Welcome to your Practice Pack for Bach's Minuet 1!!
Use your practice journal!
Day 1 - Task 1 - Identify the "rules" of the piece and warm up
Day 1 - Task 2 - Clap and Count measures 1-8
Day 1 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count measures 1-8
Day 1 - Task 4 - Start working on Measure 1 and 3 by "air" bowing
Day 1 - Task 5 - Bowing exercise
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 2 - Task 2 - Review Clap and Count, measures 1-8
Day 2 - Task 3 - Add the metronome to your Clap and Count
Day 2 - Task 4 - Review of Pizz and Count measures 1-8
Day 2 - Task 5 - Add the Metronome to your Pizz and Count
Day 2 - Task 6 - Teach your bow the first and third measure
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 3 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with the Metronome at 46
Day 3 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 46
Day 3 - Task 4 - Review the Bowing exercise
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 4 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with metronome at 48
Day 4 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 48
Day 4 - Task 4 - Air bow measures 1-8
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 5 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with Metronome at 50
Day 5 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with metronome at 50
Day 5 - Task 4 - from Air Bow to Arco, Two measure at a time
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with metronome at 52
Day 6 - Task 3 - Air Bow to Arco, 4 and 4
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record yourself to see how it's going!
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 7 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at your best tempo
Day 7 - Task 3 - Air bow to Arco all 8 measures!
Day 7 - Task 4 - Measures 1-8 Arco
Day 7 - Task 5 - Play for Someone!
Day 1 - Task 1 - Extra exercise to warm up with
Day 1 - Task 2 - Clap and Count measures 9-16
Day 1 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count measures 9-16
Day 1 - Task 4 - Go through m 9-16 by counting and Air Bowing
Day 1 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-8
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 2 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with Metronome at 44
Day 2 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with metronome at 44
Day 2 - Task 4 - Review m 9-16 by counting and Air Bowing
Day 2 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-8
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 3 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with the Metronome at 46
Day 3 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 46
Day 3 - Task 4 - Air Bow to Arco, 2 and 2
Day 3 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-8 with the metronome
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 4 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with the Metronome at 48
Day 4 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 48
Day 4 - Task 4 - Air Bow to Arco, 4 and 4
Day 4 - Task 5 - Play measures 1 - 8 Arco with metronome at 52
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 5 - Task 2 - Clap and Count with Metronome at 50
Day 5 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 50
Day 5 - Task 4 - Air bow to Arco, 8 and 8
Day 5 - Task 5 - Arco noticing the dynamics
Day 5 - Task 6 - Review Measures 1-8 at 54
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 52
Day 6 - Task 3 - Air Bow to Arco review
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record yourself to see how it's going!
Day 6 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-8 at 56
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 7 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at your BEST tempo
Day 7 - Task 3 - Review of Air Bow to Arco, 4 and 4
Day 7 - Task 4 - Play through Measures 9-16
Day 7 - Task 5 - Play through Measures 1-16
Day 7 - Task 6 - Play for Someone!
Day 1 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 1 - Task 2 - Clap and Count
Day 1 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count
Day 1 - Task 4 - Air Bow
Day 1 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-16
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 2 - Task 2 - Clap and Count at 44
Day 2 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 44
Day 2 - Task 4 - Air Bow to Arco, 2 and 2
Day 2 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-16
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 3 - Task 2 - Clap and Count at 46
Day 3 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 46
Day 3 - Task 4 - Air Bow to Arco, 4 and 4
Day 3 - Task 5 - Review measures 1-16 with the metronome at 52
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 4 - Task 2 - Clap and Count at 48
Day 4 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 48
Day 4 - Task 4 - Air bow to Arco
Day 4 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-16 at 54
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 5 - Task 2 - Clap and Count at 50
Day 5 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 50
Day 5 - Task 4 - Review Air Bow to Arco, 2 and 2
Day 5 - Task 5 - Arco with dynamics
Day 5 - Task 6 - Review Measures 1-16 at 56
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 52
Day 6 - Task 3 - Review Air Bow to Arco, 4 and 4
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record yourself to see how it's going!
Day 6 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-16 at 58
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 7 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at your BEST tempo
Day 7 - Task 3 - Play through measures 17-24 Arco
Day 7 - Task 4 - Play through Measures 1-16 at 60!
Day 7 - Task 5 - Play for Someone!
Day 1 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 1 - Task 2 - Review Pizz and Count measures 1-8
Day 1 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 50
Day 1 - Task 4 - Air Bow each 8 measure phrase while counting
Day 1 - Task 5 - Review Measures 1-8 Arco
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 2 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count each 8-measure phrase
Day 2 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 52
Day 2 - Task 4 - Count and Air Bow, reviewing m 9-16
Day 2 - Task 5 - Measures 9-16 Arco
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 3 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count each 8 measures
Day 3 - Task 3 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 54
Day 3 - Task 4 - Count and Air Bow; focus on m 17-24
Day 3 - Task 5 - Play through measure 17-24 Arco
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 4 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at 56
Day 4 - Task 3 - Dynamics and Phrasing m 1-8
Day 4 - Task 4 - Play through whole piece, slowly!
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 5 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 58
Day 5 - Task 3 - Dynamics and Phrasing, m 9-16
Day 5 - Task 4 - Play through whole piece, slowly!
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with Metronome at 60
Day 6 - Task 3 - Dynamics and Phrasing m 17-24
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record yourself to see how it's going!
Day 6 - Task 5 - Play through whole piece to discover your BEST tempo
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 7 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at your BEST tempo
Day 7 - Task 3 - Play each 8-measure phrase, arco
Day 7 - Task 4 - Review Dynamics, Paying Attention to how you're using your bow
Day 7 - Task 5 - Play for Someone!
Day 1 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 1 - Task 2 - Working backwards with Pizz and Count, first section
Day 1 - Task 3 - Play Minuet 1 from the beginning to m 8, arco
Day 1 - Task 4 - Play through Minuet 1 for steady tempo
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 2 - Task 2 - Working backward with Pizz and Count, 9-16
Day 2 - Task 3 - Play through middle section arco
Day 2 - Task 4 - Play through Minuet 1 for intonation
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 3 - Task 2 - Working Backwards with Pizz and Count, 17-24
Day 3 - Task 3 - Play through measures 17-24 Arco
Day 3 - Task 4 - Play through Minuet 1 for dynamics
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 4 - Task 2 - Working Backwards Arco, first section
Day 4 - Task 3 - Play measures 1-8 arco
Day 4 - Task 4 - Play though Minuet 1 to work on Tone
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 5 - Task 2 - Working backwards arco, middle section
Day 5 - Task 3 - Play measures 9-16 arco
Day 5 - Task 4 - Review Minuet 1 for dynamics
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Working Backwards, last section
Day 6 - Task 3 - Play measures 17-24 arco
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record all of Minuet 1, searching for ways to improve
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 7 - Task 2 - Pizz and Count with the Metronome at your BEST tempo
Day 7 - Task 3 - Play through all of Minuet 1 with the metronome
Day 7 - Task 4 - Play through Minuet 1 without the metronome
Day 1 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 1 - Task 2 - Playing through the piece with all the details at 60
Day 1 - Task 3 - Working on Memorization
Day 1 - Task 4 - Play through the piece on your own
Day 2 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 2 - Task 2 - Playing the piece with all the details (metronome at 63)
Day 2 - Task 3 - Working on Memorization
Day 2 - Task 4 - Play through the piece on your own
Day 3 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 3 - Task 2 - Playing through the piece with all the details at 66
Day 3 - Task 3 - Working on Memorization
Day 3 - Task 4 - Play through the piece on your own
Bonus video - a little style?
Day 4 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 4 - Task 2 - Play through the piece (Metronome at 69)
Day 4 - Task 3 - Working on Memorization
Day 4 - Task 4 - Play through the piece for someone else
Day 5 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 5 - Task 2 - Play through the piece with all the details (at 72)
Day 5 - Task 3 - Working on Memorization (optional)
Day 5 - Task 4 - Play for someone else!
Day 6 - Task 1 - Warm Up
Day 6 - Task 2 - Play through the piece, visualizing your performance (76)
Day 6 - Task 3 - Playing from Memory
Day 6 - Task 4 - Record yourself to self-assess your progress
Day 7 - Task 1 - Warm Up both ways!
Day 7 - Task 2 - Play through the piece, (at 80) visualizing your performance
Day 7 - Task 3 - Record yourself playing from memory
Congratulations!
