For the past week, everyday starting wiht the May 26. i have practised the same strict routine. I would first warm up with the Bb scale to warm up. I chose to do the D concert scale and study for the ISP. I would practise this for 10 mintues on the scale with the metronome. Then i wuold practise the Study, for 15 mintues wiht the metronome. Next i would move on to the arban klose books. I would practise this study for 10 mintues. I was having troubel witht the speed and the notes. SO i played it slowly and gradiually speed up. When i was done i wuodl take a break then come back and practise my Trio pieces. I would practise these for 10 mintues each. I didnt really have any difficulty with them. They seem pretty easy. However, my greatest challenge is playing it with the others cause we diont have a constant speed, and some always rush. This has been my practise routine for the past week.

Assignment from Grade 11 music

(i couldn;t figure out how to get a link to go on here, so i copied and pasted the web site)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aekpFcDUAqU&feature=related)

Martin frost is a Swedish Clarientist. He is in ever-increasing demand to appear with major orchestras worldwide. He has been appointed artist in residence with the Hamburg and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestras as well as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. He will also appear with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine as well as the Orquesta Sinfonica de Euskadi and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, the Czech Philharmonic and the Oslo Philharmonic.

When i was listening to the performace i like where it is located. The window shows snow, and wilderness, which reminds me of the clarinet sounds that he is making. It just seems to all fit togeather. He does like really funny when he plays, cause hes moving the Clarinet around so much. and he kinda looks consitpated, but thats kinda what i probaly look like to when i play it.

The range is beautiful,. and his clarity is perfect. his tone is good. Hes actually pretty good all togeahter. Theres really nothing wrong with his overall sound. He keeps up with this fellow players, and he is in time. i can get a key signature out of the song from him. The only thing that i didnt like was his posture and how he was moving the clairnet around, and not holding it in a proper position.

overal he is a great clarinetist!

Today i practised the Bb concert scale to warm up. Then i practised Chillers and thrillers line 143- 152 to help get the speed up with my metromone. I did this for about 10 mintues. Then i practised the 6 triplets. in measure10. This was difficult fo rmy in class. i did it slowly then sped up my pace. Next i continued on to the next measure 10- 14. i did the same thing for almost the same amount of time. Next i practised The last 4 bars. With all the 16th notes in the. I played it really slow getting the notes. Them i gradually sped up. I am no where close to the speed that we need to play it in class, but i am working on it. I practied these lines for 20 mintues. with a metronome.

This bog is for Monday May 7th. To warm up i used the Db concert scale. I practised line 1 and 3. I did this for roughly 5 mintues. Then i played thorugh the Scale skills really quickly. Next i had some trouble in class playing Chillers and Thrillers line 143- 152. This was giving me trouble in class for speed, and getting the notes correctly. i put on my metronome. and pratised with the skill if i messed up fo back to the beginning. I did this for roughly 15 minutes.

This post is for Sunday May 3rd. I practised for the test that I had to perform on Monday. This was the main magority of my studying. I did however warm up with the Bb concert scale. I did this for roughly a minute. Then i practised the test. I did the scale repeating. This took 3 minutes. Then i did the apregio. And then the thirds. I really practised on my tempo and speed withthe metronome for about 5 minutes. Then i practised the The study. I did this whenever i had a line i could do i would repeat the hole song over again. This i pracitsed for for 10 minutes.

On Saturday April 24 i just pracised some scales out of the purple book. They were the G minor concert scale, lines 1 3 and te Corale. As a warm up since we did it for a playing test for Ms stinson. THis took me about 5 minutes. Next i played the F major concert scale. I played lines 1 and 3, then i did the scale study. When i was practising line 1 i played the really high notes for practise. then i played the low notes. This took me about 5 mintues. Since i ahd to work that day i didnt have enough time to practise anything else. So im happy that i even got to do the scales.

This post is for Thursday the 23rd. I did pretty muchthe same thing as yesturday with the Bb scale, then the cromatic scale. Taking me roofly 15 mintues. However i did bring home the holst. I practised line D. in movement 1. I pracitesed it with a metronome, gradually speeding up as i went along. This took ten minutes.