Practice diary 2024 - Andre Bernier
Starting a new practice diary for 2024 with few comments on what I have been working on in January.
My practice routine has been at least one practice a day (sometime 2 and even 3 on some days). Each practice is about 45 to 60 minutes. It starts with a 10 to 15 min warm up using about 5 of the 120 Guiliani's Right Hand studies. I have so far worked on 30 of them and I introduce 10 new ones every month. I hope that by the end of the year I will have make good progress on them.
I also came back on the Sergio Assad Sketch no 1 that I put aside in November and December. I progressively worked on the 4 parts of the piece. I am able to play each part at different speeds and still need the metronome for the last 3 parts. Still a lot of work to do but I made some progress.
I normally finish my practice routine by practicing one or 2 of the pieces I learned last year.
Here are the separate recordings of the 4 parts of S. Assad sketch 1 .
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Andre Bernier Congratulations on the work and success you have achieved in 2024. I can see from your previous videos that your playing has great strides during the year.
Looking forward to seeing your progress in 2025 as you work towards the new goals. I am sure that working on 3 different paths at the same time will continuing being a challenge in itself.
All the best in 2025.
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Jim King Thanks Jim
Working on many things at the same time has the benefits of not being boring
See you around
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Here is a recording I made today of a piece I learned in the summer of 2023. I started my review right after the new year. I am able to play it at 125 bpm which is 15 bpm better than in 2023 and I feel that the tone and overall musicality is better.
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Andre Bernier This is very good, Andre, definitely a big improvement over your earlier performance. As you say, both tone quality and musicality are greatly improved. One small (non-musical) thing I will point out, however, is that you seem to have some unnecessary tension in the fourth finger of your right hand. Ideally, the hand should feel fully relaxed. Of course, only you will know if there is any discomfort associated with this: if you don't notice any stress, everything is likely fine. Oh, and as a final point, the new guitar (I know not so new now, but newer than the one in the old video) looks and sounds great!
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David Krupka
Thanks a lot for your comments David. You are right about my 4th finger. It is not very flexible and relaxed. However, it does not seem to limit my playing so far. My not so new Cordoba C12 is definitively a big improvement in tone and $$ over my Cordoba C7. Also, I have more experience playing with the Alaska picks which contribute to some of the tone improvement.
Thanks again for taking the time to watch my stuff.
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Andre Bernier Well done Andre. All of the tones are coming out nice and clear. I went back to your recording in the summer of 2023 and I can see a lot of improvement now compared to then. Keep up the good work.
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End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
