I worked on the tricky parts of the Shostakovich this evening, for almost an hour until I ran out of time. There's this chromatic scale in the fourth movement that I am having a tricky time transitioning into. I worked on it but I want to work on it with Jack in my lesson. I just get intimidated by it when it starts and I need to do it enough times to break through my intimidation.
Maybe what I need to do tomorrow is work this transition slowly, with the metronome. Yes, that will help.
I'm going to the James Cotton concert tonight and I want to practice more today, but I don't know if I'll get home in time.
121st straight day of practice today. Between today and tomorrow is 1/3 of a year of practicing every single day. Or at least buzzing the mouthpiece if I can't practice, and I'd bet that if I added those up from this blog you wouldn't fill two hands with those days.
August 2009 goals
Technique.
Don't overcommit.
Keep loving playing.
Don't overcommit.
Keep loving playing.
About Me
- Michelle Bonnet
- I bought my first trombone on January 28, 2006. I'm a chemist by education and trade but I do IT now. I lived in the Bush when I was a kid and life was very different then & there.
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January
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- work work work
- Dixieland!
- Only a warmup
- the longest day
- My matrix
- 130th day
- 2x/day - it works
- Change
- Ow
- 2 practices
- talk about bustin' some chops
- True to my promise
- tonguing, clean legato, 2 practices a day
- another late practice
- inaugural practice
- love weekend practices
- and again
- Day 121
- buzz
- Shostie Sectional
- nap
- WOW! What a good mood rehearsal gives
- Oops, Monday
- 4th movement
- 2nd movement on Saturday
- THAT WAS A TRIP
- Truth
- the trombone
- 111 feels magical
- Perfect first rehearsal
- All the way through
- when motivation is hard to find, pick up the horn
- My social life is so getting in the way
- beep beep beep
- I caught her, my muse
- It is hard to sit down and practice, sometimes
- Auld Acquaintance
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July 2009 goals
1. Use July and August as space to work on my technique.
2. Be very careful about what I agree to play, so I don't get into another overcommitment situation.
3. Work on my legato, clean starts and ends of notes, playing beautifully, playing with dynamics.
4. Impress Jack when I have my next lesson. :)
2. Be very careful about what I agree to play, so I don't get into another overcommitment situation.
3. Work on my legato, clean starts and ends of notes, playing beautifully, playing with dynamics.
4. Impress Jack when I have my next lesson. :)
May 2009 goals
Work on my low notes.
Improve my tonguing. Clean tonguing. Get away from this smearing between notes.
Improve my tonguing. Clean tonguing. Get away from this smearing between notes.
April 2009 goals
Play less material, practice as much or more, and play my material well. Play it well.
March 2009 goals
G Every Day:
Do D-E-F-G-A-G-F-E-D.
Long tones in the C-D-E-F neighborhood.
Work octaves from top to bottom as well as bottom to top.
Pedal practice Every Day.
Do D-E-F-G-A-G-F-E-D.
Long tones in the C-D-E-F neighborhood.
Work octaves from top to bottom as well as bottom to top.
Pedal practice Every Day.
February 2009 goals
In a word, slow it down and get it right.
Not too different from January. Slow it down and get it right. I will not play perfectly by the time I die, so let's just try to play well, now.
Not too different from January. Slow it down and get it right. I will not play perfectly by the time I die, so let's just try to play well, now.
January 2009 goals
Simple goal this month: To play everything as well and as beautifully as possible. Slow things down in practice in order to play them well.
Remember that the point of the instrument is to sound beautiful. So, do it.
Remember that the point of the instrument is to sound beautiful. So, do it.
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