i didn't practice either friday or saturday? it has to do with being pretty busy, but i still wish i could have gotten a good half an hour in there or so. oh well. next time. except.. ha. i have faceplant this coming weekend so maybe not. life in the real world i suppose, but i still want to be able to play this well! (living in the tension, i am.)
started off with scales again. i think this is necessary. most bands start with scales, right? any way, my F scale is struggling because of the B flat. just hard to remember how to finger that note sometimes.
after twenty minutes i moved on to the book. for common knowledge, i enjoy playing Wearing of the Green on page 3, which is an irish folk song. and there's Billy Boy, an american folk song on page 4. that's fun. a lot of eighth notes for both of them.
mmm.. i just poured a lot of spit out of the bell of the instrument. doesn't that make you feel all good inside?
working on staccato--light and separated notes--and tenuto--smooth and connected notes--in order to master some of the next pages. sometimes i'd find myself so caught up in playing the staccato versus playing the right note. maybe this is hard because i have to breathe the music versus playing the piano or something. multitasking. lol.
still up to page seven. the new note of high B is a part of the difficulty of moving on, but at least it means i'm learning another irish and scottish folk song :)
one more hour to the mix. puts me at 61 hours!!
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