Monday - I did a book 1 review! Gavotte was a mess but I did ok for the rest!
Violin Practice Log
I bought a violin in July 2019 and had my first lesson in August 2019. I'm going to start keeping track of my daily practicing here.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Monday, February 13, 2023
Feb 13 - 25
Monday - AM: Book 2 Minuet for 10 minutes. PM: Book 3 Minuet for 10 min
Monday, February 6, 2023
Feb 6 - 11
Monday - It's been a while since my last post. I had a baby on 31 May 2022 and haven't done much practicing since. A little, but it's hit and miss. Today I times myself and was shooting to get in 15 minutes but I was able to do a solid 30 minutes! I only worked on the last song in Book 2- Minuet. I'm setting a goal to practice every day this week. Fingers crossed.
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Sunday Sight-reading
Sophi and Natalie are on day 105 of their practicing streak as of today. I am on day 8. Today for my sightreading I did Baptism and My Own Sacred Grove. I think I'll order the sheet music for My Own Sacred Grove. I found the first page online (right notes, wrong lyrics), and then just played the rest by ear.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Two Grenadiers
I started working on The Two Grenadiers last week. Here's two takes of my playing. I kept messing up, here's one of me messing up on like my 6th take, and on this last one I called it good for tonight... I didn't mess up too much in that one. Still need to work on tone and clarity and getting deep in the strings. Those things will come as I practice. I'm glad that I like practicing, it's fun.
Monday, April 5, 2021
Graduated Book 1
I graduated Book 1 today, yay, I took like a month trying to get Gavotte really good, and I tried to pass it off twice and she told me to keep working on spacatto, and it improved, but the slurs need a little more work, you're almost there - but today she said it's good and she'll count it. There is still room for more improvement on making my slurs clear as I'm switching strings, but she said not to worry cause it will come as there will be lots of pieces that will help those techniques in book 2, so it's ok. So yay, I'll try to record myself playing the songs and we'll see if I improved from my before take -
Monday, December 14, 2020
Dec 14 - 19
Monday - lessons, got some great pointers on Bouree, keep bow wrist straight when up at the frog, practice scales at the frog to get used to that position and to help me make a better sound there. Also going to try and work more on vibrato this week.
Tuesday -Wednesday - lots of review from 11pm to 12am, waiting up for Corey to finish work. I love the violin, I am excited for when I sound better! I sent a polo of me playing to Nicole, her kids play the fiddle, they said I have improved 😁
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -