practice notes 2.1.2013

• Velocity drills
  • used metronome at 50 per 4-note group for 5 minutes
• Position piece March
  • played through 3 times at 132
• Position piece Sitting in the Shade
  • played through entire piece both individual bows and with slurs
  • set metronome to quarter = 80 and worked on first half
• Schröder #31
  • worked on first 23 measures (4 lines) at 50 in 6/8 time with 3 subdivisions for 10 minutes
• Bach Minuet 2
  • worked on A section for 10 minutes gradually increasing metronome speed to 100 per eighth note
  • added first half of B section for another few minutes also at 100 per eighth note
• Suzuki Chanson Triste
  • mini performance - played piece straight through without stopping for errors. B section is coming together nicely