Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-03-19 22:10
leonardA wrote:
> I do practice some exercises, but mostly I find more enjoyment
> when I practice real music that I like that has certain
> challenges similar to those found in the exercises. So I would
> think based on your post that playing real music would make
> "practicing" more enjoyable for you.
>
I also currently play just for fun and fully intend to play just for fun in the future. I've found (like in Leonard A's quote above) that very often those fun pieces of music you love playing will almost ALWAYS encompass those scales, thirds, etc. that I at least find slightly annoying to practice.
I found this out after buying a book of scales, and when I run through a certain scale, I'll think, "Oh. This is just like that part in the Mozart" or when I run through a diminished seventh scale I think, "Oh. This is just like what Carl Von Weber wrote in his concertino". The latest 'realization' I had was when I play the third movement of the first concerto by Carl Von Weber, go to the scale book, and realize that the figure running from a low F# ending on a clarion A is a run of a "dominant 7th" pattern.
So one thing you might want to do (if you don't feel like running every scale, every day, if you're just playing for fun) is find a piece of music you like, and study whatever is relevant to THAT piece of music. Or even just a PART of a piece of music. You come upon a wierd succession of notes, go through a scale book, figure out if it's any "common" run (is it thirds, fourths, dim 7th, dom 7th, arpeggio of major or minor, etc.), and then practice the exercises pertaining to that particular run (ie - practice all exercises dealing with the thirds, dom 7th, WHATEVER it happens to be). This will engrain it into your playing, will allow you to play that piece MUCH better, and you'll be THAT much better off for if you see it again.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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