Warm Up

Same as usual

Scales/Arpeggios

30 mins. Maj, Min, Harm, Mel, scales maj7, min7, dom7, min7b5 arpeggios.

Rehearsal

Approx. 1hr. Practiced a couple of tunes with Danny for Yew Tree Christmas Open Mic. Mainly finger picking stuff using open triads. Need to be conscious of not getting in the way of the other guitar part! Less is more sometimes and all that. Take a solo over I-IV-II-VI-I progression.

Repertoire

2hrs. Basically practiced the two tunes I'm playing tomorrow without the charts. Also practiced the solo, integrated some of the intervallic stuff I worked on yesterday and also concentrated a lot on developing motifs. Found it helped to leave a lot of space at the start of the solo. Don't over think it and just go with whatever happens tomorrow.

Did a bit of an analysis on the gig from sat with Bridie, basically it was good. Lucky to be playing with such a good singer. Noticed that some of the sparser parts I put in worked well at points and helped to emphasise the voice. What tempo to start certain songs was still an issue, far too used to having a drummer do that for me! Possibly need to look at learning all the melodies of the songs on guitar. 

Creative Practice

1hr 15. Continuation of the stuff I was doing yesterday on intervals, finding that I like the sound but as with the chromatic stuff don't over do it mix it up. Also did a bit on time and accenting off beat phrases. like the effect!