Chamber Post 5

Chamber practice was a little unfocused today. We practiced a few songs, then they just started playing the songs from the red book, which was kinda annoying because we only have few rehearsals left until we have to perform.

The Time is Nigh

Spent 20 minutes practicing today. The first ten minutes were spent on the exam stuff. I am happy to say that I am pretty darn good at these things especially the red book thing and the chromatic scales (which is pretty good considering the fact that my playing exam is tomorrow). The next five minutes were spent on the chamber stuff, which isn't that bad. And finally, I spent the last five minutes on some songs from the red book.

OH NO, EXAMS ARE CLOSE

Today, I practiced for fifteen minutes. The first ten minutes were spent on the concert D major thing for the exam. There were no real problems with this, I just have to keep an eye on articulation to make sure that I am not slurring where I am supposed to be playing a staccato note. The last five minutes wre used to work on the chamber stuff. I had no problems with this, but it is hard to tell without the rest of the group.

Band Write-up

1. What has been your biggest improvement this year as a player?
My biggest improvement this year has been the fact that I am actually counting the beats when I am not playing so I don't wait until the song is over because I don't know when to play.
2. What is the area you most struggle with?
The area that I most struggle with is playing at a good that can be heard properly.
3. What was your greatest musical highlight this year and why?
My greatest musical highlight this year has been the trip to Toronto for musicfest nationals because it was something that I hadn't done before and because we got to compete at a national level.
4. What areas do you feel the band excels at and what area do we struggle? Give specific examples.
I feel that the band excels at pieces where there is alot of energy. An example of this is "Rumble on the High Plains"
The band kinda struggles with staying focussed during practice, for instance, usually when you said what song was to be played, about half of the band would just start playing it by themselves.

Chamber Post 4

Rehearsal didn't go that bad, no huge disruptions and we are working together quite nicely. all that is needed to is keep track of which tempo that we are using. But the thing with Alanna is quite concerning.

HOLY MOLY, Exams are coming up

Worked for 15 minutes today. warmed up on the chromatic scales (which went excellently, if I may say so). Then I spent the next ten minutes on the concert D major stuff. Lines 3 and 4 didn't go that bad, just a slip here or there. The scales skills stuff was kinda wierd, my biggest concern is dynamics (why did they have too write what to do with words instead of using the symbol.) But I am getting way better at it, I think I may pass this thing.

Chamber Post 3

Today, we worked on all of our pieces. That was pretty much it, there is still some moving on to different pieces without anyone telling me that we are moving on or to what peice untill the fifth bar. The same person also continually asks for individual practicing during class time.

i am also concered about what will happen whenn Allanna comes back because we don't even know which intrument she will be able to play.

Pre-Exam post (1 week before)

Today, I practiced for twenty minutes. I started off with the chromatic scales portion of the exam (didn't go that bad). This was for five minutes. Then, I spent five minutes on the concert D major part of the exam. the only real problem was the scales skills exercise, which was a little awkward, but the rest wasn't that bad (and I only need to practice the scales skills thing to get ready for the exam. The five minutes after that were spent on exercise 8 in the red book. This actually went really good so I don't think that I will have any real problems playing it for the exam. The last five minutes were spent on a cool-down with songs from the blue book.

Chamber Post 2

Today's practice went really good. we are completely sure about what songs we are going to play, we picked out a name (we are thinking about the 'Fortes"). And we practiced all of the songs that we are going to play. Also, there were no problems wit the group members just randomly playing by themselves or randomly flipping through the songs. (We also got some practice by ourselves).

Chamber Post 1

Our Chamber group worked in class today. We rehearsed "Angels we have heard on high", "Death of Ase" and another piece that I can't remember the name of. We chosen which pieces that we are doing and who will be doing the write up (I'm doing the death of Ase). There weren't any real problems except for a little confusion because 1 group member doesn't know what instrument she'll be playing.

1 WEEK LEFT

Today, I practiced for twenty -five minutes [which I spent on exam stuff]. I started off with the chromatic scales, it didn't really go that bad, I just need to work on playing the whole thing without pausing too much (this took five minutes). After that I spent five minutes on exercise 8, which went along a little better than I first expected, but I need to keep an eye on the 8th notes and to hold them only for a little longer. The last ten minutes were spent on the concert D major scale. The scales was a little awkward, but the scale in thirds, but the scales skills was appalling, I really need to work on it ALOT before the playing exam. I didn't even try the minor scales because the prospect of the scales in thirds without the %#$%& music for it seems impossible (I don't even know where the accidentals go).

Postity post post.

Today, I practiced for 20 minutes. I stated of with a five minute warm-up that consisted chromatic scales and the scale of D major concert. Then I worked on "Billers and Trillers" for five minutes. Measure 143 finallly is not that bad and the other parts are really good now. After that, I worked on parts 4.2, 4.3 & 4.4 of that orange book for five minutes (it is really easy). And finally, to finish things off, I played songs from the blue book to work as a cool-down.

B~L~O~G~ ~P~O~S~T

Toady, I practiced for twenty minutes. I started off with a five minute warm-up which consisted of the scale of Db major and some Chromatic scales. After that I spent 10 min. on "Millers and Fillers", which went very well. Five minutes of that time was spent on measure 143 (which isn't going that bad right now. I also worked on the other sections of this piece during that time. (I should remember to work on this tomorrow because the concert on Wednesday. The last of my time was spent on songs from the blue book for no apparent reason.

Post from today

Today's practice took 20 minutes. I started off with a 5 minute warm-up with the scale of Ab concert major and f concert minor. Then I worked on "Spillers and Drillers" for ten minutes. I spent a good amount of time measure 143, which isn' t really going that bad. I also worked on the Dracula theme, "Imperial March" and "Jaws", which are all going great. At the End I spent some time woking on songs from the blue book.

Blog post

Today, I practiced for twenty minutes, first I warmed up in the scale of C concert major for five minutes. This was followed by working on "Millers and Billers" for 10 minutes. I spent most of this time working measure 143 (which went reasonably well,[just a few mistakes]) but I also worked on the "Imperial March","jaws" and the "Dracula" theme, which are al doing very well. The last five minutes were spent on Random songs from the blue book

(!@#$%^&*)

Today, I practiced for 20 minutes (again). I started it off by warming up with "Rhosymedre", there wasn't any change to my playing of this song, however, (this took five minutes). Then I practiced "Trillers and grillers" for five minutes. there were no great changes in what I did before and what I did now. Then, I worked on "Light Eternal" for Five minutes where I basically played anything I thought needed a little bit of work on. Then I finshed off with sonngs from the blue book.

Post from yesterday

Yesterday (I was only able to blog today because the modem was out and I just got it back up) I practiced for twenty minutes. This practiced started off with a warm-up with the scale of F concert Major [this portion lasted for five minutes]. After that, I worked with "The Light Eternal" for five minutes [I actually spent the whole time on measure 156 because I am not that good with that bit, bu it is getting better]. Then I spent 5 minutes on "Drillers and Fillers" (try and tell me that that title doesn't sound like a song about dentists), altogether not that bad especially on jaws and Dracula, [but I am improving on all of the other sections but fleeing the city is still annoying0. And finally, I spent the remaining time on a cool-down (I just played 'when johnny comes marching home repeatedly).

Today, I practiced for twenty minutes. I started with a war-up (that is the best place to have a warm-up) which was of the scale of C concert Major. Then I spent ten minutes on "Killers and Spillers". There were some parts where I need to work on (measure 143 for example), but the "Imperial March" isn't as awkward as it used to be and "Jaws" is not really that bad any more (same situation with the Dracula theme). And, finally at the end, I spent five minutes on "Carmina Burana" to cool-down (it' s not that hard, I can even play a part or two with my eyes closed.

How Should I know??!?

Just like last Saturday, today's practice consisted of twenty minutes. The first five minutes were a warm-up that I decided to do in the scale of C concert Major. The ten minutes after that were spent on "Chillers and Killers" were I didn't exactly fail miserably, but it wasn't that good either. I think that I got the imperial march down, and jaws was pretty good, but the rest was fairly awkward. I guess, I will have to work on that some more (but I think that i will do better at it after I hear it in band tommorrow. The last five minutes werre spent on a blue book cool-down.

20 minute post

Oddly enough, today, I only practiced for twenty minutes instead of the usual thirty minutes. The first five minutes were spent on a warm-up that consisted of playing the scale of Db concert major. the next, five minutes were spent on playing Carmina Burana (again, for no apparent reason because of the fact that the whole thing is repetition). The five minutes after that were spent on "Bohemian Rhapsody", where I had the same problems as I did yesterday. And finally, the last five minutes were spent on a cool-down with songs from the blue-book.

Blogging Assignment Post

For my blogging assignment, I listened to Johnny Griffin, an American Bop and hard Bop tenor saxophonist. Johnny Griffin was born in Chicago Illinois, on April 24, 1928. He started his life playing music with the piano, then he played Hawaiian guitar, clarinet and oboe before he started he started to play the saxophone. It wasn't until the age of twelve when he started to play the Saxophone (however, he started on the alto and not the tenor). He even played in a band with some of his school friends called "The baby band". He finally switched to tenor at the age of 18, when he left Chicago to play in Lionel Hampton's big band (he actually left about 3 days after his graduation from DuSable High School). In 1951 he joined the army where he played in the army band.
He moved to France in 1963, where he mostly played for European labels, but he did go back to the U.S.
On July 25, 2008, he died in Availles- Limouzine France.

Now that we now about him let' s talk about his music: The song That I listened to was obviously a jazz song. It kind of sounded like he was doing scales over and over again for a bit. The music that he played seems very repetitive to me, however, His music did seem to sound very difficult (I don't think that I would ever be able to play something like that in my life). I thought that it was amazing how he was able to play so quickly while he was able to play the notes without any mix-ups of any kind. I also found it interesting that even with his speed, he wasn't stuck play one long slur.

To listen to it yourself, just click on this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYUcLRud50

Mayday post

Today I practice for a half hour, which consisted of ten minutes at the ends (five minutes warm-up with the scale we just had to do a test on, an a five minute cool-down with random songs from the blue book. I also spent five minutes on "Carmina Burana", but I don't really know why because I am really good at it and the song is mostly repetition. after that , I spent ten minutes on "Bohemian Rhapsody" for no apparent reason, but I must say that it needs a fair bit of work (I keep having to slow down when I play the little guitar part, but I fix that, eventually) and the last thing that I have to talk about is the five unaccounted minutes were spent on chromatic scales. That's it!

*Blog Post*

Today, I practiced for 30 min. the first twenty (that's right) minutes were spennt on the scales skills thing that we have to do the test on friday. I mainly worked on the first half (I shall concentrate on the other part on a later date). I did this so I could be certain that I was halfway competant on half of the exercise before I complicate matters with the other half. However, I also did do the other parts as well [scales and thirds] because I needed to work on something other than that for twenty minutes. The other ten minutes were spent on "Pirates" just because.

Pre-Kiwanis part 2

As per usual, today, I practiced for a half- hour. The fist five minutes were for a warm-up using the scale of Ab concert major and the last five minutes were spent on a cool -down with songs from the blue book (Russian Sailors' Dance, Finlandia, Habanera, etc.) I also spent fifteen minutes on "Second Suite in F" (five minutes on each part) I did that because of the fact that we have to play it in Kiwanis tomorrow. I also spent five minutes on "Rumble" because of Wednesday.

Pre-Kiwanis part 1

Today's practice consisted of five minutes. Part of which were for a five minute warm-up with the scale of g minor and a cool-down / time waste with playing "Pirates of the Caribbean" for another five minutes. The first five minutes of other time was spent on "Light Eternal", mainly because I wanted to make sure it was ready for Kiwanis on Wednesday. And the next fifteen minutes were spent on "Second Suite in F" (hey, I need play it next monday) I spent five minutes on each section of the peice and I personally feel that it had gone swimmingly.

That's it

1,2,3,4

Thirty minutes of work today comprises of a five-minute scale warm up (Eb major concert) and a five-minutes cool-down with pirates of the Carribean. The second set of five minutes were used on "The Light Eternal" (because I think that this song is a possiblility for the Key-Wanis challenge class). I mostly worked on the section that starts @ measure 156 because I can't usually get tha thing for some reason. Then I spent ten minutes on "Second Suite in F" (the first five miutes were on the first and the last movements because I have worked on those for blipping ever). The other five minutes were spent on the second movement because I don't usually work on that part by myself. and finnnally, the last five minutes left unaccounted were spent on "Rumble" (mostly to waste time).

Yesterday

Yesterday (Internet is currently out @ mt house so I'm doing this @ school), I practiced for thirty minutes. first five min. were spent on a warm-up that included chromatic scales and concert b-flat minor. The next ten minutes were spent running through all of tonight's pieces so to be sure that I was ready. After that, I worked on "Bohemian Rhapsody" for five minutes. Going good, but I should metronome it later. Then I finished off with playing "Pirates of the Caribbean"

~Blog Post~

Today, I practiced for thirty minutes. this included a five minute scale warm up at the beginning of the practice and playing "Pirates of the Caribbean" for five minutes at the end. Today's practice also included playing "Second Suite in F" for ten minutes (5 minutes on March and five minutes on Fantasia on the 'Dargason'). March went very well, now I am very confident in my abilities to play this piece for Kiwanis. Fantasia on the 'Dargason', though I am not as confident in this piece as March but I don't think that I completely screw up. After that, I worked on "Rhosymedre" for five minutes for Wednesday's concert. I also worked on "Bohemian Rhapsody" for five minutes, no huge problems,, but there are some mistakes to work out.

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Today, I played for thirty minutes. consisting of a five minute scales warm-up. The next fifteen minutes were spent on "Second Suite in F" the first ten minutes in March which, except for the occasional slip-up went fairly well but I am sure I will be able to fix these mistakes within a few practices. the next five minutes were spent on Fantasia on the 'Dargason' which I am feeling fairly confident with this piece and all I really have to do here is to make sure that I am articulating correctly (which I can accomplish in my next few practices). My next five minutes were spent on running through "Rhosymedre" so it would be ready for the concert. and finally, my last five minutes were spent on a blue-book cool-down

G'day to you

Thirty minute practice today. First five minutes were spent on a chromatic and other scale warm-up. The time after that (5 min.) were spent on tomorrow's chorale (just to get it down completely. The next five minutes were spent on March (see past blogs for more information on what that means). still the odd slip, but no other problems. the net five minutes were spent on Fantasia on the 'Dargason'. I am really coming along on it. I spent most of my time on that annoying little recurring theme and I do not see much of a problem on that. the next five minutes interval was for "Rhosymedre". I practiced that because of the up-coming concert (song is going well). The rest of the time was a cool-down from the blue book.

April Fools

Toady's practice was for a duration of thirty minutes. The first five minutes were for a scales warm-up (with the scale of Eb concert). The next five minutes were dedicated to March in "Second Suite in F" because 'I won`t learn this by osmosis'. It`s going well, except for the odd mistake. The next five minutes were spent working on that coral thingy that we are suppposed to be doing in a group. Not bad, no mistakes (but that is not saying much because this is supposed to be done in a group). The fived minutes after that were for Fanstasia on the 'Dargason' with an emphasis on that annoying little recurring theme. With the exception of a note here or there, it didn't go half bad. the time after that (5 min.) were for "Bohemian Rhapsody" which seemed to me to be a total train-wreck but I plan to work on that in the future with the metronome on. the rest of the time, was spent on music in the bluebook (Russian Sailors' Dance and GreenSleeves).

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Practiced for thirty minutes today, first five minutes were for a chromatic warm up. Tnext ten minutes were on "Second Suite in f". The first five of those minutes were on March and the second five minutes for Fantasia on the Dargason. It went just as well as it did yesterday except it was slightly better (I also did the same thing as yesterday as well). After that. I spent five minutes on A Song Without Words It went well enough, there was a small little phrase that I think went a little weird though.
The next five minutes were on "Pirates of the Carribean" went well enough, a little weirdness on a few measures on the first page. and finally, the last five minutes were on q blue book cool-down.

Today's practice was half an hour long. The first five minutes were spent on a scales- warm up. The next ten minutes were spent on "Second Suite in F", the first five minutes on March & the other fine minutes on Fantasia on the Dargason. I basically had thwe same problems and did basically the same things as I did yesterday, except that I made slightly less mistakes. The minutes after that were spent on "A Day @ the Circus", firstfive minutes were spent on The Grand Entrance (which went well except for a mistake a few mistakes). The other five minutes were spent on Acrobats and Arialists (also, only a random mistake here or there, **work on it again tommorow).
The last five minutes were spent on a couple songs in the blue book.

:>)

Worked for thirty minutes today. First five minutes were a chromatic scales warm up.
The next five minutes were spent on March from "Second Suite in F". it is going fairly well, I think there are a few accidental slurs, but nothing major. The next fifteen minutes were spent on Fantasia on the Dargason because I thought the opener could use some work. I just worked on that part over and over as fast as I can (to learn how to play it faster) while trying to make as few mistakes as possible. didn't go to bad.
Finally, I played a few peices in the blue book for five minutes to cool off.

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Today, I worked for half an hour. the fisrt five minutes were spent on scales as a warm-up. The next fifteen minutes were spent polishing up "Second Suite in F". When I worked on March, I found that I was doing quite a good job. But, I made a few mistakes over and over again when I worked on Fantasia on the Dargason, I think that I had accidentally blurred a few of the notes together. I will have to work on that another time.
The last ten minutes were spent on "A Day at the Circus" or to be more precise The grand Entry (the class had just sight read it today). Considering the fact that I just sight read it. I think I did not screw up too bad. But, there was some awkwardness in the peice that I will have to look at later.

I Ain't Gonna Tell Ya'

Today's practice took thirty minutes. The first minutes were spent warming up on chromatic scales. I am doing well with it, except I do seem to make a mistake in that department every now and then. I guess I'll have to work on it a little later. After that, I spent ten minutes on scales in the order tha they are found in the magenta book. Except for the occasional mistake, I am doing well with it, (I like to go through a part repeatedly until I am sure tha tI have not screwed up). More practice is instore for the scales.
The next ten minutes were spent working on section four in "Second Suite in F". First, I went through the first few parts of it with fairly good results. Then, I repeatedly the opening part. I think that I am doinng well at it (finally) but I'll want to work with the rest of he section.
The last five minutes were spent on "Russian Sailor's Dance" in the blue book.

Musical Mumbo Jumbo

Today, I worked for thirty minutes. I spent the first five minutes working on the chromatic scales. I am pleased to say that I am doing very with them, I just have to work on the speed at which I play the scales. After that, I worked on scales about four different scales and the scales in thirds. I did this for five minutes. Doing well except for the occasional mistake, I plan to work on these scales more in the future.
After that, I worked on part A in "Second Suite in F" . I am also pleased to say that I am doing well in tha peice, but I plan to work on it more in the future, just to be completely sure that I will not screw it up.
The last five minutes were spent on "Pirates of the Carribbean" just to unwind. But I am doing very well wwoth the music.

Hoobidy Joobidy

Toady's practice took thirty minutes, I warmed up on chromatic scales for five minutes, doing well in that department, but I am noticing that I am having a problem or two with phrasing, but I am working on that, so nothing to worry about. I aslo spent fifteen minutes working on the polyhar Scales Skills exercise for no apparent reason, I shoulld remember to keep a close eye on the slur markers, and to also keep an eye on the accidentals. The last ten minutes were spent on "Pirates" but working on this song is just to have a little fun.

How should I know?!?!?!???!

Worked for half an hour today, I spent ten minutes working on chrommatic and various other scales. I worked for scales with thirds mostly. But I did also work with chromatics by doing random scales. These scales are going well. For the next fifteen minutes, I worked on "Second Suite in F", runing through part A, working on part B as well as select parts of part C. Part A and B are going well but I am having a few little trip-ups on a few peices of part C (mainly the opening). Basically the plan of action is to work on that part a little more.
Finally, for the last five minutes, I had some fun playing "Pirates of the carribean".

I don't know what the title is.

Today, I worked for half an hour. For the first ten minutes, I worked on my chromatic and other various scales. With the chromatic scales, I just 'performed' four random chromatic scales (which actually are just the same scale that start off from different points). I am doing well with them, I jusst want to spend a little more time on them later. With the other scales, I just picked out scales randomly and did them along with the apreggios and the scals in thirds. Gettin' good @ those scales as well.
After that I spent fifteen minutes working "Second Suite in F" while I did the whole of March, except for the fact that I did not wait for the rests (come on, just sitting in silence is totaly boring). I am gettin' good @ sections H and on. I also spent a little time on Dargason and I am pleased to say that I am getting good at this section as well.
I spent the last five minutes justplaying around on Pirates of the Carribean.

Alot about not much

Today, I practiced for thirty minutes, dividing the time equally between "Second Suite in F" and "Pirates of the Carribean". For "Second Suite", I worked on the 6/8 part of March and Fantasia on the Dargason. It seems to be going well, the e flat in March is proving to be annoying, but I'll manage to work it out. Fantasia on the Dargason also seems to be going well, but there still seems to be some awkwardness in the opening and the rest of the parts that sound exactly like it. For the rest of the time, I played "Pirates" but I was minly just playing it to relax and I was already fairly good at it.

Thirty minutes of practice today, I spent half of it (fifteen minutes) on the scale skills exercise. Pleased to say that I am not having any problems with it. I spent about one third of my time (ten minutes) working on "Pirate of the Carribean" without having any real prolems on it. I kind of enjoy playing "The Black Pearl", the slurred portion s going great. As are a good number other portions. And finally, I spent the rest of the time working on "Rumble on the High Plains", working on the last page of the peice. I am very confident in my abilities to play that piece now.

Today, I worked for another thirty minutes. I spent the whole time on that scale skills thing. I did not have too many problems with it at some points I do have to work on some articulations. I also want to work on my pitch a little bit and I have to remember not to put down the pinky-key to use certain notes. But these are small wrinkles that I can iron out tomorrow. I also should remember to work on some other peices.

Some Kind of post

Today, I worked for a half hour. I spent five minutes on chromatic scales and scales in thirds. Going fairly well, I wanna try to do the scales as fast as possible next time I practice. Then I ran through "Rhosymedre" (without difficulties) and I went through parts of "Rumble" and "Light Eternal" for about fifteen minutes. I also did not have too many problems with those peices (and that was including measure eighty-seven in "Light Eternal". After that, I played "Pirates of the Carribean", and I was doing very well (very few fingering mix-ups). For the last few minutes, I played songs in the blue book. But that was just to pass time so they were songs that I commonly played.

Musicy Musicy

Surpise! Today, I worked for a half hour. I ran through "Rosymedre" without any difficulty. I also played the 6/8 section of Second Suite in F part 1. didn't really have any problems with it and using B flat has pretty much become second nature (just so you know, like when I practice it right before band rehearsal). I also played a few scales in thirds. I also practiced "Pirates" for about ten minutes, not having problems with it (note to self: remember to use a metronome), because I spent alot of time working on that piece, and combined with all of the previous stuff, I only played around with the stuff in the blue book (you know, The russian sailor dance , greensleeves, and when johnny comes marching home) for about fuve minutes.

Mostly About Pirates

I worked for thirty minutes. I spent about twenty minutes on "Pirates" and I am pleased to say that I can still play the beginning of "Thye Black Pearl" great. the song is going great, I think this is because we played it last year and I could play it O.k. then. I spent the rest of the time going through a couple of chromatic scales, playing through a few song in the blue book and practicing a part or two of "Rumble On The High Plains". When I did the chromatic scales, I played a couple of andom scales (that means I started scales on some random notes because all chromatic scales are exactly the same). I played "The Russian Sailor Dance" a few times [its comin'' on well]. And finaly, I played select peices on "Rumble" without any difficulties.

Practical Practice

Thirty minutes of practice, five minutes were spent on chromatic scales. I started work on line three, though it doesn't matter what key signature it's in (I just looked at the line to find out the note that the line started on). For the next twenty minutes, I worked on band music. I started that section of practice by running "Rhosymedre", it was pretty easy to do. Next, I spent the rest of the time wotking with "Second Suite". Part one was done great especially sections H and on. I also worked on part four, that part is coming a little slower (note to self: remember to use the metronome). For the last five minutes, I just played around with songs from the blue book. I mostly just did "Russian Sailors Dance" I am getting pretty good at it. I also played "Greensleves", I am also getting good at that song as well.

Music Stuff

This afternoon, I worked for 30 minutes. Half of that time was dedicated to the chromatic scales. I basically got it down. All I have to do is remember the articulation and remember that the low notes have to be low.After that, I worked on band music for ten minutes. half of that time was spent on "Light eternal" bar 156 and on. That is goin' great (except for playing the 'E' instead of the 'D') also, I am confident that I am playing it at the speed that it is normally played in the band. 5 minutes were spent on "Second Suite". March is pretty much awesome and I am confident that Fantasia is also coming along nicely (I also got the 1 beat per bar section down). I should work on the Irish music (and I assure you that there is Irish music in that peice).

the other five minutes were spent on some random peices in the blue book, just for fun.

Today, I spent another thirty minutes practicing. For about ten of those minutes, i worked (once again) on the chromatic scales. That part is going great, I am basically ready for the test. Gonna try to go a little faster and keep the articulation in mind when I practice it tomorrow. For the rest of the time, I worked on "Light Enternal". I spent alot of that time on measure 156. Its going smoothly, except in one bar, I keep playing E when I am trying to play a D (I should remember to work on that later). I also worked a little on bar 81. I know that I got it down great (still gonna get a new one ripped though). I also forgot to play something that I find enjoyable (gotta remember to do that).
** Also, a cover for a finger button fell off when I was working on that, I still have it in my case.

Make up you own title

Practiced for about 1/2 hour. spent about fifteen minutes of it on those annoying chromatic scales. I am fairly sure that I got the fingering down pat, but my range needs a little work and I would like to play it a little faster (I guess I have to sllowly play faster). I also worked of "Second Suite" for about ten of the remaining minutes. I am positive that I can do part 4 well, but I am never sure (it just doesn't sound exactly right because the second part of the first bar is a tie, it would sound so much better if they were articulated normally). Practiced on the 6/8 portion of part 1 as well, that section is going great. I still plan to work on it a little over the weekend to make sure it's good. for about the last 5 minutes on "Russian Sailor Dance". I think I'm gettin' good at it.

worked for approx. 30 min. spent probably 15 - 20 minutes on those chromatic scales. had a little probelm, mostly with my range (my low 'C' sounds like my mid 'C', and if it doesn't, it sounds a little squeaky). I also seem to have a problem getting my little finger to reach the flippin' key for the low C sharp and the fingering for the G flat just kinda came out of nowhere,
there is a weird little key that I have never even used (or possibly even seen) before. Luckily, I plan on taking my instrument home over the weekend so I have time to practice before the test. I think I should start off slow and build up speed.


I also spent some time on "Second Suite". I think I got the 6/8 section in part 1 down fairly well. But, for the fourth section I am not quite sure (I can't really hear the Irish song that well), using the metronome while practicing should make my rhythm come together better, that may just be the problem.

Notification of practice

Spent a good deal of practice time working on
"Second Suite". Had a little difficulty workingon part 1 H-K. that time signature
is sooo annoying. I am going to see if I can find that section played only on the sax
so I can see whether or not I am totally off base with it. Also worked on part 4,,, I probably am off base with this part.

Worked on Rhosymedre for a little while, I think that I got
measure 25 down a little more