Instrumental Lesson Diary

Instrument: cello
Teacher: Mrs Johnson/ Miss Oliver/ 

Lesson 1 - 7/9/16: Revise scales from year 9 and think about the bow and sound. With tuning stretch the 4th finger.
Cello Time Runners - pick a new piece and do what you can.

Lesson 2 - 14/9/16: Scales - spend a little time those.
do D + G major + arpeggio.
Mad as a Hatter: - good start, work on the quavers - play quicker, listen to tuning and stretch 4th finger.

Lesson 3). - 28/9/16: 
Scales - good.
concentrate on orpeggies. D +G mg
Stretch 4th finger.     eg D  F#  A  D 
                                       0  3    0   4
Mad as a hatter - same a previous week. 
listen to your tuning (count).
Cornish May song -   same as last week. Do in small sections. watch notes NO #'s. B flats and E flats. Stretch 4th finger - if time practise it. 

Lesson 4/5
                 Learn A minor:
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  A                          A  C  E  A
1   3   4   0  1  2   4   0                          1   4   1   0

Mad as a hatter -  much better. well done
finished

Cornish May Song - much better. Go over 1st line like we did in lesson - watch notes. look over line 3 each each.

Lesson 6

A minor arpeggio           make sure you practice this          
                                  A C  E  A
                                  1   4   1  0

Cornish May Song -  Well done, some really good work. Finished

Polka -  good playing in lesson, now work on it at home.
Learn Te Deum - B flats. Learn a few lines, watch notes and listen for tuning. Stretch for 4th finger.

Lesson 8

A minor scale - please learn for next week.

Lesson no. 17

C major - play it slurred (remember 2nd finger on "D" string

Caribbean Sunshine - Finished 

Jacob's Dance - good, you did well this - Finished 

Learn: Song From The Show - watch for b's ("B" flats)

Also learn: Road to D

12/9/17

I must say that I forgot my cello book that contained my practise book, I told my teacher this and she was forgivable. She suggested that I improvise, just to see if my skills are still sharp. With no doubt I managed to play simple scales and one complex scale that I managed to play from memory.  

1/05/18

Cello lessons have now ended, the reason for a lack of updates on the page is because I assume I took advantage that I had a practise book that would be considered a diary as well as the purpose of tis page of this blog.