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June 10th - short practice
I. Warmup
Tension + Relaxation + Lats Exercise from "Muscle Control"
(Reread)
II. Music Theory
51bpm 2nbp Major scales open fingering - with focus on B major scale.
III. Technique
1. Rasgueado practice
== Review
I. Warmup (9 mins)
Making progress on discovery of lats isolation.
June 9th
I. Warmup
Tension + Relaxation + Lats Exercise from "Muscle Control"
(Reread)
II. Music Theory
51bpm 2nbp Major scales open fingering
III. Technique
1. Work on discovering resting position of tremolo.
2. Tirando + Apoyando drills.
3. Rasgueado
IV. New Repertoire
==
Review
I. Warmup (17 mins)
Still struggling with isolation of lats.
II. Music Theory (2- mins - TODO Review B Major / g# minor)
- Review relative minor memorization
III. Technique (30 mins)
Tremolo seems to be at a standstill - it seems that my nails are a problem.
For the first time ever, it seemed like my rasgueado rolled!!! The trick was to attack the strings at a dramatic angle so that my fingers in resting position are poised to strike.
IV.
(15 mins - i seem stumped on this piece.)
June 8th
Guitar Practice Log 12 - Notes on Intervals
I. Warmup
Tension + Relaxation + Lats Exercise
II. Music Theory
Read Complete Musician chapter on Intervals.
III. Technique
Tirando + Apoyando Drills
Rasgueado
IV. New Repertoire
Continue Work in Bourree
== Review
I. Warmup (9 mins)
II. Music Theory (45 mins)
Interval Notes:
Generic intervals are referred to by ordinals with the first letter of the scale being the "First" and the last letter of the scale being the "Seventh." Intervals up to an octave are "simple" and beyond an octave are "compound."
To know the quality of an interval you need to know the specific size - i.e. number of semitones. Intervals are grouped into two different categories:
1. Perfect Intervals
Unison, Fourth, Fifth, and Octaves.
2. Major/minor Intervals:
All the rest.
A major interval increased by a half step is known as an augmented interval.
A major interval decreased by a half step is known as a minor interval.
A major interval decreased by two half steps is known as a diminished interval.
Major, minor, and perfect intervals can be transformed into augmented and diminished intervals.
(A unison can only be augmented.)
Major and minor intervals can never be perfect, and perfect intervals can never become major or minor.
When one moves the lower pitch up an octave, or the higher pitch down an octave, one has inverted the interval.
Notes about inversion:
i) Inversion can go in either direction
ii) The inversion of generic intervals always sums to 9
iii) Perfect intervals keep their quality when inverted, but quality is swapped for augmented/diminished and major/minor intervals.
iv) The number of half steps between inverted intervals always sums to 12.
unison <-> octave (1 + 8 = 9)
second <-> seventh (2 + 7 = 9)
third <-> sixth (3+6 = 9)
fourth <-> fifth (4+5 = 9)
perfect <-> perfect
augmented <-> diminished
major <-> minor
There are enharmonic intervals just like there are enharmonic pitches, and the name chosen for an interval depends on musical context.
Consonant vs. Dissonant Intervals.
Consonant Intervals:
diatonic forms of the:
-unison
-third
-fifth (perfect only)
-sixth
-octave
Stable consonants:
Perfect: P1, P5, P8
Imperfect: M3, m3, M6, m6.
Dissonant Intervals:
-second
-fourths
-seventh
-all diminished and augmented intervals.
(Q: are all minor intervals dissonant? May a minor third and 6th is consonant)
III. Technique (20 mins)
- Tremolo still sounds super choppy
- Rasgueado Improved tremendously - I can strike and then relax pretty quickly now.
IV. New Repertoire (25 mins)
June 7th (I believe)
I. Warmup
Tension + Relaxation + Lats Exercise from "Muscle Control"
II. Music Theory
Read Complete Musician Point about Intervals and rhythm. Do fretboard interval exercises.
Learn Gypsy Jazz Chords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrFQS4PtNAs
https://youtu.be/jSeu_IT56ZE?t=163 "Ring+Chuck"
III. Technique
Tirando + Apoyando Drills from The Path To Virtuosity.
IV. New Repertoire
Continue work in Bourree.
V. Freeplay
== Review
I. Warmup (30 min)
- I think I am starting to understand how to control my lats.
II. Music Theory (30 mins)
Just did Gipsy Jazz, it was quite difficult.
III. Technique (Did not time)
It seems the string should only be plucked with the nail, although the flesh rests on the string before plucking.
IV. New Repertoire (Did not time)
I should isolate right hand and left hand, and work one measure at a time.
I. Warmup
- Complete Tension + Complete Relaxation Exercise from "Muscle Control" group.
II. Music Theory
Practice E Minor Scale: natural, harmonic, and melodic.
III. Technique
- Tirando - String crossing, Keeping hand still
- Apoyando- String crossing, keeping hand still
- Thumb movement up and down.
IV. New Repertoire
- Continue work in Bourree
V. Freeplay
==
Review
I. Warmup (35 mins)
Worked on lats isolation. I believe I understand now what it means to have the shoulders pulled back and in a relaxed state.
Note: (See Page 126 of Muscle Control Group PDF for list of muscles)
Note: See Hand Anatomy Animated Tutorial.
II. Music Theory (10 mins)
s: 3:22
E: 3.31
(10 mins, went pretty well, i should minimize slides on the e string.
Focus on Latissimus Dorsi
Notes on Latissimus Dorsi:
- Works with shoulder joints.
- When you have your arm in front of you, it pulls the arm down.
- Pulls the arm down towards the side of the body.
- It helps rotate the arm inward as well.
- They help hyperextension of spine and lateral extension of pelvis.
III. Technique
(S: 2:10)
(Note: not having camera etc. ready delayed me)
(E: 3.20) Tons of time wasted, didn't do thumb movement. Still exploring to get the basic tirando and apoyando - i need to focus on that while I work on muscle independence.
IV. New Repertoire (About 30 mins)
Note: Recommended beginner tremolo pieces:
Sueno by Jose Vinas
Cancion de la hilandera
Carcassi etude no 7 op 60
https://www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/carcassi-etude-no-7-op-60-free-pdf/
V. Skipped, (or rather- sporadically done throughout the practice.)
I. Go over last few session notes. (20 mins)
II. Read La Buena Suerte (30 mins)
III. Que Bien Suena (30 mins)
== Review
I. Reviewing Sessions (1-3)
I notice I don't known the informal vosotros command conjugation.
aguda - last syllable is tonic. (for example if word ends in r)
llena - 2nd to last syllable is tonic. (default)
esdrújula - 3rd to last syllable is tonic (always has an accent mark.)
II. La Buena Suerte
Vocab:
Llegó al territorio de las Cowls cuando ya anochecía - ...Already nightfall.
muy bien abonada - abonar = to fertilize
alforjas - saddlebags
brotar - nacer o salir una plana de la tierra
bayas - berries
cabalgar - montar o estar montada [una cosa o una persona] sobre algo; montar a caballo.
estar sediento - tener sed
nenúfares - lily pads
arroyos - streams
deprimir - to depress
vagar - ir de un lugar a otro sin un fin, un motivo ni un destino determinados
apabullar - to overwhelm
un surco - a groove
restar - subtract / deduct
regar - dar agua a una planta
conciliar el sueño - to fall asleep
por lo tanto, - thus,
III. Que Bien Suena
sílaba abierta - es una que termina en una vocal. (ejemplo: si)
sílaba cerrada - es una que termina en una consonante. (ejemplo: con)
Español prefier las sílabas abiertas:
a-ma, ha-go, te-ma, sí-la-ba,
ba-ta, ja-rri-to, vi-lla-no, mu-cha-chi-ta
Ejercicio A pg. 26
1. ta-co
2. pi-do
3. to-do
4. e-lla
5. pe-ro
6. E-le-na
7. pe-rri-to
8. te-la
9. ca-je-ro
10. rá-ba-no
11. a-bo-ga-do
12. Mé-xi-co
13. se-rra-no
14. do-mi-ni-ca-no
15. pa-na-me-ña
16. vi-lla-no
17. pe-rru-cho
18. pa-ta-ta
Cuando una palabra tiene una combinación consonántica es posible que tiene una sílaba cerrada - por ejemplo con "s"
estar = es-tar
escolar = es-co-lar
espuma = es-pu-ma
Es possible que los dos consonantes se encuentra en el siguiendo sílaba, como en estos ejemplos:
potro = po-tro
siglo = si-glo
sidra = si-dra
Si hay una palabra que empieza con dos consonantes, los dos consonantes son juntos para el segundo síliba -
iglesia -i-gles-sia (exiten globo y glacial)
padre pa-dre (existen droga y drenaje)
ensalada
en-sa-la-da
no hay palabras como las siguientes en español:
*star (sino estar)
*scolar (sino escolar)
*spuma (sino espuma)
Full quote:
La s simplemente no puede encontrarse seguida de otra consonante dentro de la misma sílaba. La e inicial de estas palabras tiene el efecto de separar los dos consonantes en el sentido silábico. Por lo tanto, el hispanohablante típicamente pronuncia el préstamo monosilábico del inglés stop con dos sílabas: es-top.
Ejercicio B pg. 28
1. es-tos
2. tri-ple
3. a-gri-cul-tu-ra
4. res-pon-sa-ble
5. an-da-mos
6. con-ju-rar
7. ha-blo
8. es-pa-ñol
9. in-fan-te
10. a-gra-da-ble
11. pa-la-bra
12. ár-bol
13. pon-go
14. hi-dró-ge-no
15. al-re-de-dor
16. ma-chis-mo
Ejercicio C pg. 28
a-gri-cul-tu-ra - gritar, graduar
res-pon-sa-ble - blindar, bloquear
pa-la-bra - bromear, broncear
hi-dró-ge-no - drama, dron
ma-chis-mo - chequear - chanza
Pregunte
*"Hay una palabra en español que empiece con "dr"?
Debe ser
"Hay alguna palbra en español que empiece por "dr"?
Ejercicio D. pg. 29
1. ins-ti-tu-to
2. com-pren-der
3. des-treza
4. en-trar
5. com-pli-ca-do
6. des-tru-ye
7. ins-tru-yó
8. es-drú-ju-la
9. e-jem-plos
10. trans-cri-bir
11. ham-bre
12. om-bli-go
13. tem-pla-do
14. ins-tru-men-to
15. im-pli-ca-ción
Practice pronouncing:
al
alto
víctor
paradójicamente - paradoxically
Timesheet:
10:36AM - Begin Planning the study session.
10:38AM - Start going over previous sessions.
11:04AM - Start Reading La Buena Suerte
11:38AM - Start Reading Que Bien Suena
12:11PM - Continued to section D in Que Bien Suena to finish the main exercises.
12:23PM - Finished
I. Go over previous days notes. (10 mins)
II. Read La Buena Suerte (30 mins)
III. Spanish Grammar (30 mins)
IV. Que Bien Suena! (30 mins)
V.
==
Review
I.
IV.
- Trouble with pronunciation of "al" still - example semanal
"miel" - keep mouth way more closed than you think
"col" - problem with "o" gliding
lateral - remember to pronounce "r" like a "d", also keep mouth closed
pulga, algo, olga - have to work on "g" pronunciation
"el" - i can pronounce it correctly but inconsistently. The tongue needs to be slightly raised from the "e" in English and the lips need to stay wide open.
I. Continue reading La Buena Suerte (30 mins)
II. Spanish Grammar (40 mins)
III. Continue search for material on Spanish phonetics (15min)
==
Review
I. (45 mins)
Vocab
colinas - hills
desánimo - discouragement
aguja en un pajar - a needle in a haystack
mmascullar - hablar entre dientes y en voz baja sin pronunciar claramente las palabras
miradas de desapro - disapproving looks
bacion - ??
con sorna - sarcastically
disponer - colocar o poner personas o cosas de una manera determinda (provide, arrange, dispose)
jornadas - tiempo que se dedica al trabajo en un día o en una semana.
a pesar de ello, - nonetheless
tupido - que está formado por elementos muy juntos y apretados entre sí. (thick, bushy)
corcel - caballo ligero de gran alzada y bella figura (steed)
palmo a palmo - inch by inch
merecer - estar (una persona) en situación de que se le deba algo.
a medida que se alejaba - as he walked away
experimentar - percibir algo por propia experiencia (experience)
sustituir - ocupar [una persona o una cosa] el lugar oupesto de otra "sustituir ese miedo por incredulidad" (con por, no con con) (replace, substitute)
incredulidad - imposibilidad o reserve que tiene una persona persona para creer algo que no ve o que no está demostrado, aunque esté aceptado o consensuado por loa mayoría (disbelief)
aguardar - to wait
averiguar - llegar a conocer cierta cosa sobre un asunto o cuestión indagando o haciendo lo necesario para conseguirlo. (find out, ascertain)
refunfuñar - emitir sonidos no articulados o palabras murmuradas entre dientes en señal de enojo o desagrado.
colérico - sentimiento de enfado (choleric, angry)
toma el pelo - to tease
acudir - ir [una persona] a un lugar por porpia inciativa o por haber sido llamado "acudir a una cit"
una damisela - a damsel
renovar - renovate / renew
esponjosa - fluffy, spongy, foamy
apelmazado -cuando algo esta muy junto
Nice quote: "No sabes que solo se obtienen cosas nuevas cuando se hacen cosas nuevas?"
II. See Grammar Article
III. Found Qué bien suena - mastering spanish phonetics and phonology by Jeffery D. Stokes
Q significa este abajo?
«No es la primera vez que me encuentro con alguien que no está a la altura que yo merezco», pensó
I. Continue reading La Buena Suerte (30 mins)
II. Spanish Listening Exercise (10 mins)
III. Search for more material on Spanish Phonetics (15mins)
= I found a grammar book that looks alright, "Advanced Spanish Grammar by Luis Aragonés Ramón Palencia"
==
Review.
I. Vocab
botones - buttons
un taller - Establecimiento en el que se realizan trabajos artesanos o manuales. (a workshop)
un mozo - a waiter (apparently Google was right)
me ocupaba tanto - i was so busy
acontecer - suceder
un reto - a challenge
sugerir - inspirar o evocar una idea en una persona
concurso de destreza - a contest of skill
en un plazo de siete noches, nacerá el Trébol Mágico - Within 7 nights, the magic clover will be born.
un revuelvo - a
II. Replaced listening exercise with some grammar study, I'll watch a movie later to replace the listening exercise.
III. Found grammar book instead.
I. Read Book 3 From Spanish Short Stories Read first part of La Buena Suerte
Review
I. Vocab
pies descalzos - barefoot
suspirar - to sigh
un despropósito - dicho o hecho inoportuno o inconveniente
II. Spanish Pronunciation Errors:
Practice Pronouncing:
alto
víctor
Focus on E & O.
- L needs to go much farther back in the alveolar ridge.
- I struggle with "al"
Names for different placement of tonics in Spanish
TODO: Find all the rules.
2nd to last syllable:
Tonic Last Syllable is called aguda (end in r)
examples:
café
alrededor
Tonic 2nd To Last Syllable is called llana
examples:
casa
encuentro
Tonic 3rd to Last Syllable is called: Esdrújula
These always have accent.
examples:
Anécdota
espérame