Slurred String crossings
- dropping elbow when coming to frog on A string
Vibrato
- very good
- keep thinking about sinking into the string for the lower strings
- maintain pitch
- work on geting upto 6 oscillations
- work on all fingers on all strings
G minor harmonic
- work on 4 per bow
- try to release more from the string when shifting
D major
- 1×24 1×24 124 124 134
- D E Fsharp – G A B – Csharp D E – Fsharp G A – B Csharp D
- raise left arm for shift, especially for lower strings
- pluck and say the note names, as well as what posiiton you’re in.
- positions: extended 1st, extended fourth, upper third, 2nd position, first position
- upper third: a semi tone bellow fourth position
Invisible target
- practice second position shifting exercise
- practice e to fsharp shift: repeat and slur, sliding slur, and separate bows hiding the shift in the bow change
- harmonic shift, shift on old finger old string, high string crossing in bow change
- increase tempo
- make sure to make your hand smaller in second position
Pachyderm parade
- pluck for next week
- D major
Minuet No 1
- work with a metronome. tendency to get faster on eigth notes. 90 bpm for the quarter notes
- left arm up for lower strings
- sometimes first finger is sharp in both 1st and 2nd position. close hand in second position. 4th finger is a little higher.
- keep working with tuner and drone. Super slowly for intonation
Start plucking minuet no 3.