Adim chord)
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