My Flute Diary

2003-01-11 - 12:53 a.m.

It's difficult to keep a diary! When I am not reflecting, the quality of my practice suffers. First I should record the notes from the last few lessons.

12/23

Don't slap keys.

Keep L.H. pinky above Ab key.

Accents - breath kick - stomach goes in.

Make sure you're not rolling out too far.

1/8

To fix notes that are cracking - more space between lips.

Make sure you're not rolling in too far or too little.

Thumb Bb

Make sure you don't use first finger R.H. when using thumb Bb
Move ThBb only (1) when thumb is off (ex. C or C#); (2) when tahking a breath; (3) when resting.

Don't roll in.

BLOW MORE AIR

Fix little finger blips while practicing - don't ignore it anymore.

1st finger L.H. is late coming up for D and Eb.

R.H. thumb - more nder index finger.

So basically I need to concentrate on improving little things. I know all my notes and fingering, but I am rather careless about the quality of my tone.

Right hand gets tight and tired after some play. Need to relax some.

The leesons to practice are 19 and 20. I will try to do 21-24, so next time I can start a new book.

Last week when cousin Feipeng was here, I tried to teach him piano so he could play accompaniment for me. I taught him one song from the 40 pieces and we could play together almost non-stop. That was fun.

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