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-Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, focus on first line and a half. first movement, 20 measures after R to the end.
-Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, opening.

-Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas, rehearsal 17-24.
-Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, third movement, D to E; fourth movement, P to R, T to U.
-“Drum Corps on Parade” from 14 Modern Contest Solos by John Pratt.

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Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, movement 4 from Q to R.

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Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, movement 4 from Q to R.

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My repertoire is coming together as expected. I'm almost done completely learning and memorizing all the song that need to. By the end of the month Ill be moving onto my next phase of developing my skills through practice of my repertoire. My timpani playing to me seems to have gotten better, as well as my sight reading for round percussion instruments. I defiantly put to use the slowing down, and chunking system approach to my playing and it helped me progress in my work. Now that I'm about complete with learning my auditions repertoire, my new goal is to get them performance ready.

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-Relax my back fingers more to get a better bounce and stop crushing notes and rhythms
-for Rimsky, keep sticks towards the center of the drum for the louder ends, don't move away
-count complicated rhythms out loud before practicing to understand them better
-keep the bounce in the hand, don't cut off

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10/6 1-2pm (snare)

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade

Reviewed etude #1

Played Rimsky

10/7 8am-11:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 125bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade moved up to 105bpm

Reviewed etude #1

Played beethoven, the tuning is better but my strokes are very hesitant and inconsistent

Reviewed Dukas

Reviewed porgy and bess

Reviewed 4 rotations

Kept learning bach

10/8 12pm-12:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebounds at 120bpm-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade at 105bpm

Reviewed etude #1

Rimsky at 140bpm

10/10 8am-9:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 125bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade moved up to 105bpm

Reviewed etude #1

Played etude #43 and 45 at slower speeds, learning the notes

Practiced different strokes and experimenting with the feeling

Reviewed Dukas

Reviewed porgy and bess

Reviewed 4 rotations

Kept learning bach

10/11 10:30am-11:20am (marimba)

Porgy and bess at 112bpm

Dukas at 120bpm for the start, but can only play 100bpm in second half

Reviewed four rotations, cleaning up problem spots

Continued learning bach

10/12 8am-9:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 125bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade moved up to 110bpm

Not good at some spots but others I can handle fine

Reviewed etude #1

Played etude #43 and 45 at slower speeds

Practiced different strokes and trying to get the more whole sound

Reviewed Dukas

Reviewed porgy and bess

Reviewed 4 rotations

Kept learning bach

10/13 9:30am-11am (marimba)

Porgy and bess at 112bpm

Dukas at 120bpm for the start, but can only play 100bpm in second half

Reviewed four rotations

Continued learning bach

10/14 8am-12pm (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 125bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade moved up to 105bpm

Reviewed etude #1

Played etude #43 at 120bpm

Etude #45 at 100bpm

Practiced soft hits for beethoven

Reviewed Dukas

Reviewed porgy and bess

Reviewed 4 rotations

Kept learning bach

10/17 8am-9:30pm (snare, timpani, marimba)

accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 125bpm

Rudimental primer at 110bpm

Drum corps on parade moved up to 110bpm

Played etude #43 at 120bpm

Etude #45 at 100bpm

Reviewed beethoven

Reviewed Dukas

Reviewed porgy and bess

Reviewed 4 rotations

10/19 8am-930pm (timpani, marimba)

Practice getting the fuller sound and working on my grip, changing between legato and staccato

Practiced etude 43 at 120 bpm, rolls sound strange

Practice etude 45 at 100bpm, focused on rhythm

Beethoven with the audio, studied how others play the excerpt as well

Porgy and bess

Dukas

4 rotations

Reviewed what I know of bach, need to relearn some parts

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9/30 1pm-2pm (snare)

Began learning Rimsky

Reviewed the UCLA requirements and made note of the playing spots for the audition

Took some slowing down to understand how to do the single strokes

Drags sound more accented than they are supposed to be

Single stokes aren't even, especially on the lower dynamics

10/2 2pm-3pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

All american drummer, solo #2 at 90bpm

Drum corps on parade, rehearsed a few trouble spots and tired cleaning up some parts

Beginning to focus on speeding up the tempo

Reviewed etude #1, overall is much better than before but rolls need more work

Played Rimsky and focused on single strokes

10/3 8am-9:30 (marimba, snare, timpani)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-140bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

Drum corps on parade definitely not as strong as on the drum pad

Reviewed etude #1

Played beethoven, the tuning is better but my strokes are very hesitant and inconsistent

Reviewed Dukas and began memorizing

Accidentally put accents on places that dont have them so i went back and took them out

10/4 4pm-4:30pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

Drum corps on parade

Reviewed etude #1

Played Rimsky with audio

10/5 8am-9:30pm (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-140bpm

Rudimental primer at 105bpm

Drum corps on parade

Reviewed etude #1

Played Rimsky with audio, single stokes aren't even enough and my hands get shaky at the lower dynamics

Reviewed Dukas and continued memorizing

The second part of memorization is where i'm having the most trouble but the notes are there, just not up to speed

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9/25 6pm-6:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

All american drummer, solo #2 at 80bpm

Drum corps on parade, rehearsed a few trouble spots and tired cleaning up some parts

9/26 8am-9:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer

Reviewed drum corps on parade and advance snare drum studies

Focused on low rolls and played rolls at different dynamics and moving between them

Began timpani

Practiced going between legato and staccato strokes

Pecked through the piece without a met at my own time

Sight read #9 from well-tempered mallet studies

Reviewed 4 rotations, its has better note accuracy

Reviewed Bach up to the first repeat

Learned the rest of porgy and bess, with new sticking, and began practicing it

9/27 2pm-3pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

Played etude #1

9/28 8am-9:30;10:30am-11:15am (mallets)

Reviewed 4 rotations and began cleaning it up

Started embedding porgy and bess sticking

Practiced from 60bpm and was able to play clean at 112bpm tempo

Began looking at sorcerer's apprentice

Cant play it with a met but I understand how it sounds, not memorized

Continues memorizing bach, learned about ⅔ of the piece memorized, but can only be played at very slow tempo, and with newly memorized portion, only pecked out

9/29 2pm-3pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

All american drummer #1 and 2

Played etude #1

Tried fixing my ruffs and jumps in dynamics

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9/18 12pm-12:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

All american drummer, only solo #1 at 90bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade and advance snare drum studies

9/19 8am-9:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer

Reviewed drum corps on parade and advance snare drum studies

Focused on low rolls and played rolls at different dynamics and moving between them

Began timpani

Focused on etude #45, starting with matching pitches

Had a little trouble getting to the correct pitch today

Practiced going between legato and staccato strokes

Pecked through the piece without a met at my own time

Sight read #6 from well-tempered mallet studies

Reviewed 4 rotations, its has better note accuracy

Reviewed Bach up to the first repeat

Learned the rest of porgy and bess, made my own sticking, and began practicing it

9/20 6pm-6:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

All american drummer, solo #2 at 80bpm

Drum corps on parade, rehearsed a few trouble spots and tired cleaning up some parts

9/21 8am-9:30pm (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

Played long multiple bounce stroke rolls at a low dynamic

Bagan timpani with etude #45, pitches were spot on and a lot faster to reach today

Practice legato and staccato strokes

What kind of sticking should I use for etude 45?

Look at Beethoven no. 9

Sounds better than thursday night, but in anticipation of hitting the timpani too loud, I don't end up hitting it at all sometimes

Sight read #7 from well-tempered mallet studies

Reviewed 4 rotations, its has better note accuracy

Reviewed Bach up to the first repeat and started learning past it

Practiced porgy and bess, about the first page is memorized but not the second, and the sticking isn't completely natural yet

9/22 2pm-3pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

Played long multiple bounce stroke rolls at a low dynamic

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9/9 12:30pm-1:15pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-120bpm

Developing Dexterity flams 80bpm at cut time

Began fixing my 3 stroke ruffs

Drum Corps of Parade at 90bpm

Taking more care into doing my flams with proper technique and more care

9/11 8:30pm-9:30bpm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-125bpm

Developing Dexterity flams 80bpm at cut time

Began fixing my 3 stroke ruffs

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 110bpm, began fixing my flams

Taking more care into doing my flams with proper technique and more care

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

Having trouble on 7th stoke rolls ending with left hand on “a”

9/12 8am-9:30am (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-130bpm

Experimented with a few 3 stroke flams and found which one I liked

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 110bpm, began fixing my 3 stoke flams

Focused on my quite rolls and try to keep them tight and in time as much as possible

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#3)

Did a quick overview of 4 rotations for marimba, I cant play more than the opening, but the muscle memory for some is still there, note accuracy is definitely not up to previous standard

Learned Bach sonata #1, Presto up to the first repeat

It definitely does not sound musical yet, but the notes are developing and its easier to read

9/13 1pm-3pm (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-130bpm is a lot better today

Worked on flams and keeping the grace note low

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 100-126bpm

Rolls are sounding better in my opinion, still not very consistent, but rolls are becoming more in control, even at dynamics

Getting better with the change of 3 stroke flams and incorporating it into the song

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#4)

Sight Reading is a little easier than before, but I still struggle

Reviewed 4 rotations music and played a full run-through without stopping, muscle memory controlled the majority of my movements and note accuracy was not perfect, but more like a 70%

Practiced up to the first repeat in Bach, presto

Began learning Porgy and Bess, focused on the first page only

9/14 8am-9:30am (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 115-126bpm

Focused on keeping the low dynamics tight and even

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#5)

Slowed down 4 rotations and reviewed the music to get accurate notes

Practiced up to the first repeat in Bach, presto

9/15 4pm-4:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 120-126bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

There not the best, especially on offbeat releases, but they are playable now, opposed to before where I couldn’t

All-american drum solo at 90bpm

Still having a little trouble in a specific bar, but not much difficulty

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-Keep my sticks low to the snare drum
-practice on a real snare drum as much as possible
-make sure to play with correct sticking
-make sfz more impactful
-breathe

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My goals for lessons this year is to get my audition pieces ready. As I'm preparing to apply to 4 year colleges, I must also go through the audition process and want to have a solid repertoire and solid playing in order to achieve the best out come. Another is to have an emphasis on the rhythmic side of percussion, secure my skills in snare drum and have a greater focus on timpani skills, as theses are my weaker points. Something else I want to achieve is having better sight reading. Percussion is known for having bad sight readers, so I want to be able to break out of this and be confident in my playing, even on first view of a piece.

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9/4 3pm - 4pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 100bpm

Wolcoxon solo #1 at 80bpm, repeated every measure independently until comfortable

Advanced Snare Drum Studies at 115bpm

Drum Corps of Parade at 80-100bpm

9/6 1pm-3pm (marimba, snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 100bpm

Wolcoxon solo #1 at 80bpm, repeated every measure independently until comfortable

Advanced Snare Drum Studies at 115bpm

Began getting used to playing on a real snare drum again

Looked into well tempered marimba studies for sight reading purposes

Began learning Sonata #1 in G minor: presto

9/7 8am-9:30am (marimbe, snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 100 - 120bpm

Wolcoxon solo #1 at 80bpm, repeated every measure independently until comfortable

Advanced Snare Drum Studies at 115bpm

Focused on rolls and flams

Looked into well tempered marimba studies for sight reading purposes

Began memorizing the first 20% of Sonata #1 in G minor: presto

9/8 11:15am-11:45am (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 100 - 120bpm

Advanced Snare Drum Studies at 110bpm

Hands are very shaky physically, can't hold still

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9/18 12pm-12:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

All american drummer, only solo #1 at 90bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade and advance snare drum studies

9/19 8am-9:30am (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer

Reviewed drum corps on parade and advance snare drum studies

Focused on low rolls and played rolls at different dynamics and moving between them

Began timpani

Focused on etude #45, starting with matching pitches

Had a little trouble getting to the correct pitch today

Practiced going between legato and staccato strokes

Pecked through the piece without a met at my own time

Sight read #6 from well-tempered mallet studies

Reviewed 4 rotations, its has better note accuracy

Reviewed Bach up to the first repeat

Learned the rest of porgy and bess, made my own sticking, and began practicing it

9/20 6pm-6:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Rudimental primer at 100bpm

All american drummer, solo #2 at 80bpm

Drum corps on parade, rehearsed a few trouble spots and tired cleaning up some parts

9/21 8am-9:30pm (snare, timpani, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

Played long multiple bounce stroke rolls at a low dynamic

Bagan timpani with etude #45, pitches were spot on and a lot faster to reach today

Practice legato and staccato strokes

What kind of sticking should I use for etude 45?

Look at Beethoven no. 9

Sounds better than thursday night, but in anticipation of hitting the timpani too loud, I don't end up hitting it at all sometimes

Sight read #7 from well-tempered mallet studies

Reviewed 4 rotations, its has better note accuracy

Reviewed Bach up to the first repeat and started learning past it

Practiced porgy and bess, about the first page is memorized but not the second, and the sticking isn't completely natural yet

9/22 2pm-3pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade

Practiced 7th stroke roll variation

Played long multiple bounce stroke rolls at a low dynamic

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9/9 12:30pm-1:15pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-120bpm

Developing Dexterity flams 80bpm at cut time

Began fixing my 3 stroke ruffs

Drum Corps of Parade at 90bpm

Taking more care into doing my flams with proper technique and more care

9/11 8:30pm-9:30bpm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-125bpm

Developing Dexterity flams 80bpm at cut time

Began fixing my 3 stroke ruffs

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 110bpm, began fixing my flams

Taking more care into doing my flams with proper technique and more care

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

Having trouble on 7th stoke rolls ending with left hand on “a”

9/12 8am-9:30am (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-130bpm

Experimented with a few 3 stroke flams and found which one I liked

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 110bpm, began fixing my 3 stoke flams

Focused on my quite rolls and try to keep them tight and in time as much as possible

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#3)

Did a quick overview of 4 rotations for marimba, I cant play more than the opening, but the muscle memory for some is still there, note accuracy is definitely not up to previous standard

Learned Bach sonata #1, Presto up to the first repeat

It definitely does not sound musical yet, but the notes are developing and its easier to read

9/13 1pm-3pm (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 115-130bpm is a lot better today

Worked on flams and keeping the grace note low

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 100-126bpm

Rolls are sounding better in my opinion, still not very consistent, but rolls are becoming more in control, even at dynamics

Getting better with the change of 3 stroke flams and incorporating it into the song

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#4)

Sight Reading is a little easier than before, but I still struggle

Reviewed 4 rotations music and played a full run-through without stopping, muscle memory controlled the majority of my movements and note accuracy was not perfect, but more like a 70%

Practiced up to the first repeat in Bach, presto

Began learning Porgy and Bess, focused on the first page only

9/14 8am-9:30am (snare, marimba)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 115-126bpm

Focused on keeping the low dynamics tight and even

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Moved on to marimba and looked through well-tempered marimba solos as sight reading exercise (#5)

Slowed down 4 rotations and reviewed the music to get accurate notes

Practiced up to the first repeat in Bach, presto

9/15 4pm-4:45pm (snare)

Accents and rebound p. 16 and p. 25 at 120-130bpm

Advanced Snare drum studies #1 - 120-126bpm

Reviewed drum corps on parade at 90bpm, concentrated on flams more than dynamics

Rudimental primer at 90bpm

There not the best, especially on offbeat releases, but they are playable now, opposed to before where I couldn’t

All-american drum solo at 90bpm

Still having a little trouble in a specific bar, but not much difficulty