Practice Schudule #10

So over the march break i practiced, not as much as i had hoped but i still accomplished some things.

On Saturday i started out by running through some of the scales, specifically the relative minors in the purple book because i find that they pose more of a challenge for me than the major scales do; however they themselves are not a challenge persay. After running through some of the relative minors i worked on my B flat scale and tried to develop a nice tone while playing the highre octave so that i could further develop not only my range but also my tone quality for the highger notes, thsi still isn't exactly where i want it but its getting much, much better and i find that i am beginning to be able to somewhat control the dynamic level while still maintaining a consistent tone, however only for a short period at present time. I am going to continue to reherse this until i am able to hold the higher octave notes for a longer period.

After that i ran throgh the band pieces, specifically working on holst suite. i am feeling fairly confident with this piece the only trouble spot for me is the second section of the first movement, the key signature is still posing somewhat of a challenge for me and i always seem to miss the D flats, and some of the A flats. I played the rhythm over and over until it felt fairly comftorable but it still needs some work. I then ran through the second and fourth movement and can play those no problem. Im excited to hear what they will sound like with the full band playing them tomorrow morning. After this i ran through rumble and light eternal and then left practicing for the night. I practiced for a total of about 30minutes.