Practicing Improvisation
Greetings from Atibaia!
Things are going beautifully in Brazil--I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day yesterday! I have been enjoying giving classes each day. With a lot of my students, we have been focusing on breathing and improvisation. Most of the students have not been taught to breathe correctly for playing an instrument, and it takes a lot of time to learn this and practice it.
I have also been doing improvisation with my students because those who participate in the church orchestra are often required to improvise their part off of a sheet with just the words and the chords. The younger players, who have just recently graduated from their first-year method books, find this extremely frustrating because all they know how to do is read notes off of a staff. So, I am trying to help them learn how to apply this knowledge to the notes that make up each chord, to help them feel more confident reading off of a leadsheet.
Last night Micheli and I had dinner at a friends house, and tonight we will be driving into São Paulo (1 hour away) with Paul (our boss) to do a Bible study for college students from PIBA who study in São Paulo. Micheli and I have been having a good time using our APPLE computers together in the evenings, as well as in the office.
Prayer Requests: Praise the Lord that my classes have not been too tiring, and they are halfway through! Pray for a safe trip to São Paulo, and a beneficial Bible Study.
Things are going beautifully in Brazil--I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day yesterday! I have been enjoying giving classes each day. With a lot of my students, we have been focusing on breathing and improvisation. Most of the students have not been taught to breathe correctly for playing an instrument, and it takes a lot of time to learn this and practice it.
I have also been doing improvisation with my students because those who participate in the church orchestra are often required to improvise their part off of a sheet with just the words and the chords. The younger players, who have just recently graduated from their first-year method books, find this extremely frustrating because all they know how to do is read notes off of a staff. So, I am trying to help them learn how to apply this knowledge to the notes that make up each chord, to help them feel more confident reading off of a leadsheet.
Last night Micheli and I had dinner at a friends house, and tonight we will be driving into São Paulo (1 hour away) with Paul (our boss) to do a Bible study for college students from PIBA who study in São Paulo. Micheli and I have been having a good time using our APPLE computers together in the evenings, as well as in the office.
Prayer Requests: Praise the Lord that my classes have not been too tiring, and they are halfway through! Pray for a safe trip to São Paulo, and a beneficial Bible Study.
posted by Joy | 11:30 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Joy!! So glad to see how well you're doing. I am so excited for you. I wish you all the best! Talk to you soon.
Kristen
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