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Pinky exercises

posted 23 Mar 2010

Reaching the fourth finger on E to hit the B is difficult for me. So, Samantha suggested that I do interval exercises with B, A, B, G, B, F from half notes to almost a trill to strengthen my pinky and get it working.

Weight distribution of the bow can be difficult nearer to the frog. Practice getting to getting my wrist to drop out to carry weight evenly. Practice on the open A.

On Cupid's waltz work on getting a full sound out of the notes, particularly the slurred staccato/hooked bowing. Use more bow! :)

Working on

Practice this week * Greenwood waltz (faster bowing is good but need to pace usage to not run out) * Cupid's waltz (Section 3, al fine!

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ifup.org is the weblog of Brandon Philips and contains excerpts from my code, work and play.

I write Linux software and work on the systems layer of Linux. In the last two years I have helped to organize Linux Plumbers Conf and Freedom HEC Taipei. It has been rewarding to bring together these communities to discuss current Linux issues.

Robotics is another passion and I had the opportunity to mentor a FIRST Robotics team in Portland recently too. I also continue to work with my friend Ron Jackson to build some neat USB devices for robotics.