Home alone

there are days when i take advantage of the siesta. today, i slept for 3 hours... whoa.

woke up to an empty house so i immediately made my way to the back for some practice time. 15 minutes of scales. went through the first pages of the book to where i have been recently. made note that i need to work on #77, and the last two songs on page 19.

then i played through the sheet music that i have, and finished with trying to figure out The Bear Necessities. haha, i don't know why the fascination with the disney songs.. perhaps because they're just so happy sounding.

one, glorious, hour.

Recording

after being inspired by Jon McLaughlin.. it's true that i might be obsessed.. i found myself recording a lot of what i was practicing yesterday. i still have to edit it and all, but it all just sounded so pretty. perhaps the nice weather helped. i dunno..

the main thing is, a fun time and hopefully i can post some stuff in the following posts.

1.05 hours of practice to help round out my hours in total.

Little mermaid

"look at this stuff.. isn't it neat?"

i finally figured out the whole song. it's a fun one! regular routine of scales, then book and finally messing around. good sound, although at times i feel like a lot of spit gets caught in there. i was extra thorough in cleaning the saxophone this time. it was sort of a tierno moment taking care of it!

1 hour.
= 159.95

Adivinando

or maybe the better spanish verb is averiguando.

que se yo? haha

just playing around for awhile, and tone was really good. in the beginning. i think i lose breathing control after awhile, and the sound comes out a little rough. either way, the exciting news is i almost have The Entertainer down perfect, aaaand Pink Panther is coming along quite nicely. loving the challenge of the high note :)

i do need to find some more songs to play though..

1.5 hours of practice time.

As time goes by

it just sounds so good on the saxophone!! i am working on this one as well as several others. i like using the book because it gives me some direction. i don't like using the book because it doesn't always include songs i like.

good tone. fun time. a most beautiful night in terms of weather.

1 hour mas.

Short n sweet

just messing around some more. i started with As Time Goes By, and i am thinking of recording it for the grandparents. but when i began to play i realized how tired i was so i played some scales, a couple songs from book two and now i am calling it a night!

30 minutes is still something!!!

Keep forgetting

to mark down my hours. i played for an hour on tuesday and another hour today. i wish i could say i practiced more, but a lot of things came up this week. Lord willing, i will have some time tomorrow, but if not, at the very least tuesday - wednesday - thursday here i come!!!

as for this week's practice, i played a lot of What a Wonderful World, and then a plethora of other songs. today i remember better (obviously), in which i went back to book one and reviewed the basics. easier scales, easier songs. i was encouraged by tone and the fact that i could read the music rather quickly. i have come to the point where i have many songs memorized.

then messed around with some Moon River, Sleeping Beauty, Solo Cristo, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, old hymns, Autumn Leaves, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc. etc.

2 hours.

Compilado

i had an hour of practice on friday that i forgot to write about. the pattern seems to be 10 to 15 minutes on scales, 10 to 15 minutes in the book (latest fun temas, La Cumpersita and Australian Fair) and then various songs i am trying to figure out by ear.

and there's What a Wonderful World. smile.

today i began a personal project of mixing some louis armstrong songs together. this, coupled with the fall night, and tripled (?) with the super moon, made for a pleasant time. had some dogs sing with me, and several folks in the kitchen listening in. makes me a little nervous, but in the end, no big deal.

1 + 1.5 = 2.5 more hours of practice time!!

153.95 hours in total.

Re feliz

even though i have never taxi-ed to ma elena's house, tonight i had no choice. and since i was going by taxi, i figured i might as well take my sax along with me as johnny plays the guitar and who knows where that could lead.

it. was. magical.

we played a little bit of everything, and it was hilarious to watch him and his older brother ezequiel try and make a sound. not as easy as it looks, eh?

we ended on some hillsong classics, and when i switched over to guitar, i was surprised to see that i can play all of them. also fun because they are in spanish!

2 hours of fellowship and practice. :)

Ending with tchaikovsky

sometimes i forget about the russian. but i can't help it when it started with sleeping beauty as a little tike. his music is absolutely beautiful.

so, after much practice on the scales, a little more on what a wonderful world, i started tinkering around with the tchaikovsky. and i figured out.. mostly. new mini goal to play that one well. am in need of sheet music for some parts i do believe.

any way. great evening of practice even if it was a little cold: 1.5 hours!!!