#jazz tips

Choosing a key per day with relevance on a jazz standard I try playing for the day from the real book (2x1), will play scales, arpeggios, string crossings, thirds, chromatics, melodic chords with 7;

1 Kayser étude per day; start 1 Kreutzer étude for advancing every 3 days; Schradieck 1 until it's allegro

Decided on Kandonshkin viola concerto;

Repertoire of the quintet, slang, OSUdG, OSJZ,

Notes

Start working on vibrato again. 65bpm semiquavers. Go on increasing every day.

Schradieck #1 on 75 bpm. Increase speed every day until it's allegro (hopefully). Looking for correct articulation and bow-left hand connection.

Fingers down for starting to speed, especially the fourth finger.

Jazzy: modal scales and chords with 7. Start looking for inversions to play the chords melodically comfortably on the viola.

How do I look for more familiarity in the other 5 modal scales (except I and VI)? Another sense of home. Do I alter some grade, like the minor harmonic alters the 7th grade.

Play variations on rhythm and bow articulation:

Martelé: elbow changes with the string change, on the tip mostly.

Spicatto: center to frog.

Détaché: more movement on the elbow.

Tommorow check OSJZ, Mazas and Kandonshkin. Autumn leaves.

It´s been 1 year, 5 months and 25 days since April 14th 2019, the day I decided to start learning jazz.

Now, I know I´m more experienced and have gained much knowledge since back then, but I feel empty. Even though music is not as measurable, I would like to have a journal to grasp a bit more on what I´m learning or that of what I´m learning I should be learning.

I´ll try posting something at least once a week about what I´m learning, playing, composing, transcribing, working and all those things enrolled on making me a better, full rounded musician. After all, I don´t want to be just a sight-reading violist.

I actually just got declined from a job interview. That is going to be a motivation on being a better freelancer. Let´s see how I do.

I hope to come back a year from today and be able to recognize the things I´ve done. Make myself proud.