10th May 2009

Practice Day with Marek:

SESSION 1:

2nd Primary:

Metronome at 60BPM.

We begin with giving part of attention to our right hand.

Accented & alternate picking. From whole notes to 16th notes.

Stay with 16th notes. We work on the exercise of skipping every 4th note of the bar. Then every 3rd, 2nd & 1st. We count.

During practice and at the end of it we come back to the right hand and pay attention to it.

45 minutes.

*** 15 MINUTES BREAK ***

SESSION 2:

We acknowledge certain fellow GC students.

Gradually approach Tremolo Picking Pattern.

Begin with 8 bass notes.

Then add E string on the off-beat.

Basing on this we gradually extend the number of bars of the 28 Bars piece.

We practice with & without counting in the following speeds: 62 - 52 - 72 - 40 - 80

Reach 20 bars, stop here.

45 minutes.

SESSION 3:

Division of Attention without guitars.

4th Primary:

Slowly and gradually build up to the following pattern:

GEEE DEEE AEEE DEEE

And then extend it to the complete 28 Bars picking pattern.

Play through all the piece.

75 minutes.

SESSION 4:

1st Primary.

Some approaches to practice 24 Permutations.

Extend 4th Primary exercise to Aspiration, and play solos on top of them. Then play around arpeggio part of Be Here, with solos & more spontaneous play.

We complete at 19:55

55 minutes.