flutsytootsy

[flutsytootsy]

Sorry for the unexpected hiatus. I have been playing every day. I just couldn't find the strength to write here every day.

I think I'm getting better but I don't know for sure. I think I have big expectations every day when I start to play but they don't get fulfilled and I get discouraged. Today, for example I started to play and I could tell that my breath support was getting more stable but then I got caught in a negative spiral and it went downhill from there. I don't know how to play every day and be excited for everything. But I guess I have my whole life to figure it out. 🤗

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My flute practice log #10 and #11

05.08.2019. and 06.08.2019.

05.08.2019.

I went to the dentist so after that I really didn't play much. I played like an hour but didn't really do anything.

06.08.2019.

I woke up at 4 o'clock (in the morning) to drive to another city for a traversflute concert. It was really interesting and I got to hear Müthel sonate live on a baroque flute!

I played but not really much. I didn't even want to play, but somehow i made myself do it. Still I only played for an hour but it was something.

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My flute practice log #9

04.08.2019.

Today was a very productive day! I did so much. :)

Warm up - 20 min

BREAK - 5 min

Tone exercises - 35 min

BREAK - 10 min

Repertoire - 1h

BREAK - 10 min

Technique exercises - 40 min

Total: 2h 35min

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My flute practice log #7 and #8

02.08.2019. and 03.08.2019.

Yesterday I was sooo tired and I don't know why. I think it might have been the cloudy day or the fact that I woke up later than usual and my daily routine was thrown off. Oh well, I played something at least.

Warm up - 20 min

BREAK 5 min

Tone exercises - 40 min (with little breaks in-between, because my lips got tired very fast)

BREAK 10 min

Repertoire - 25 min

But today, Oh boy. I was out in the garden all day, helping my family and only got back at 5 o'clock. I started playing at 7 pm. I just played some long tones and tried to play my repertoire, but I was very distracted, so I figured it would be better if I would just take a day off today and try to play a little more focused tomorrow. In total I only played for about 45 min.

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My flute practice log #6

01.08.2019.

Today was a good day! I was at my music school from 10:30 - 13:20 and had a productive practice session. 🤗Here's what I did:

Warm up - 20 min

BREAK 5MIN

Tone - 1h (sonority, overtones, long tones, intervals)

BREAK 15MIN

Repertoire - 1h

Dutilleux - half of page 1.

Breath, dynamics, phrasing, sonority, attaca, rythm, metronome.

Müthel - 2 lines.

Tone sonority, focus, rythm, metronome, dynamics, attacca.

Taktakishvili - 1 line

Phrasing, tone colors.

Technique exercises - 10 min

I hope that tomorrow will be just as productive! 😇

[flutsytootsy]

My flute practice log #5

31.07.2019.

Today I got up earlier and went to play in the morning. I did:

Warm up - 15 min

Tone exercises - 30 min

That went great! But I had to go to work after that (my last day! Woohoo!). Later in the day I got a message that my flute is here! Now it's squeaky clean🤩 I went to play again in the afternoon:

Tone exercises - 25 min

Repertoire - 40 min

I'm happy that I played more than in the last few days, but tomorrow I will work a little bit harder and more focused (hopefully😄).

[flutsytootsy]

My flute practice log day #3 and #4

29.07.2019. and 30.07.2019

Forgot to write here yesterday. Didn't really do much:

Warm up - 20 min

Tone exercises - 30 min

Repertoire - 20 min

Total: 1h 10min

I think that I did good work on my tone, but I guess I didn't take enough breaks and got a little bit burned out so I didn't want to practice anymore.

Today I wanted to play a little bit in the morning and then in the afternoon because I would be going to the dentist, but I woke up too late and it wasn't really practical to go in the morning to music school to play just like 30 min so I just went in the afternoon. I don't know what's happening these past 3 days, I just can't play for very long and I get discouraged very easily.

Warm up - 10 min

Repertoire - 40 min

Total: 50 min

On the other hand I have good news! I got a message that my flute is ready and will soon be here! I'm excited!!! 😄😃

[flutsytootsy]

My flute practice log day #2

28.07.2019.

Today I even went to my music school, so I can play as loud and as long as I want (because I feel sorry for my neighbors😅). But I really didn't get anything done. I once again got stuck on working with my breathing and from there it all went down hill...

Warm up - 20 min

Technique exercises - 10 min

Tone, my pieces, breathing and some other things that I really didn't need to play, played very badly and without thinking - 1h 10 min

Total: 1h 40 min

I felt really bad after this practice because I didn't get anything done. 😔 Now I'm sitting on my balcony, listening to my recordings and other people recordings in slow motion to find out what I'm doing with my breath, that is messing up my phrasing. So far I have only two things I hear - my breath is too slow and loud and, because it's slow, I'm starting the next note after breath too late. I'm not sure this will solve my problem, but it's a step in the right direction. 💁🏼 I will try to work on that tomorrow.

[flutsytootsy]

My flute practice log day #1

27.07.2019.

Today I really didn't want to practice. I even started practicing in the morning but I really didn't learn anything. Now, in the evening I tried again and focused on quality. Sometimes I get overwhelmed because (and I know that's irrational) I think that I have to do both - quality and quantity, and that burns me out. But hey, I'm learning, right? 😄

Warm up - 20 min

Taffanel & Gaubert technique exercise - 5 min

Tone exercises - 25 min

BREAK

Sib major scale - 10 min

Articulation exercise - 10 min

Duttileux sonatine 1st part - 20 min

Müthel sonata 1st movement - 10 min

Just for fun - G. Enescu Presto et Cantabile ;)

Total: 1h 40 min

P.S. Also, I'm playing on a 30 Euro worth instrument, while my good one is being checked out and cleaned. I want my flute baaaaccckkk! 😅

[flutsytootsy]

gentle reminder

give it time