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G minor Melodic
- Work on making it a true 8 per bow
- not moving the arm for extension
G minor Harmonic
- active thumb in 4th position
- watch arm for extension
Somersaults and carwheels
- think about 1st finger replacing 3rd finger
- increase tempo plucking, no stopping for shifts/position changes. Think ahead.
- add the bow add dynamics
- when adding the bow, be in the string, loud, not short
Tango
- work on plucking up to tempo
- make sure you are working on it with the goal of 80 bpm for the HALF NOTE, not the quarter note.
Lee Study 2
- Work on looking ahead
- practice in rhythms (long short, short long, and then lengthening different notes in a group of 4)
- don’t run out of bow, try to stay in one part of the bow
- fortes louder and pianos more immediate
- anticipate string crossings
Musette
- more drastic dynamics
- more bow
- railroad tracks are marking the end of a phrase adn the start of a new phrase
- increase tempo
- sustain quarters and half notes more
- turn the corner more for the A string. no fishing. Think about pushing the right hand away
- memorize
Hunter’s Chorus
- practice with a metronome. goal is 85-80 bpm for the quarter note
- memorize
- quarter notes longer, no crescendo, no pulsing