Lesson Results

It was a good lesson last night, though I was tired from a day too full.

Good/bad news about the Mahler, is that we are only playing the third movement, which has something like 15 trombone notes in the whole movement! Ha to all the work I put in going through it.

My question about how to play the staccato half notes in Hansel and Gretel ... let's wait until rehearsal and see what Kyle says.

Lesson Results
Jack put the little mark through the Scale Etude and the Low Etude - ha, my practice paid off!

Feedback on the rest, from the lesson:

• The Allegro piece - play it faster. This will also help smooth it out. Concentrate on the style as written, leaving the different styles for later, when I've got the first one straight.
• William Tell.
  
• Really work on double-tonguing, on feeling the ta-ka-ta while I am playing. I got it once during the lesson, so I know what I am looking for.
• Play it correctly! Maybe sing it first so I don't lag in spots (which I did, embarrassingly, during the lesson).
• The little Allegretto duet on p. 8 - well, just practice it, Michelle! Top and bottom.
• Scale Study - don't slur, play it cleanly, play it cleanly
• Work on the Slowly at the bottom of page 9 - it's deceptively simple-looking, but has weird combos of notes
• Excerpt from Martha - give it a shot
• Red River Valley - don't slur, we can sound good on this duet.

Goal for this lunch (not much time):

Warm-up
Allegro piece
Scale Study