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Mokey Practice List. Need another lesson with the teacher I found but he forgot about me and I'm going to get really busy this week. So instead of waiting for him I'm just going to work the logical next step.
Arm Technique:
Full Stroke 70BPM each arm. Goal is 80 BPM.
Rebound Stroke 100BPM in right arm/90 BPM in left arm. Will likely drop right arm and double down on my left.
Next up: Tap Strokes and Doubles with only forearm.
Feet Technique
Left Foot, Heel Down 50-60. Quarter/Eighth/Triplets. Keep the pedal with the foot. Initiate stroke with an upstroke. I think my left foot is locked at 70 because my upstroke isn't engrained enough and nor is my foot staying with the pedal enough. I really want to stop shedding left foot technique, I need more time for more important things.
Ankle Technique 120-130. Do three or five strokes. Don't try to do consistent eighth notes. This way is better for building muscle.
Ankle Technique 175-165. Do three or five strokes. Don't try to do consistent eighth notes.
Next up: Will be working on this for awhile. Once I can play consistent eighth notes between 100-200 BPM I'll stop working on this and probably put the time into traditional grip.
Groove Studies
Jazz Ride Pattern with bass drum permutations. 1, a of 1, + of 1. Really focusing on my ride has been helpful and I feel like getting my bass drum clean is a good use of my time while I flesh out more details of my ride beat. Sometimes I play heavier on 1 and 3 than I like.
Rhythmic Pyramid with Benny Greb App. 60 BPM. This is something I'll be shedding for awhile. I noticed today that sometimes I can sense that my quarter note is wrong in the silence and I think that extrasensory feeling might be what I'm chasing.
Rhythmic Pyramid 40 BPM. Play quarter notes, two bars of subdividing as triplets and two bars of subdividing as eigth notes. I notice how hard it is to subdivide back and forth for these more sparse subdivisions, so I'm just going to shed that. It's very hard to not rush/drag, happy to work it out.
Transcribing
Minority - Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones Trading Fours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yevo49R1o4I
Listen
Oscar Peterson's Blues Etude Album, particularly If I Were A Bell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-HoOgiz3Q
I love your jam session updates and your practice logs. Keep it up because it's really motivating to see as another musician.
What do you play?
I was trying to get a session going today with a bass player I met but everyone flaked
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