Arigatou song:
I keep forgetting the lyrics.
Anki:
Reviews went pretty well - info is definitely solidifying. For sure, I would have given up already on this interval stuff (as I have many times before) were it not for the Anki.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm. Shifted to 4th position from 5th - getting back the finger flexibility slowly
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight @ 83 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 65 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free
l, m @ 90 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest and free (fee is harder)
Thumb Exercise (pg. 41) @ 65 bpm
Repertoire:
Pica Pica
Measure 15 - played at 70 bpm. Increased to 75, and then to 85 bpm. No problems with tempo, but once again, hard to maintain steady tempo when I play without metronome. Daily, I need to establish the tempo and then play while counting to myself. Of course, I won't be able to concentrate on the feel of the music as I'm doing this, but theoretically I should incorporate this good rhythm into the piece so that I won't have to count anymore.
Estrellita
Played back-to-back with Pica Pica in order to time for show. ~6 minutes.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Practiced part B @ 75 bpm.
Samba Caribe
Studied measure 5 of Part B - very confusing rhythm.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol. II pg. 55
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Anki:
Reviews went pretty well - info is definitely solidifying. For sure, I would have given up already on this interval stuff (as I have many times before) were it not for the Anki.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight @ 80 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 60 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Pica Pica
Measure 15 - played at 70 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Practiced Part B - getting the slide just right is not so easy. It only sounds good when it's perfect, and I can only get it when its perfect slowly @ 75 bpm.
Reviews went pretty well - info is definitely solidifying. For sure, I would have given up already on this interval stuff (as I have many times before) were it not for the Anki.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m eight @ 80 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with eight notes @ 60 bpm
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Pica Pica
Measure 15 - played at 70 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Practiced Part B - getting the slide just right is not so easy. It only sounds good when it's perfect, and I can only get it when its perfect slowly @ 75 bpm.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thoughts:
Reviewed Arigatou sequence.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Everything's becoming jumbled up in my brain (the descending intervals are particularly hard), so didn't add new cards
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 120 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free
l, m @ 92 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Sounds good - played up to Part B measure 5.
Estrellita
Good feel.
Pica Pica
Noticed that I keep messing up Part A measures 10-15. Analyzed the fingerings and realized that I didn't think about this enough enough during the initial learning stages. Went back. Changed alot of the arpeggios to free stroke.
Focus on measure 15 tomorrow - this is one that I've been playing without thinking and the altered fingering in order to mute the E7 chord properly will take some time to get used to.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Practiced Part B - getting the slide just right is not so easy.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol. II pg. 48
Reviewed Arigatou sequence.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Everything's becoming jumbled up in my brain (the descending intervals are particularly hard), so didn't add new cards
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 120 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free
l, m @ 92 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Sounds good - played up to Part B measure 5.
Estrellita
Good feel.
Pica Pica
Noticed that I keep messing up Part A measures 10-15. Analyzed the fingerings and realized that I didn't think about this enough enough during the initial learning stages. Went back. Changed alot of the arpeggios to free stroke.
Focus on measure 15 tomorrow - this is one that I've been playing without thinking and the altered fingering in order to mute the E7 chord properly will take some time to get used to.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Practiced Part B - getting the slide just right is not so easy.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol. II pg. 48
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thoughts:
Reviewed Arigato sequence. As well as a couple of the verses.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Everything's becoming jumbled up in my brain (the descending intervals are particularly hard), so didn't add new cards
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 120 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free YEAH!
l, m @ 90 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Lots of mistakes all over the place. Can't concentrate so well.
Part B - thumbnail is still too short, the thumb not getting the bass notes at all today for some reason
Estrellita
Good feel.
Pica Pica
Once again, hard to play at 75 bpm - feels too slow.
My target concert speed is 85 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Transcribed Section B measures 1-8. So enjoyable! Really got the groove of the piece.
Reviewed Arigato sequence. As well as a couple of the verses.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Everything's becoming jumbled up in my brain (the descending intervals are particularly hard), so didn't add new cards
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 120 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free YEAH!
l, m @ 90 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Lots of mistakes all over the place. Can't concentrate so well.
Part B - thumbnail is still too short, the thumb not getting the bass notes at all today for some reason
Estrellita
Good feel.
Pica Pica
Once again, hard to play at 75 bpm - feels too slow.
My target concert speed is 85 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
Transcribed Section B measures 1-8. So enjoyable! Really got the groove of the piece.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Thoughts:
Reviewed Arigato sequence. As well as a couple of the verses.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Added 6th - 2nd ascending tomorrow. Add 2nd - 6th descending.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 114 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free YEAH!
l, m @ 90 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Section A sounds good ! :)
Learned Section Bars 1-4. As the composer of this piece warns in the intro, the syncopation is actually hard to get down. I love the groove, and also the way that the bass invariable goes V-I-V-I on the beats
Failed miserably on the Dm - Am chord change in bar 4 of section B when played the piece from the beginning. Fingers still not used to this tight chord position.
Estrellita
Minor mistakes but feel is there. Hard to image chord progressions ahead - gets in the way of feeling the meaning of the piece.
Pica Pica
Played w/ metronome @ 76 bpm on silent. Very hard to keep to it if I take my eyes off of the light for a couple of bars. Certain sections tend to speed up as well.
My target concert speed is 85 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
This is the Baden Powell piece that I've wanted to play for some years now. It really is in the spirit of a jam samba, but it's also contemplative. Definitely, it should appeal to the mass audience (as opposed to Pica-Pica and Estrellita, which are a bit too old-fashioned for modern tastes). I want to find more pieces like this one that highlight the guitar sound but that can be played at festive occasions (danceable).
It is one of my mediumn-term goals. As I work on the other 3 pieces, I figured that I should start working on this little-by-little so that I will have a longer term goal.
Loaded this baby up into Transcribe and transcribed the first 8 bars - piece of a cake. I've got a feeling the hard part here is not gonna be the notes themselves, but the rhythm. Just keep on chugging.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 41
Waltz on page 40 is reminiscent of an old wedding dance song. I can just picture it. I wonder if there's demand for such guitar arrangements at real weddings.....
Reviewed Arigato sequence. As well as a couple of the verses.
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards (chord sequence deck also). Added 6th - 2nd ascending tomorrow. Add 2nd - 6th descending.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 160 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 114 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest & free YEAH!
l, m @ 90 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 95 bpm rest
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Section A sounds good ! :)
Learned Section Bars 1-4. As the composer of this piece warns in the intro, the syncopation is actually hard to get down. I love the groove, and also the way that the bass invariable goes V-I-V-I on the beats
Failed miserably on the Dm - Am chord change in bar 4 of section B when played the piece from the beginning. Fingers still not used to this tight chord position.
Estrellita
Minor mistakes but feel is there. Hard to image chord progressions ahead - gets in the way of feeling the meaning of the piece.
Pica Pica
Played w/ metronome @ 76 bpm on silent. Very hard to keep to it if I take my eyes off of the light for a couple of bars. Certain sections tend to speed up as well.
My target concert speed is 85 bpm.
Na Gafieira Do Vidigal
This is the Baden Powell piece that I've wanted to play for some years now. It really is in the spirit of a jam samba, but it's also contemplative. Definitely, it should appeal to the mass audience (as opposed to Pica-Pica and Estrellita, which are a bit too old-fashioned for modern tastes). I want to find more pieces like this one that highlight the guitar sound but that can be played at festive occasions (danceable).
It is one of my mediumn-term goals. As I work on the other 3 pieces, I figured that I should start working on this little-by-little so that I will have a longer term goal.
Loaded this baby up into Transcribe and transcribed the first 8 bars - piece of a cake. I've got a feeling the hard part here is not gonna be the notes themselves, but the rhythm. Just keep on chugging.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 41
Waltz on page 40 is reminiscent of an old wedding dance song. I can just picture it. I wonder if there's demand for such guitar arrangements at real weddings.....
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Thoughts:
While reviewing Anki, one of the examples given for the I-vi-IV-V sequence was I'll Be Missing You. It was really fun and convenient to go into YouTube, record the song and then break down the sequence using Transcribe.
After that, I worked a bit on the chord sequence of Arigato, a currently-popular (in Japan) song by Ikimono Gakari. Though it's pop, the chord sequence has substitutions and is quite long.
I-vii - vi - V - V/IV - tritone sub of IV - iii - vi - maj 3 - min 3 - IV - V
And that's just the A section :)
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards. Added 3-6th descending. Add 6th - 2nd ascending tomorrow
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 150 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 95 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest
Can't do freestroke at this speed
l, m @ 85 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 90 bpm.
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Problem sectionsm (measures 3 & 14) getting better.
Videod Intro & A Section
B Section: memorized chord progression
iv - i - II7 - #V7 - V7
Estrellita
Took break from it
Pica Pica
Wanted to play without metronome but at 70 bpm, but speeded up so much. Put metronome on silent and played with it. Though it's challenging, need to stick to Glickstein's advice of counting before beginning
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 36
It's quite rewarding to sight-read because of the exposure to different kinds of music. Things that caught my eye (ear) this session:
Andantino by Carulli (nice melodic classical piece, highlights beautiful guitar sounds)
Pavane by Argbeau - large intervals are unique to guitar (well maybe harp, too) and are beautiful
Anonymous Irish tune - upbeat, 6/8 time, major
While reviewing Anki, one of the examples given for the I-vi-IV-V sequence was I'll Be Missing You. It was really fun and convenient to go into YouTube, record the song and then break down the sequence using Transcribe.
After that, I worked a bit on the chord sequence of Arigato, a currently-popular (in Japan) song by Ikimono Gakari. Though it's pop, the chord sequence has substitutions and is quite long.
I-vii - vi - V - V/IV - tritone sub of IV - iii - vi - maj 3 - min 3 - IV - V
And that's just the A section :)
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards. Added 3-6th descending. Add 6th - 2nd ascending tomorrow
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 150 bpm
String Walking exercise with m, l with quarter@ 95 bpm
Right-Hand Velocity (pg. 63) with sixteenth notes @ 105 bpm rest
Can't do freestroke at this speed
l, m @ 85 bpm rest & free
Synchronization Exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 65) with i,m sixteenth notes - @ 90 bpm.
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Problem sectionsm (measures 3 & 14) getting better.
Videod Intro & A Section
B Section: memorized chord progression
iv - i - II7 - #V7 - V7
Estrellita
Took break from it
Pica Pica
Wanted to play without metronome but at 70 bpm, but speeded up so much. Put metronome on silent and played with it. Though it's challenging, need to stick to Glickstein's advice of counting before beginning
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 36
It's quite rewarding to sight-read because of the exposure to different kinds of music. Things that caught my eye (ear) this session:
Andantino by Carulli (nice melodic classical piece, highlights beautiful guitar sounds)
Pavane by Argbeau - large intervals are unique to guitar (well maybe harp, too) and are beautiful
Anonymous Irish tune - upbeat, 6/8 time, major
Monday, January 10, 2011
Anki:
Reviewed yesterday's cards. Added additional 6th-3th string ascending cards. Add 3-6th descending tomorrow.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 145 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 - @ 90 bpm.
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Measure 3 - getting a bit better it seems (hopefully it's not in my mind)
14 - thumb nail is still too short to get the bass down well, so that keeps messing me up a bit. I keep making mistakes in the jump and the chords in measure 15
Played 3 times with no mistakes in the above measures (just minor notes ommitted here and there, but there's nothing I can do about that)
Vocalized part B measures 1-4.
Recorded Pica Pica & Estrellita
(it's been a while)
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.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 29
Reviewed yesterday's cards. Added additional 6th-3th string ascending cards. Add 3-6th descending tomorrow.
Warm-up/Technique:
Finger-stretching exercise @ 100 bpm
String Walking exercise (Pumping Nylon pg. 37) with i,m quarter notes @ 145 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 - @ 90 bpm.
Rhythm Played Freddie Green lick to 100 bpm metronome on silent
Repertoire:
Samba Caribe
Practiced @ 50bpm
Measure 3 - getting a bit better it seems (hopefully it's not in my mind)
14 - thumb nail is still too short to get the bass down well, so that keeps messing me up a bit. I keep making mistakes in the jump and the chords in measure 15
Played 3 times with no mistakes in the above measures (just minor notes ommitted here and there, but there's nothing I can do about that)
Vocalized part B measures 1-4.
Recorded Pica Pica & Estrellita
(it's been a while)
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.
Sightreading:
Delcamp Vol II. p. 29
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