Previous Material - 30mins
New material - 1hr 30mins
Today i spent 30mins warming up with my previouslt learned scales and by playing the tunes i can resite without my music books, i then learnt and recorded 'Things are Getting Better' i am not entirely satisfied with the recording and struggled recording a full take i could use, i will be recording Second Shot in my next practice.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Thursday, 26 February 2009
1hr New material
New material - 1hr
Total time - 1hr
I spent another hour perfecting 'Things are getting better' i am comfortable with recording this now so i will be doing so in my next session along with 'Second Shot' which i learned in the previous session.
I will also upload photo's of the 2 songs when i get hold of a camera.
Total time - 1hr
I spent another hour perfecting 'Things are getting better' i am comfortable with recording this now so i will be doing so in my next session along with 'Second Shot' which i learned in the previous session.
I will also upload photo's of the 2 songs when i get hold of a camera.
blog for Monday, 1hr previous Material, 1hr New material
Learning new material - 1hr
Practicing old material - 1hr
As i have been very busy the last week i will need to catch up on some missed blogs, this blog is for Monday the 23rd Febuary as my internet has been down. I practiced previous Material for an hour and learned another new material tune as well, the tune was 'Second Shot' The grade tunes are obviously more challenging than the grade one material with complex breathing, sustaining notes, and fast sections. It is therefor taking longer to learn each tune, i plan to record this new tune in my next session.
Practicing old material - 1hr
As i have been very busy the last week i will need to catch up on some missed blogs, this blog is for Monday the 23rd Febuary as my internet has been down. I practiced previous Material for an hour and learned another new material tune as well, the tune was 'Second Shot' The grade tunes are obviously more challenging than the grade one material with complex breathing, sustaining notes, and fast sections. It is therefor taking longer to learn each tune, i plan to record this new tune in my next session.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
1hr Previous, 1hrNew material
The first hour of my session today was running threw all my previously learnt material. i ran through the grade 1 cd and playes all the songs along with the cd, i will be uploading some tunes with me playing to a backing track in later sessions. I also ran through all scales and arpegios, repeating the over until i felt happy with them.
The second hour was learning new material, i leanrt the song Things Are Getting Better, i didnt record the song as it is fairly difficult, i will upload this tune in the next New Material practise.
The second hour was learning new material, i leanrt the song Things Are Getting Better, i didnt record the song as it is fairly difficult, i will upload this tune in the next New Material practise.
Monday, 16 February 2009
2hrs new material. Old Joe Clark (click to listen)
Learning new material - 2hrs
Total time - 2hrs
Today i spent the whole 2 hours learning and recording the tune 'Old Joe Clark' which is the second tune in my Grade 2 book. The tune is fairly challenging with rapid changes between notes, sticcato note and also quiet sections which challenged my breathing skills.
Total time - 2hrs
Today i spent the whole 2 hours learning and recording the tune 'Old Joe Clark' which is the second tune in my Grade 2 book. The tune is fairly challenging with rapid changes between notes, sticcato note and also quiet sections which challenged my breathing skills.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
1hr Practise, 1hr Theory
Practising previously learnt material - 1hr
Music theory - 1hr
Today i ran through all previously learnt material, all grade 1 songs, scales, arpeggios and all the grade 2 material i have already learnt. I repeated phrases which i struggled with until i was confident with them and andy notes that souded off i double checked in the score.
I also learnt and practised music theory for an hour, i looked through my sax book and tried to read the music without refering to any notes, i then found a good mucis theory webite which has handy test on timing and notes which i practices for half an hour, a couple of examples of my results from these test are shown below;
Rhythem test on medium (top), Note names on Medium (Middle), Rhythem testing on Hard (Bottom)
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Music theory - 1hr
Today i ran through all previously learnt material, all grade 1 songs, scales, arpeggios and all the grade 2 material i have already learnt. I repeated phrases which i struggled with until i was confident with them and andy notes that souded off i double checked in the score.
I also learnt and practised music theory for an hour, i looked through my sax book and tried to read the music without refering to any notes, i then found a good mucis theory webite which has handy test on timing and notes which i practices for half an hour, a couple of examples of my results from these test are shown below;
Rhythem test on medium (top), Note names on Medium (Middle), Rhythem testing on Hard (Bottom)
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Wednesday, 11 February 2009
2hrs New Material. Watermelon Man (click to listen)
Learning new material - 2hrs
Total time - 2hrs
My Grade 2 Alto sax book arrived today so i spend this session practicing and recording the first song i the book. This book is proving to be more challening although i do feel my ability has risen to this level now. I did not find it too hard to learn the song but i did find it difficult to record in 1 take. I will continue to finnish the grade 1 book aswel as learning new grade 2 tunes and recording the rest of the Grade 2 Scales and arpeggios.
Total time - 2hrs
My Grade 2 Alto sax book arrived today so i spend this session practicing and recording the first song i the book. This book is proving to be more challening although i do feel my ability has risen to this level now. I did not find it too hard to learn the song but i did find it difficult to record in 1 take. I will continue to finnish the grade 1 book aswel as learning new grade 2 tunes and recording the rest of the Grade 2 Scales and arpeggios.
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