September 9th practice

Stabilised Donna Lee at 80, rusty due to missing day practice.

Also did arpeggio practice... Need to spend time on m7b5... Others are very good.

September 7th practice

Donna Lee at 85. A little rough, so keep practicing 80-85.

Jaco exercise 1. Used 80bpm for this too.

September 4th practice

Donna Lee up to 80bpm.

Also looked at exercises from the Jaco video/pdf. Especially #1 and #5, for finger strength.

September 3rd practice

Started using half tempo, 2 beats per measure (half beats).

This is necessary for the faster bpm, but is also very good practice for counting and timing discipline.

Started at 60bpm (120 effective). And now raise by 5bpm intervals.

Good up to 70. Start to get sloppy at 75.

2nd September practice

Practicing Donna Lee at 120bpm. Nice and smooth so far. Keep cranking by 10bpm.

Dynamics!

Need to work on some dynamics. Especially with Donna Lee.

8th August practice

Scott's left hand finger exercises at 120bpm.

Two positions for autumn leaves. Progressing well. First position on gm7 was wrong and needs practice to correct!

Also started to learn the whole song structure, with help from the chord chart. My-jazz.com/tips-and-insights/autumn-leaves.html. - Lots of useful stuff!