35 minutes today.

A lot of my practice was sent on honour band rep. After listening to the music several times, I tried playing along with it. I found that this helped a great deal. I could easily stop and restart any parts that were challenging and listen to them at the recorded tempo, then slowly work to improve my ability to play those particular challenging rhythms.

I played through our band rep. Did my best to keep dynamics in check so as to not disturb the neighbours. Im avoiding the splat! effect. I found that after playing on a few different tubas that Ive played since grade 9, I came to a conclusion that choir has really improved my lung capacity and the ease at which I can play very loud or very soft for a prolonged period. Without the intention of making an excuse, I am quite certain that this, combined with my added efforts in the large auditorium, were the reasons why my playing was so obnoxious during music fest.

I think I am developing a poor habit of working on one challenging part of any piece, regardless of what Im struggling with, for much too long of a period. I work on it until my lips are sore sometimes, and by that point, Im not any further in my development as a player. I need to cointinue to improve breaking up my practice time into sections, and coming back to the parts Im struggling with. However, inly working on those parts for 5-10 minutes at a time.

Overall, noticing a great deal of improvement with practice. Quite pleased with myself