timed piano practice - 8th draft ----------------------------------- :00 (10 min) warm up + scale - stretch and breath before :00 ( 1 min) - weight lifting :01 ( 9 min) - DOY % 3 = O: 2 octave scales 1: contradictory motion 2: hanon exercise DOM % 6 :10 (10 min) chord practice (all through inversions) :10 ( 6 min) DOY % 7 = O: full chords same inv 1: same direction arpeggio 2: run (no invs) 3: full chords diff inv 4: up/down arpeggio 5: full chords diff inv 6: reverse direction arpeggio DOM % 2 = starting direction O:right 1:left DOM % 10 = chord type = O:7th 1:triad 2:dom7th 3:aug 4:4th 5:dim 6:6th 7:sus4 8:2nd 9:9th :16 ( 7 min) LH focus - chords for the day (song or blues), circle of fifths DOY % 16 = 0 - LH/RH - sustain same triad chord 1 - LH play root, then other triad notes alternating 2 - LH Alberti bass - bottom, top, middle, top (any triad inversion) 3 - LH/RH - different triad inversions on each hand 4 - LH swing bass (pinky low 8vb root, followed by chord - any inversion) 5 - LH arpeggios - root, 5th, 3rd-8va, 5th 6 - LH/RH - rhythm across the notes of both hands 7 - LH alternating bass (swing bass, but alternate b/w root and 5th w/pinky) 8 - LH 6th chord - break up with root, 5th, 6th, 5th 9 - LH/RH - 7th chords both same 10 - LH - boogie pattern - 1 8 3 4 4+ 5-8vb 11 - LH - break up with root + 5th, m3rd, 3rd 12 - LH/RH - 7th chords - LH 1-1 or 1-5, RH 3-5-7 or 3-7 13 - LH 6th chord - break up with root, 6th, 5th, 6th 14 - LH - classic boogie - 1 3 5 6 m7 6 5 3 1 - broken octaves 15 - LH/RH - 9th chords - LH 1-1 or 1-5, RH 3-5-7-9 or 3-7-9 :23 ( 7 min) RH focus - improv + independence :23 ( 7 min) DOY % 10 = 0 - RH - improv pentatonic 1 - RH - rpt chord up the keyboard through inversions 2 - RH - improv a melodic theme 3 - RH - rpt chord up kybd invs w straddle (leave out middle note) 4 - RH - vocal melody 5 - RH - rpt chord up kybd invs w 2/1 breakup (alternate bottom note with top 2) 6 - RH - improv mostly w/in the chord 7 - RH - rpt chord up kybd invs w 3/1 breakup (alternate bottom note with top 3 for 4 note chords) 8 - RH - make a run out of the chord 9 - RH - improv blues - 1-3m-4-5b-5-7m :30 (10 min) ear training - learn and transcribe a song by ear :40 (10 min) site reading :50 (10 min) song practice - learn & perform a song by heart well