[at_leo_87]

hey dreadgod, it's part of a composition challenge that i'm in. i'm up against some giants.
i won't be able to post it up anywhere because it has to go onto cdbaby along with the other contestants. but maybe i'll make a video of it or just record something else... im feeling bulerias!

[deteresa]

Hey Anthony, good to see you're practicing so much.
What do you mean by ear training exactly? At school it was like, being able to hear modes, intervals, chords, etc.that someone else was playing. How do you go about studying that?

[at_leo_87]

i have a program called earmaster school. it trains exactly what you wrote, your ability to recognize intervals, scales, chords, etc. right now, i'm working on just identifying the larger interval.

so the program works by giving a series of tests. right now, it picks two random intervals for me to choose the larger of the two. i'm currently stuck on descending intervals.

next up, is identifying the intervals themselves. i'm pretty good at ascending intervals, but descending, i'm hopeless.

i absolutely hate ear training but i think it'll come in handy.

[at_leo_87]

day 6
technique:
arpeggio - 45 minutes
slurs - 20

repertoire:
fandangos - 10
solea por bulerias - 15
sevillanas - 10

other:
practiced my composition - 90
scales - 15
ear training - 30

i guess i should go into more detail about what i'm actually doing. for the fandangos, i'm working on a specific alzapua section. for the solea por bulerias, i'm working on these tricky picado sections. i've been practicing more scales than usual lately to get my picado into shape. i'm having difficulty switching from and to picado with other techniques. the sevillanas, i never really played or listened to sevillanas before so i'm just getting my four sevillanas tight into compas and polishing them up to performance standard. ear training, like i said in the previous post, i'm stuck on this one lesson that i can't pass and there's only so much i can do before my ear gets tired. so i'll have to pick it up again tomorrow.

[DreadGod]

cool stuff Leo, I love bulerias, looking forward to hearing it
I really feel like playing now but it's not 7am and I think I'd piss off my neighbours (and probably my roommate too....)

[at_leo_87]

day 7!
technique:
tremolo - 25 minutes
various left exercises - 25

repertoire:
solea por bulerias cante lesson on jason mcguire's site - 70

other:
practiced my composition - 60
ear training - 15
scales - 15

dreadgod, just buy your neighbors and roommate some ear plugs.

[falseta]

Congrats on finishing the challenge at_leo_87! Are you keeping it going or is seven days enough?

[at_leo_87]

well actually, it sort of became a habit so i can keep going. either way, i will continue to do this exercise in my notebook.

i can finish off the week. i'll try to think of something more interesting to say about my practice. more to come later!

[David and Anne]

Day 1:
scales, then thirds, then tenths for about 15-20mins
Farruca, Soleares, Rumba falsetas for about 50mins

Day 2:
scales, then thirds, then tenths for about 15-20mins
Soleares, Alegrias, Tientos falsetas for about 45mins
began learning a new intro falseta for Colombiana for 15mins

Day 3:
scales, then thirds, then tenths for about 15-20mins
Soleares, Fandangos, Sevillanas falsetas for about 45mins
more work on the new intro falseta for Colombiana for 15mins

[Payul]

Hi David and Anne,

welcome here!

Nice practice schedule!
Can you tell me what "then thirds, then thents" mean?

Payul