Today was devoted to a few practice exercises on the bass - really making certain that my left hand remained in correct form - and then playing patterns all over the neck and inverting various arpeggios. Most days include:
+ reading some theory and familiarizing myself with notation
+ practicing scales in every key
+ practicing arpeggios using the Circle of Fifths
+ slowly working on a blues in Gm 6 solo transcription
+ reviewing my hand/body position (correcting bad habits)
+ playing along with a You Tube tune
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So now, after the house cleaning is done, we're off to the local market for some pasta and sundries before a late dinner. Like many in Montreal, we've shifted our internal clocks. Maybe this is how I work normally: late to rise, work for a few hours, rest, more work and then head outside and carry on until a late dinner takes place about 9 pm. I don't think I've gone to sleep before 1 am since our first week here - or gotten up before 10:30 am - hmmmm...
Tomorrow we are likely to spend the better part of the day exploring one of the small neighborhoods of Montreal that we've never ventured into before - and maybe take in the new documentary on Amy Winehouse. Here's a closing picture that Di took recently at our local park. It was on one of the many picnic tables scattered about and reads: Seuls les poissons morts vont le courant. (Only dead fish go with the current.) Amen to that.
credits:
1) www.ameriquefrancaise.org
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