Category: Jacqueline Leung

What's up this week

1/24/2021

Working with this bad boy this week.

Teaching online. Business is booming. One new student this week. I'm very grateful.
Complete at least one more unit of the Royal Conservatory Online teaching certification.
Classical piano lesson on Tuesday. I beginning to see the results in my teaching.
Drum lesson Friday. I'm at the stage where I fight for every inch of progress. But, my confidence in creating a jazz solo has gone way up.
Piano/violin duets with my wife will be a high light this week.
Daily practice on 2 instruments.

Looks like the covid thing will keep us locked up until the weather improves and we can play safely outside. Indoor playing looks suspended until further notice. Damn.

David

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A New Year, Another Chance To Get It Right

1/1/2021

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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. --Abraham Lincoln

Piano: practice my students' pieces to perfection. Jazz Trio with Rory and Tim.
Synthesizer: fun with my friends at Fade/Dissolve, Jacqueline Leung, Toronto Improvisors Orchestra, and the Array Crowd.
Drumming: Jazz Trio with Rory and Jim, Roland and Ed. Geez that's a lot of trios. Pursue a seat in a big band. Rock on with my mates in Burlington in our classic rock group, "The Vintage People". Plus jamming in the community as that opens up again.
Composing for the Jazz and Synthesizer bunch.

Those are all good reasons to practice, study, and dream.

David

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Holiday Practicing Christmas 2020

12/20/2020

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Daily Classical Piano

Play piano/violin duets with my wife Heather.
A Beethoven sonata would be a good paired with a Bach prelude and fugue. My piano coach will be impressed.
Some deep listening time
Technique

Daily Drumming

Solidify my Latin drumming basics: Songo and Mambo
Bebop language
Homework from my coach
Reviewing repertoire: Jamming will be starting up in the spring and early summer, I will be ready.

Synthesizers

Play, have fun, make a noise

David

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I want to change my time sense. I play on top of the beat. Drums and piano ride front and centre. I want to learn to control my placement, consciously and deliberately. At age 61, why not? If not now, when?

Metronome exercises

Drumming ideas from Lowell Whitty

On the beat
On beats 2 and 4
On beat 4, 2, or 3
One an “and” of any beat

Classical Piano From Jacqueline Ching-Ling Leung

One beat per measure in Chopin Mazurka in A minor
Then slightly ahead of beat one
Then slightly behind beat one
1. Each phrase may have a different approach. The metronome stays steady. The score gives clues which approach to take.

This should keep me busy.

David

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Week of June 7 2020

6/7/2020

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Making music in the time of COVID-19

A time of deep reflection

Classical piano coaching continues with Jacqueline
Jazz piano coaching continues with Mark
Drum coaching with Lowell is going strong
Fade/Dissolve cinematic noise trio posts another video this upcoming week.

1st Covid duo jam this Wednesday with Rory. He'll stand inside the front door, I'll be in the dinning room on piano 15 feet away. It's a large room, good ventilation, masks.

July we restart the trios.

David

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Week of April 26 2020

4/26/2020

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“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
Balzac

Week 7 of Covid captivity

Teaching is going well. I'm fully employed. Thank god for small mercies.
Classical piano lesson with Jacqueline Leung on Tuesday.
Drum lesson Friday with Lowell Whitty. These online get togethers help.
Zoom piano recital Saturday for the children in my studio. Twenty two in total, we are all excited about this. Grandparents will be tuning in.
Composing this week for students and Fade/Dissolve Trio. New Video coming soon.

David

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Music in the 5th Decade

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A New Year, Another Chance To Get It Right

Holiday Practicing Christmas 2020

Metronome workout

Week of June 7 2020

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