Practice This Week

So this week I practice band pieces three times, but didn't actually have the chance to blog. I practiced my personal music, which I play for my piano teacher, Donna, 5 times. I am playing the same celtic music and also workin ons ome scales. They are very similar to the ones we play in class. I am having a difficult time deciding which song I will play for recital, but I think it is between the celtic song, "The Chase" by Jessica Walsh, or the song "The butterfly" also by jessica Walsh. They are both very fast songs with lots of up and down "scale-like" rythms. THey are very fun to play and I really enjoy playing them.

For band music I played through teh Holst piece. I am working on the first movement, trying to get the rythms oft he very high notes and getting them to sound quick and not sloppy. I am trying to get the notes to sound tight so they are heard very clearly. I also worked on the 4th movement just getting that repetetive rythm perfect as that is what makes up the majority of the piece. I am also working on the dynamics in the piece. I also played through the scales we do in class, I always do it as warm up. FInally I played through Pirates of the carribean a few times just for fun. I love playing teh "he's a pirate" section as it is very fast and really fun to play.