I reinstalled the brace the other day and the sound of the instrument is tinny. I don't like it but I want to give myself time to adjust, adjust the way I play since I have adjusted how I hold the instrument. It's a tiny bit frustrating, and also just a little trying that I still have hand pain from holding the instrument - but the pain is different and maybe it will subside, so I need to give that time to adjust, too.
I warmed up with the Michael Davis routine, then practiced my pedals and one Beeler exercise, slowly. I played for maybe 40 minutes, really taking my time.
It's a little discouraging to have the tone problem right now, so I have to just be gentle with myself and give it space and time.
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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- Scales till my whole face tingles
- Vows
- Lesson last night
- missed rehearsal
- good practice, but just one
- poor practice, good community band this morning
- Perfect Sectional
- addendum, oh, and Day 153
- Use that trigger
- completely successful & I even touched the Brahms
- deep breath
- Don't worry be happy
- February - oh, it's here
- dixie
- "low brass rehearsed together Friday afternoon"
- tinniness
- acres of time
- Decadent time
- Michelle to Self
- Giddy
- REALLY successful concert. Very happy audience and...
- I love this music
- close
- OK, I'm tired now
- Yesterday, Day 137, Student Symphony
- 2 practices = much work
- Most excellent, and mechanical too
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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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