Weekly Warm Up No. 44
Hi Folks,
Hope you all had a good 4th of July for those of you that celebrate it.
Looking forward to seeing you all this week.
I found this story of Louis Armstrong’s last tape fascinating. Worth the read and listen.
This week we’re all about Arpeggios, Slurs, and a fun combinations of plucked notes with slurs for our synchronization challenge.
Tempo:
Quarter Note set @ 80 BPM.
Right Hand Arpeggios:
(Based on the A Major Pattern Outlined Here)
- Pim
- Pimi
- Pmi
- Pmim
- Pma
- Pmam
- Pimami
- Pima Pami
Left Hand Slurs
- Ascending Single String: 121 232 343 (eighth & two sixteenths)
- Descending Single String: 434 323 212 ((eighth & two sixteenths)
Synchronization Drills: Single String
- 1010 | 1234 (slur)
- 2020 | 1234 (slur
- 3030 | 1234 (slur)
- 4040 | 1234 (slur)
- 1010 (slur) | 1234
- 2020 (slur) | 1234
- 3030 (slur) | 1234
- 4040 (slur) | 1234
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