April 14 15 min

I dedicated my time to the Holst, since we are having a test on Thursday and its the piece we're playing on Monday.

I worked on the first two movements. For the first movement i worked at improving the first two bars. I can play it much better than i could this morning. I then worked on speeding up the first movement and I worked on my higher register. I still can't play anything higher than High High F, but I've almost got G. I then worked on my timing and volume for the second movement.

Practiced for 20 min April 5

Today I practiced the pieces Rumble and the Holst.

I focused my attention on the first two movements of the Holst. I tried to speed up my tempo for the first movement, and attempted to become better with Dynamics and Articulation by repition. I then practiced the second movement, making sure to count out all the beats so that I could perfect my timing. I still need to work on dynamics because its very hard to play quietly while up in that register.

For Rumble i practiced the run at 205, I'm still not as fast as I should be, but im getting better. I then practiced measures 41 - 58, practiced the eighth note fall. I can now play it at the same speed as the rest of the song.