First Video- Pops Concert

For this set of blog posts, I decided to take small excerpts from the music and try to focus on certain aspects of them. I also want to have some videos before and after practice.

I will be focusing on

• Brave measures 65-86
• Sun Cycles measures 26-36

These first videos are me playing without any practice or warm-up. Later, I practiced them againand saw major improvements.

Brave

Focus

• Tone- making it less fuzzy and more vibrato
• Rhythm- perfecting articulation and counting
• Intonation- especially long notes

Practice

• I worked on this by practicing with a tuner, and warming up a lot before playing to improve my tone.

Sun Cycles

Focus

• Tone- again making it less fuzzy and more directed
• Accuracy- Being confident about every note
• Counting and Rhythms- making sure each note length is accurate

Practice

• I had a proper warm-up and played the excerpt a few times over and over to hit the right notes.