Leo Brouwer Etude 11

[@juanmiguelsuarez]

Well played Jim! I love the middle section of this one. Soon I’ll post it too, I’m preparing a recording of it.

[@JIMCRISP4927]

Thanks Juan, looking forward to hear you play it. Your playing is so clean, How many hours a day do you practice for?😊

[@juanmiguelsuarez]

@@JIMCRISP4927 Thanks Jim! I’m a family guy and dad, so there are days better than others concerning practice. On a good day I can pull some four hours.

[@JIMCRISP4927]

@@juanmiguelsuarez I thought you must have been putting some practice in Up to December last year I used to practice as and when as I was that busy with my work. Then I had a health scare with my heart and decided to cut down on the work. So on December 17th last year I started practicing 4 hours a day.I do the first hour on warm up exercises and play through Brouwers 20 studies. Hour 2 and 3 is learning new pieces , Hour 4 is Maintainance of existing repertoire. `not sure if this is the right approach but I am seeing slow improvement . I do 3 gigs a week on top of that

[@juanmiguelsuarez]

@@JIMCRISP4927 sounds like a great routine. That’s pretty much mine too, but I have to prioritize when I know I won’t have enough time (or at least not the time I wanted).