After reviewing my video of Mary Had a Little Lamb [MHLL] & Twinkle Twinkle Little Star [TTLS] I noticed that my wrist was quite bent. I'm pretty sure it needs to be straighter. I need to pay more attention to that in the future. Maybe, I'll put something around my wrist to remind myself.
On the positive side of things, I also noticed that holding the viola has become much more natural feeling. I no longer have to think about how and where to place in. Tuning is also a lot easier.
Practice Order:
Warm-up
Tuning - using the iPhone app: Tuxtuner
Tonalization [tone production]:
- Mis--si--ssip--pi Stop -- Stop
- 000 121 02 11 0
Scales [Red book]
- D Major Scale [both books] - 1st finger-pattern used in TTLS [F# C#] and perhaps MHALL [just F#]
- C Major Scale [Red book] - C3 - C5
*Intervals [Red book] - sometimes
Songs in D Major
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star [TTLS on D & A "Theme" - Suzuki Book p.9 - D Major Scale - F# C#] then play on C & G
French Folk Song [FFS - Suzuki Book p.10 - D Major Scale - F# C#]
Lightly Row [LR - Suzuki Book p.11 - D Major Scale - F# C#]
Song of the Wind [SOFW - Suzuki Book p.11 - D Major Scale - F# C#]
Mary Had a Little Lamb [MHALL - F#]
Coventry Gardens [first 10 measures]
Sherlock Theme - sounds okay
I Still haven't Found What I'm Looking For [U2] - i can play: I have climbed the highest mountains... and I still haven't found what I'm looking for...
Skyfall [Adele] - Damn this song, it's so hard. I can do the first page but not very well. The best parts are: This is the end... and Let the Sky_fall, Let it crum_ble...
Stay [Rhianna] - can do the whole song, some parts are better than others but it does sound like a song now.
Hora Lunga - Sonata [Gyorgy Ligeti] - I can play most of it but I would call it my interpretation. This is my favourite song right now. I want more like this Sonata.
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