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 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:03 am
Frustrated How do you all practice? Is it a routine? Do you read, or just jam? Sometimes all I want to do is stick in a disc and play along. Sometimes improvising. I guess it's different if you're in a band then you practice material. I'm not right now so I just wing it once a day or so, but sometimes I wonder if I'm getting the most out of the time spent. Sometimes I play whatever comes to me. Sometimes in the dark. I need a band. I have no discipline. It sure is fun to play in the dark though. biggrin You need a band well what instrument do you play?
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:30 pm
Hehehe i've been practicing more now my chops have been getting stronger again. I need to start sightreeding changes again though sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:33 am
Lol...easy-when I practice-I start with scales out the butt to warm up-sight reading-any charts that need work [practice stuff you actully need work on-don't practice stuff you sound good on or know well-unless running through whole piece-cuz it's kind of a waste of time]...focus on what you're doing [time isn't important-so much as that you actually improve something and understand something better before you sat down to practice].
After working on that-and my private lessons assigments-I work on solos and e-tudes-then when I have time-I try to play something fun-or play along with a cd-or improv. work...something to remind me-after all the other stuff-that I still love music and there are enjoyable parts to it...so routine and non-routine.
I don't always practice all this at once either...
Hope this helps...I'm a sax player-so yeah ^^;;
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:49 pm
well in band, i'm in pitt so we have our own little room and we rarely practice. i play vibes and stuff that you wouldn't have lying around your house so i don't practice all that much.
for piano, i usually don't practice, but now that i'm done with my CM testing, my teacher is doing all jazz with me and i practice a lot.
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:29 pm
I make it a part of my day to practice on my bass for at least 30-45 mins. During that I make sure to do a few things:
1. Finger exercises (get 'em stretched)
2. Go over songs I'm working on // work on techniques
3. Work on sight reading
4. Work on a lil' improv // write a litte lick or something
I don't always get to do all of these, I get distracted easily, but I think it helps to have a little structure. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:41 pm
I wish I knew how to practice. I just bought myself a new horn. A Bach Stradivarius long bore... *drool*. Anyway. Being a uni. student I find I don't have time to play. I'm playing in an orchestra that rehearses once a week and my jazz repetoire consists of beginners' books sweatdrop . To warm up I generally start with a slow song, Bach's 'Air' for example to get the chops going and then launch into songs with hard fingering or fast beat. Mostly exercises though.
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:46 pm
I've actually been practicing alot because i have an audition coming up for this marchingband group that 's going to Japan.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:59 pm
Basiclaly I just sit at the piano, and playa chord,a nd some more and so on (:
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:50 pm
i just jam transcribe songs and play them for about 15 minutes or somtimes ill just transribe. ive transcribed everything from nutin but a g thang to the soundtrack of the good the abd and the ugly. then i do my techincal skills. My scales and patterns and stuff then i run through the song im working on. after that i break it down focus on certain parts play it again jam a bit and im done
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:45 pm
I practice 1 hour a day. I start with listening to a song and picking out some ideas and bits from it. I do lip slurs ( trombone ) and scales. I go over my music, then improv. solo the rest of the time, and end with the same song.
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:15 am
I've been doing pretty good going at least an hour a day. Then I find myself not wanting to stop, which is good. Sometimes I don't stop and go 2 or more hours, but get late for other stuff. =/
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:16 am
MHHornfreak I've actually been practicing alot because i have an audition coming up for this marchingband group that 's going to Japan. Holy crap that would be awesome. When do you find out? I'd love to go to Japan!
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:20 am
Bleh. I'm not nearly as efficient with my practicing as I should be. XP
I usually warm up with a few scales or lipslurs (I play trombone, by the way) and then practice parts from whatever piece is in front of me. x__x It usually takes half an hour or so.
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:40 pm
Frustrated MHHornfreak I've actually been practicing alot because i have an audition coming up for this marchingband group that 's going to Japan. Holy crap that would be awesome. When do you find out? I'd love to go to Japan! Oh i should've posted this earlier but yes i did make it in by default they only had to audition Piccs and Drumline. So in October i'll be going to Osaka Japan for a week it's only gonna cost me $575!!! I need to practice more solo stuff like aebersolds cuz at rehearsal my solo's are sound sub-par. I should listen to more Dexter or Sonny Rollins and maybe try to do some transcriptions. (I dont have time to transcribe...)
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:16 am
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