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Big Arty's Reel and leadin

posted 23 Apr 2010

Samantha and I worked on playing through mistakes in the Greenwood Tree and how to lead another muscisian in if you are playing a duet. Doing a lead in is a bit like a frame shift in dancing to lead into a turn.

We also talked about having an "action plan" and executing on it for dynamics of Greenwood Tree. So I will need to play through it a few times to figure that out. Suggestions inclue playing piano through the F# slur in the middle of the measures.

I sitll need to work on hearing and adjusting my C# and D as I often hit those sharper then I intend. Hearing it as it happens is a bit tricky but I think I can work through that.

On "Big Arty's Reel" we worked on swung notes. It was a bit tricky for me to multiply the notes into triplets and figure out the timing. So, I will play through it a few times with the triplets all broken out.

Practice this week - Greenwood Tree (dynamics action plan! and getting my C# and D under control) - Big Arty's Reel (work on triplet and swung notes)

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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.