Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 140 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 90 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest (! finally got it back to October level! :) & freestroke
l, m @ 80 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 85 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played with metronome @ 40.
Then played freely - mind wandering - made many small errors that would have made me really self-conscious in a concert environment
Chord jump in measure 10, etc. still problematic sometimes. Part B measure 12 also get the wrong fret sometimes.
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 70 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Studied Intro and Part A as per p. 42 of The Musician's Way. On pg. 49, Klickstein directs the player to execute the given section 3 times at the preliminary tempo without mistakes. This is real difficult! There are a couple of difficulties in Section A:
Measure 3 - it's hard to get this chord to sound good without getting other strings so fast after the arpeggio run-through
Measure 14 - I keep making mistakes in the jump and the chords in measure 15
I decreased the preliminary tempo to 50 bpm.
Though it's quite discouraging not being able to play this section perfectly 3 times, I can really feel that I'm attaining a certain level of musicianship as I'm practicing in the way Glickstein suggests. I think the key is to make this a marathon, not a spring, and maintain the practice schedule.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 30 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 90 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm rest
l, m @ 80 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 80 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played with metronome @ 40.
Need to pay attention to chord jump in measure 10, etc. still problematic sometimes. Part B measure 12 also get the wrong fret sometimes.
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 65 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Reviewed Part A.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 24
Reviewed yesterday's cards.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 30 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 90 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 100 bpm rest
l, m @ 80 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 80 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played with metronome @ 40.
Need to pay attention to chord jump in measure 10, etc. still problematic sometimes. Part B measure 12 also get the wrong fret sometimes.
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 65 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Reviewed Part A.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 24
Friday, January 7, 2011
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards and entered 6-4th string ascending intervals. Thinking about notes and the guitar fretboard in this way opens up new possibilities in making music, because it helps to get away from being limited by chord structures.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 120 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 95 bpm rest stroke
@95 bpm free stroke
l, m @ 75 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @85 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played with metronome @ 40. Still challenging, so decided to search online for resources to improve rhythm. Didn't find anything new, so just practiced Freddie Green-style chord progression from All Blues for Jazz Guitar (Jim Ferguson) with metronome on silent.
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 55 bpm. Rhythm was way off in measure 29-31, so need to keep at that.
Samba Caribe
Played part at 55 bpm. Speed on sheet music is 85 bpm, but that's way too fast for me at this point. I'll shoot for 75 bpm.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 14
Reviewed yesterday's cards and entered 6-4th string ascending intervals. Thinking about notes and the guitar fretboard in this way opens up new possibilities in making music, because it helps to get away from being limited by chord structures.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 120 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 75 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 95 bpm rest stroke
@95 bpm free stroke
l, m @ 75 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @85 bpm.
Repertoire:
Estrellita
Played with metronome @ 40. Still challenging, so decided to search online for resources to improve rhythm. Didn't find anything new, so just practiced Freddie Green-style chord progression from All Blues for Jazz Guitar (Jim Ferguson) with metronome on silent.
Pica Pica
Practiced with metronome @ 55 bpm. Rhythm was way off in measure 29-31, so need to keep at that.
Samba Caribe
Played part at 55 bpm. Speed on sheet music is 85 bpm, but that's way too fast for me at this point. I'll shoot for 75 bpm.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 14
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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)
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)
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
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