Nov 21, 2024

Rhythm

5-Part Lap Map: I’ll copy this for you next time

5-Part Longy rhythm:

  • Do this with tapping only beat 1 and whispering on dots

Think of which cause of error you made after you complete the above but had a mistake:

  1. Reaction: something new takes you by surprise. Cure: Eagle vision
  2. Anticipation: this can be daydreaming, or getting worried about a difficult part coming up. Cure: Eagle vision, get back into feeling your tapping, hearing your singing/whispering
  3. Looking Back: You look back to a mistake you just made and start talking to yourself about it. Cure: Tell the “bad coach” to stop, and keep moving forward

Technique

Keep practicing Baseball Game, Trading, Hiking, and Sidewalk p. 32-35

  • count out loud
  • add dynamics

Theory

Do p. 42-46

Lessons

Keep practicing Bongo, exercises on p. 57, Dinosaur and Dreydll p. 56-59

  • count out loud
  • add accents for Dinosaur after you learn the notes

Performance

Keep practicing Hill and Gully and I’ve Got Music p. 30-33

Learn Dinosaur Dance (whatever they changed the name to on p. 34-35

  • write in counting
  • count out loud

Christmas

Carol of the Bells

  • Practice m. 23 and m. 27 extra
  • m. 17 slows down, so to smooth it out by using metronome slower (around 112 bpm) and play from m. 13 through 20 3 times, then increase to 116, play 3 times, then 120 3 times
  • practice starting from the last star and play until the end, then go back to the previous star and play until the end, etc. until you’ve done all the stars.
  • play start to finish, and don’t let yourself stop if you make a mistake – just jump to the next thing