Recorder Practice 1/28/10

Started with soprano again, doing long notes, swoops and trills, and then scales. Spent about 5 minutes working on memorizing the Handel Gavotte, particularly measures 4 through 6 of the B section, and also played it through fully one time with repeats.

Then worked on the Van Eyck 32 Comagain modo 3, part 3. I was able to get the speed up to 69 for the quarter note, which is still pretty slow. I also tried working on the diga tongueing to speed it up. Played through section 4 as well - at this speed it's easy except for the run of 1/16 notes at the end. Then I started a bit of work on section 5 - this is a very tricky syncopated rhythm with an eighth note, dotted eighth and sixteenth, then another eighth note, then repeat. Two of the three beats are on the dots of two dotted sixteenths. I slowed it way down and also broke it down into sixteenths to work on the rhythm.

Then I switched to alto, and worked on the Linde 19. All but the last half of part 3 and first half of part 4 are in good shape - those bits need more work but they're progressing. I spent some time just reworking those measures.

To finish, I worked on the Chedeville Musette no. 1, starting with reviewing the trills. Then I started work on the trills and the surrounding notes using the metronome. As I expected, I was taking too long to complete the trills. I backed the time way off to 96 for the 1/8 note, and was able to get some good work done establishing the relative rhythms of the surrounding notes and the trilled note. Now I have to work on speeding it up, and I'll also go over this with my teacher in my lesson next Saturday.