Thursday, March 26, 2009

Practiced last night and tonight, for about 15 minutes and 25 minutes.

A lot of going over honour band rep. Again, slowly went through Holst suite, and improving fingerings of accidentals, but making sure not to put too much focus on the piece every night, and Ive been going back to Fusion. Ive struggled with the complex rhythm from the beginning, and gradually been improving. I did this in order to improve my "sight reading" skills, considering I havent seen it in 2 months, but I was really pleased to face the challenge of a very complicated rhythm that I struggled with. It made working to improve that much more fun.

PLayed through chromatics both nights as a warm up, and been going throguh some of the new scales in the purple book that Ms. Stinson has been getting us to look at. My knowledge of accidentals and in playing in different scales is improving quite well. I noticed this today when we sight-read the circus piece and I was able to pick up on it very quickly.

Very pleased overall. Need to work on dynamic contrast more effectively still. Unfotunately, the parents dont agree with forte on the tuba late at night when my sisters tring to sleep haha.

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