More what than wonderful

no, i exaggerate. i was just proud of the catchy title. one more hour of figuring out my part. short practice of scales, but overall just rehearsing and rehearsing the classic louis.

p.s. i haven't forgotten about posting songs, just haven't gotten around to it.

1 hour.

Que disastre

but it's not a bad thing. in fact, it was quite hilarious. what when down was i practiced scales and arpeggios for about 20 minutes. worked on some of the book and Pink Panther, and then moved on to a mixed song of What a Wonderful.. and Feeling Good.

i am enjoying adding a few accent notes in the second half of the song; it's the first half that isn't as easy. surprisingly...

and so i called my friend laura to the scene, who knows a lot of music. and we spent about an hour trying to find my first note. because once i found the first note, i would be fine. i researched piano - saxophone notes and found this:

C - A

G - E

A - F#

E - C#

B - A♭

G♭ - E♭

D♭ - B♭

A♭ - F

E♭ - C

B♭ - G

F - D

at the same time, we still couldn't find it. such is life. but we had a good laugh looking for the note! sometimes that's all that counts. or something.  :P

in total (with today's 2 hours of practice) = 170.33 hours!!!!!!!

Once again

i forget to log my hours. but i am practicing!!!

working on some of the problem children from the book as well as a duet that blends What a wonderful world with Feeling Good. if i didn't have so many bracelets to make, i might have been done with the song by now. such is life.

practicing is fun though. God has blessed me with cool nights where only sometimes i have to play with gloves. haha

tuesday and thursday practices for a total of 2 hours.

New reed

gets me everytime. but in a few minutes i'm back in the game. worked on scales much longer this time, and then moved to pieces in the book that have been causing me trouble (as mentioned in previous posts).

had looked up on google songs for the saxophonist and found this website:
http://saxstation.com/jazz-songs-for-saxophone-neals-list.htm

sort of randomly picked one only to realize that i was listening to it recently, but just forgot what it was called:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI

now have the sheet music (another thanks to google), and we're off!

45 min of practice, 15 of google research!

Life interruptions

i have been wanting to practice for several days now, but due to a baby being born.. due to youth group events.. and just other general things, just today i got to squeeze in an hour.

of course, there's a phone call at minute 20.. another at 35.. and then visitors at 40ish. nonetheless, it was a fun one. Pink Panther.. Somewhere Over.. and a few important pieces to practice breathing and note changes from the book.

i continue to practice the scales first, just in case that isn't clear..

1 hour.

Squeeze time

in the cold weather, it's a little hard to find the ganas to practice. nonetheless, i had an hour and a half to kill before youth group started. so i braced myself, put on the gloves, and worked through the tough 76-78 numbers in the book. getting there.

i also played PP and continue to enjoy how that sounds.

thought about the fact that i still haven't posted a song here. that needs to change...

40min...

Friazo

i don't know why i keep forgetting to update this. but seeing as it's late, the details shall be short and sweet.

it was cold.

i struggled with the D - C. that is to say, squeaked a whole heck of a lot.

p.p. is looking nice. until i saw a suuuper high note coming up. yikes.

one hour. bounce.

Ahhhhhhh

that's what macauley culkin says, right? when he finds himself home alone yet another day?

i was a little tired yesterday, so it was just a 40 min practice. focused a lot on Pink Panther, only to find myself with an even higher note than the one i had been practicing. ahhh!!! but it must be done, obviously.

ahí tenes vos.