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Week 26 of 52 6 months ago

Wednesday, June 10th
8:00pm – 11:30pm

Guitar
Practice strumming chord progressions. Do position 1, no open strings exercise. Practice playing and singing I Got A Woman. done

Voicedone%
Read over Vocal Technique book. Practice first exercise on CD. Do One-Octave exercise.done


Thursday, June 11th
5:30am – 7:00am; 3:00pm until 8:00pm

Planning and Other Work
Rip CDs from practice books. Write a plan for this week’s practice. done

Guitar
Use a metronome! Practice strumming. Practice C major scale (position 1 and single string). Do position 1, no open strings exercise. Practice playing and singing I Got A Woman. Practice playing chords and melody for Aura Lee, Jingle Bells, and Ode to Joy. Do flashcard game. Read and play through Lesson 16 – Lesson 45 at a really slow pace (be sure to name notes as I play them.) mostly done; didn’t do flashcards or Hal Leonard book. I practiced for three hours instead of five.

Voice
Do One-and-a-Half Octave set. Do first three exercises from Murray book. Practice Angel Eyes, All of You, and I’m Glad There is You. not done

Collecting
Take CDs and books back to UNT and check out five more. done


Friday, June 12th
11:00am until 1:00pm; 1:45 until 2:30; two hours at the Inn

Guitar
Use a metronome! Practice strumming. Practice C major scale (position 1 and single string). Do position 1, no open strings exercise. Practice playing and singing I Got A Woman. Practice playing chords and melody for Aura Lee, Jingle Bells, and Ode to Joy.not done

Voice
Record and listen to my performances. Focus on breathing. Do two sets of the voice exercises from Set Your Voice free. Sing Angel Eyes, All of You, and I’m Glad There is You. not done


Saturday, June 13th
9:00pm until 11:00pm

Guitar
Use a metronome! Practice strumming. Practice C major scale (position 1 and single string). Practice playing chords and melody for Aura Lee, Jingle Bells, and Ode to Joy. Do a new Hal Leonard lesson

Voice
Breathing exercises. One-and-a-half octave set. Sing Paranoid Android and Sunday, Bloody Sunday.I ended up doing my vocal practice at the Inn; I was a bit distracted, but it was fun. I sang Angel Eyes, All of You, and I’m Glad There is You.


Sunday, June 14th
7:45pm until 11:00pm

Voice
Breathing exercises. One-and-a-half octave set. Practice Paranoid Android and Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Sing ‘Love and Happiness’, Paranoid Android, Sunday, Bloody Sunday, and I Got A Woman at karaoke.not done; I didn’t go to Karaoke, and I went to bed early.

Collecting
Buy four albums from Amazon. not done



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