Recorder Practice 2/26/10

Started with soprano - worked on long tones and diga tonguing while doing scales. Then worked on my memorized Handel Gavotte, working on the whole AABABA road map. Most of the transitions between sections are working well, and I worked on a couple of rough spots.

Then I worked briefly on the Hornpipe I from the Old Bachelor Suite by Purcell - we're performing most of this Suite at our recital later in March. There are some parts with sixteenth notes that I find difficult, so I broke down the note sequences and worked on speed.

Then I started work on modos 4 and 5 of the Van Ecyk 32 Comagain. These modos are mostly scalar sequences, and I'm going to need to work on giving them some structure, with articulation and rhythm adjustments. I also need to mark breathings as best I can.

Then on to alto, starting with the Linde 19, working on breathing properly over longer phrases. That went pretty well. Then I finished up with the Chedeville Musettes that I'll be doing for the recital, working some more on the trills and other ornaments; they're coming along.