Last Classes

During the last classes in band, we have done the usual warm up which is The Wind Orchestra Warm Ups and a Remington. Then the last class before going out to Lagunazo, we played the Chromatic Scale Warm Ups which is a song, where you play all the notes in the chromatic scale until certain notes up and down. For me this is one of the most challenging things we play in class, because, first you need to keep up a rhythm, and then you have to be aware of the notes you are playing. For me going up the chromatic scale is way easier than going down, because I get really confused when you have to think of the notes backwards. After playing the warm ups, we started playing the music we played at the concert last Saturday. Most of this songs are really easy because they repeat themselves, and you just go back to the beginning of the song, or to certain measure line. The most complicated song for me to play, is Basin Street Blues, which we have played only twice, and is harder than the rest. The hardest part of this song for me, is the Solo the clarinet has, because you have to follow a certain rhythm, and the song is fast.