Weidt Book 1: Study Schedule

[Cyndy Richardson]

Some time ago, I tossed out the idea of creating a collaborative group to study the Weidt books. Then I got really busy--too busy to tackle something new--so, in my mind, I set June 1st as the date that I would try to get things going.

Well, it's June 1.

I've put together a reasonably-paced study schedule (see below) and I'm ready to dive in. Anyone else who would like to join me is welcome to.

I will create a new blog post at the beginning of every week so that there will be a place to have a conversation about the material, if anyone wants to comment.

Let's see how the experiment goes.

Cyndy

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BOOK

C Notation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WDiOdijZaXgSgEwx0CcuvUWUzY6kGsbC/view 

(courtesy of Joel Hooks)

SCHEDULE (Revised 2 Jun 2018)

Week 1

Scale in C major; Exercises for learning to read notes; chords and exercises in C major; The Yodler; Amusement Waltz

Week 2

Exercises on time 1-3

Mosquito Jig

Week 3

Exercises on time 4

The Fairies (Banjo 1)

Week 4

The Fairies (Banjo 2)

Week 5

Elfin Waltz (Banjo 1)

Week 6

Elfin Waltz (Banjo 2)

To be continued ...

[Cyndy Richardson]

I won't get to sit down with the book again until later today, but yes! I haven't looked at all of the markings but yesterday I noticed the Am chords that had been penned in and they gave me pause -- trying to figure out why they were there. :)

Sometimes, for me, deciding what to do can be paralyzing so I see the schedule as more of a push to do something rather than a rigid determination of what to do when. It's impossible to know how long things will take until I try them. 

But, I gave a week for the second part because I was thinking that if it turned out to be easy, it would be all the more time to review anything that had turned out to be hard. I tend to play things over and over when I'm working on them, trying to move them into that zone where they become musical.

[Jody Stecher]

This makes sense to me. Thanks for the explanation, Cyndy.  By the way, a good way to tell if an exercise is hard or not is to look at the density of notes per measure. If it's in waltz time and it's got 3 quarter notes per measure and no extra sharps or flats and it's all in the lower few frets that's a good sign that it's going to give no trouble. Anyway, thanks for taking the lead on this project.