New Week

My trombone week appears to be starting on a Saturday. After my great success with meeting my goal of an hour a day all week - even though I did not make the 1 1/2 hours on the weekend, I am staying with that same goal for this week: 1 1/2 hours a day on each weekend day, 1 hour a day on weekdays, except Friday when all I need to do is "just play."

We had the second symphony rehearsal today. We played the Mahler, Night on Bald Mountain, The Simpsons, and Batman.

Mahler: Practice the dynamics. The low brass has a tiny part, but Todd wants it to be very dynamic, as written. Be "brass band" like - he'll tell us if we are too loud!

Mussorgsky: Wow, the alto clef was hard to read. He started out in 2, and fast. Practice this piece like crazy. Jack and I are going to work it together after my student symphony rehearsal. I want to work on this today.

Simpsons: Wild rhythm patterns, but I think if I work it on my own, I will be able to pick up on the rhythm by following Mike and Jack. They are aces. This was the first time I had seen this music, today.

Batman: There's a lot here, and I really need to work on this one, too.

I was at rehearsal for almost 2 hours, but let's just call it 45 minutes of playing time, for purposes of my goal. The trombone section spent a lot of time waiting and counting during the Mahler.

Goal for the remainder of the day is to warm up, play my next scale (can't remember which that is), and work on the Mussorgsky. Oh, and the symphony musicians were not real fond of this interpretation of that piece, in general.