I am starting to get the gist of my routine four days in and I started off with Warm Up which is a given usual, I went through some chords today some in which require me to pull out a five fret stretch which is unpleasant but rewarding as it sounds great.
Next up I went through the The One Octave Major scale in harmonised 3rds this is something I find fairly tricky but after my five minutes were up I got the hang of it, I played them staggered at first but then I played both of the notes at the same time and it pieced together well.
Anyway, I then proceeded to go through The Mixolydian Mode which is always fun, I think I am getting the hang of naming and differentiating the two which is an improvement from the other days I have went through the Mixolydian and Modian. I have now got a understanding of my roots and notes on the E and A strings as that’s something I used to struggle with.
Then I played through the Augmented 5th Arpeggios over One Octave and yet again I allocated myself 5 minutes, because they’re a breath of fresh ait in comparison to the heavier loads. I’m still to going through them anyway, I can this one but remembering all of these different arpeggios in different places, etc is very challenging.
Last but not least for the technical part would be the Diminished 7th Chords, these are another easy section of the exam to get the hang of as everyone uses chords unlike arpeggios. After a week or so using my practice routine I will be playing the name game with everything I have learned so far, because my exam takes place upon the 18th of June which isn’t too far away.
For my free time I had an allocated 35 minutes so I went through some chord charts which I have hand written for the songs I play within my band at college and then I improvised over the top of them which is always fun, today I chose ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ here it is at a brief glance.
Tomorrow I will be going through Fridays activities and after that final post that I will no longer post within such detail about my practice routine, but I will bring it up in my daily blog posts, so I shall see you all then!
Ellie Thornton Music 