Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Mar 30 - Apr 4

Monday - Lesson - Happy Farmer and started Gavotte, grace notes and she told me to start on the 16th notes part and to do it 1500x, She tells her students 15x a day for 100 days
Tuesday - Did the 1500 part 100x
Wednesday - Minuets and Happy Farmer, Gavotte part 100x and grace notes practice
Thursday - Suzuki stuff with Natalie, Gavotte measure 20 100x
Friday - Gavotte part 100x, Minuets and Happy Farmer, Fight Song G Scales
Saturday - O Come O Come Emmauel, Gavotte part 50x

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Mar 23 - 28

Monday - Suzuki review
Tuesday - Suzuki review, worked on Allegretto with Sophi
Wednesday - Scales to Fight song, Suzuki review, Minuets and Happy Farmer
Thursday - Suzuki review, Minuets and Happy Farmer
Friday - Suzuki Book 1 review so far
Saturday - Suzuki Book 1 review

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Mar 16 - 21

Monday - Review, the little girls had long lessons, I just had like 5 minutes of some spacatto tips
Tuesday - suzuki review
Wednesday - Review, Minuets, Happy Farmer
Thursday - G Scales, Review, Minuets, Happy Farmer, and I just barely attempted the first line of Gavotte, ooh! It's going to be tricky!
Friday - Tonalization, Review, Minuets, Happy Farmer
Saturday - Tonalization and Review, Minuets, Happy Farmer

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Mar 9 - 14

Monday - Lesson today, and I told Sophi she could go to Activity days after school, so it was just Natalie and me, and I didn't think to check if Natalie's violin was in her case, and I didn't notice it right there on the wall in front of me, so when we got to the lesson I opened her case to help her get ready and gasp, it was empty! So I got a 45 minute lesson to myself and then Natalie did 10 minutes of pitch and rhythm practice. Learned the difference between Intonation and Tonalization, new words" hooked bows and spacatto.
Tuesday - Only worked on The Happy Farmer for a little bit
Wednesday - Book 1 review, and then Slow practice of Etude, Minuet 1, and Minuet 2
Thursday - some suzuki review and Happy Farmer
Friday - I didn't practice today! :(
Saturday - suzuki review

Monday, March 2, 2020

Mar 2 - 7

Monday - Suzuki Review this morning, worked on all 3 Minuets, then we had our lessons at 4. After we got home I started Book 2 Intonation exercises and arpeggios.
Tuesday - AM 60 min of review and intonation arpeggios
Wednesday - AM 30 min of review, I can almost do the fast part of Etude. I started The Happy Farmer, worked on it for an hour
Thursday - Worked on Happy Farmer, I can do it ultra slow
Friday - G scale, Book 1 review, Happy Farmer for 20 min, and vibrato on fingers 1, 3, and 4 during Minuet 1 for 15 minutes
Saturday - lots of review, video link here for myself. And everyone practiced piano for 15 min today!

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Feb 24 - 29

Monday - We had lessons, it was just Natalie and I cause Sophi stayed to go to Activity days. So I had a 40 minute lesson! It was great. She had me practice by playing it very slowly and deliberately - not slurring my sounds together in Minuet 2 - Set your finger, Set your Bow, then Go - "Set, Bow, Go"
Tuesday - AM - Scales and vibrato for 20 min playing Piano Guys Fight Song
Wednesday - Suzuki reviews, Minuet 2 for an hour
Thursday - G scale, then worked on Minuet 1, 2, and 3 today
Friday - Suzuki review
Saturday - Suzuki review, Minuets

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Feb 17 - 21

Monday -  20 minutes vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. Here's a link to my current playing ability of Minuet 1. After Sophi and Natalie I had a 15 minute lesson, Amy said I'm on good track for learning vibrato and to just keep practicing, but this week I'm going to do 3-5 finger vibrations each length of the bow.
Tuesday - Perpetual motion with Sophi, a little bit of vibrato practice, and some Minuet 1 and Minuet 2
Wednesday - 30 minuets of review and Minuet 1 and 2
Thursday - I did like 2 hours today - Suzuki review, G scale, Perpetual motion with Sophi, and I worked a lot on Minuet 2, plue 20 min of vibrato practice
Friday - nothing, doh!
Saturday - 30 min of review and Minuet 2