https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9 Spring 2022, MUS 16, Mount San Antonio College en-us 2022-03-01 18:42:44 UTC 2022-06-16 17:00:29 UTC hello@padlet.com ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2085540402 1. One of my goals for this semester to become more confident in my playing. I want to be comfortable with playing out when I need to and focus on the quality of my sound as well.

2. Last semester one of my goals was to have all my scales memorized, however I didn't fully reach that goal so I want to bring that over to this semester but I want to be able to play them memorized with double octaves if possible. 

3. I want to learn Movements I and III of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. Last semester I played the second movement for my jury, so I want to improve that one and learn how to play the whole concerto. Maybe I can play the other movements for my jury this semester, but we shall see :)]]> 2022-03-09 07:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2085540402 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2085552281 1. In order to be more confident in my playing, I need to make time to practice more than I currently do. Focusing on fundamentals will make me more confident when playing complicated rhythms, and practicing often will help improve my endurance overall as well. 

2. I want to focus on a specific scale every week and then add the double octave wherever I can. Adding new scales every week to my practice routine and practicing varied scale exercises will help with my muscle memory. Exercises would include some arbans and arpeggios too.

3. Focusing on one movement at a time and blocking them is my plan for learning the new pieces. Dedicating time to mastering a set of measures at a time instead of just playing through the piece. I will be practicing slowly with a metronome as well so that I reduce the number of mistakes I make.]]> 2022-03-09 07:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2085552281 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2091913620 -Went over everything we worked on last semester (warmups, scales, tonguing exercises)
- I need to start off my warm ups with more long tones at the beginning  *** "long tones are my best friend" ***
- Learned new strategies for identifying scales
- Goals for next lesson: memorize Db Major scale (get fingerings down), and Arbans tonguing exercise #21]]> 2022-03-12 22:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2091913620 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2102427115 Warm up (15 min)
-long tones
-lip flexibilities
-chromatic scale

20 minutes
-tonguing exercises (arbans)
- #19, 90bpm
- #20, 80 bpm

20 minutes 
- major scales

It is getting easier now to recall my major scales, I still continue to have difficulty when it comes to playing scales with 5-6 sharps/flats so I need to practice them slower. ]]> 2022-03-18 19:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2102427115 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122027187 warm up (20 minutes)
-long tones
-lip slurs
-scales/chromatic

tonguing exercises (15 minutes)
-arbans #19 and #20

wind ensemble repertoire (20 minutes)
-evening song
-fiddler on the roof

I tried emphasizing my long tones a lot more for this day's practice routine. I used my tuner when playing the notes and making sure I stayed in tune when playing them at different dynamics. Continued to use the metronome for tonguing and for my WE pieces as well. ]]> 2022-03-30 17:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122027187 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122990620 warm up (15 min)
-long tones
-lip slurs/flexibilities
*used metronome

10 minutes
tonguing exercises
-arbans

15 minutes
-major scales

10 minutes
-WE repertoire

I felt like today's practice wasn't really productive as much, yes I went through pretty much everything I had to, however I felt like I should have focused a bit more on my scales because i'm still having trouble playing with the correct fingerings, especially when I get to F# Major.]]> 2022-03-31 06:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122990620 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122999234 warm up (10 minutes)
-long tones
-lip slurs/flexibilities 

15 minutes
-major scales
-chromatic 

10 minutes
-tonguing exercises 

15 minutes
-WE repertoire 

I need to focus more on my air flow and having my notes speak clearer. When playing through the tonguing exercises, it doesn't sound very full. Playing more long tones while using a metronome is something I need to do more of that way I work on my air support as well. ]]> 2022-03-31 06:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2122999234 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2124868236 warm up (15 min)
-buzzing on mouthpiece 
-long tones
-lip slurs

tonguing (10 minutes)
-arbans #19 and #20

10 minutes
-played through mvmt. 2 of trumpet concerto

10 minutes
-scale review 

I played long tones throughout the whole time I was practicing and it made me feel better when I was going over some repertoire. I could notice a difference in my tone so I think I'm going to start doing that more often instead of just doing it at the beginning. I'm starting to like long tones a lot more tbh, even though they can get a little boring sometimes. My muscle memory is starting to kick in more when playing through scales too. I need to focus more on my tonguing and speeding up the tempo for future practices.




]]> 2022-04-01 05:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2124868236 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142689169 warm up (10 minutes)
- long tones
-lip flexibilities 

tonguing (30 minutes)
-arbans #19 (110 bpm)
- arbans #20 (95 bpm)
- arbans #21 (90 bpm)
- double tonguing exercise #5

scales (10 minutes)

Focused majority of my practice today on my tonguing and speeding up my tempos for different exercises. I'm also focusing more on taking bigger breaths before playing to get a more full sound. Making that conscious effort has helped my tone over all. ]]> 2022-04-13 16:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142689169 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142757374 -started with warm ups and long tones *i need to take bigger breaths before starting to play 
-went over tonguing (arbans), need to tongue every single note short and keep them light as i speed up tempo

Goals: keep speeding up tempos and practicing scales


]]> 2022-04-13 17:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142757374 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142758743 -warm ups *use metronome when playing long tones and lip flex, make sure dynamics are heard where it's written*
-went over tonguing exercises, focused more on #21 (playing it staccato all the way through), added new exercise to start prober double tonguing (#5)
- went over scales, need to work on different exercises to be able to play whatever scale on the spot *don't memorize an order*
-talked about efficient daily practice 

Goals for next week: 
-practice at least long tones and lip slurs in the mornings if possible
-go over #21 again and make sure rhythms and partials are good
-continue to work on scale patterns ]]> 2022-04-13 17:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2142758743 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147146220 - warmed up for about 20 minutes in a practice room before my lesson today
- spent majority of the time listening to and reading pieces to pick out for my jury
- decided on Andante Et Allegro by Guillaume Balay 
- began working on beginning section
- 12/8 time signature = 1 la li 2 la li 3 la li 4 la li

Goals for next lesson: 
- clean up beginning section of piece and set up a time to meet with mr wiley to rehearse it either this week or next week]]> 2022-04-18 15:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147146220 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147150827 warm up (10 minutes)
- long tones
- lip flexibilities 

tonguing (20 minutes)
-arbans #19 (115 bpm)
-arbans #20 (105 bpm)
-arbans #21 (97 bpm)

scales (15 minutes)
- used scale randomizer to practice my scales
- started slow to get all the right fingerings then gradually sped it up

The scale randomizer really helped me out with recalling each scale and really trying to figure out what notes were in what key. The arbans are getting easier to speed up which is great, now I just need to focus more on them and start practicing my "k" syllable more for double/triple tonguing.]]> 2022-04-18 15:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147150827 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147229350 warm up (20 minutes)
- long tones
-lip flex

tonguing (20 minutes)
- arbans #19 (115 bpm)
-arbans #20 (105 bpm)
-arbans #21 (97 bpm)

scales (10 minutes)

jury: andante et allegretto (15 minutes)

Being consistent with long tones has helped me hit higher notes with more ease especially after the lip flexibility exercises. I also spent some time just buzzing my lips on the mouthpiece before and after practicing. I worked on the first 3 lines of my jury piece.

]]> 2022-04-18 16:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2147229350 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2172367141 - warmed up with long tones and lip slurs
-focused on breathing
-really only focused on jury piece today 

Goals for next week:
-have worked on entire first page all the way up till the allegretto section]]> 2022-05-06 03:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2172367141 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2172379723 warm up (20 minutes)
- long tones
-lip flex

tonguing (10 minutes)
-arbans #19 (115 bpm)
-arbans #20 (107 bpm)
-arbans #21 (100 bpm)

jury piece (30 minutes)

Spending more time warming up at the beginning I feel like has helped me a lot during my practice sessions. I also started to slow down and then speed up tempo for tonguing because now that it's faster I need to adjust and double tongue. As for my jury piece, I need to focus on the 16th note runs and make sure they're cleaner, and get all the fingerings down.]]> 2022-05-06 03:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2172379723 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2188860960 -warmed up long tones and lip flexibilities
-went over some scales
-focused on bringing out dynamics, adding more flavor to the piece!! i.e more vibrato

Goals:
-work on F# Major scale double octave and Db Major scale 
-begin practicing the allegretto section for the jury piece, take it slow and remember to keep the staccato notes short and light !]]> 2022-05-18 05:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2188860960 ggarcia303 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2188864091 warm up (10 minutes)
- long tones 
-scales

jury piece(30 minutes)

Spent time exaggerating vibratos in certain spots of the piece, i still feel like I can add more so I'm going to keep working on that. I also was working on the Allegretto section and I was practicing the last page a lot slower and was able to get the 6-tuplet run down fairly well. I need to continue working on the allegretto section slowly and with the metronome.]]> 2022-05-18 05:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2188864091 https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2223249958 Gardenia Garcia.mp4]]> 2022-06-16 17:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarston11/gtm4nd3osdn7yal9/wish/2223249958