Chords for Ana Vidovic's Daily Routine With The Classical Guitar

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_ _ _ Well, it just depends what I'm working on at the moment and what I have planned.
_ For example, _ usually if I have a concert coming up, the routine is completely different than
if I'm maybe at home for a long period of time and just practicing every day.
[F] So there's always a goal usually for that [N] day or for that week.
I try to, I'm kind of a planner, so I try to plan things in advance.
_ If I'm working, for example, yes, if there's a concert next week, [Ab] I'm focusing on the program
for that concert solely.
I don't do anything else.
I just work on that piece by piece.
[E] So every day is one piece.
_ I practice a lot of scales still.
I mean, it's something that really helps me, keeps me focused [F]
and kind of warms me up,
you know, and warms my hands up.
I think we have to work on our technique for the rest of our lives.
I mean, we have to, you know, it's something we always have to remember.
I try not to go [E] into my practicing routine without warming up first.
It's like my number one thing.
And then, _ so it's about like 30 minutes to 45 minutes to just scales.
Very slow practicing with a metronome in most cases.
And then I go into my pieces.
So, for example, if I'm working on Bach, [N] I go _ _ movement by [D] movement.
And it's something [Ab] that I've been playing for a while.
I still work on it just like, you know, when I started working on it.
So [E] it's just slow practicing with a metronome, focusing on difficult sections,
making sure that everything is, you know, there, [N] that I look at the score.
I use scores a lot.
I rarely practice without the score because it just keeps me focused, you know.
And _ [E] so I still write things down and, you know, it's just like sometimes you have
to remember the basic things.
And it's always, you know, good to keep up the basic [N] things and to remember them
because we forget sometimes, you know.
And when you play a piece for a long time, some little mistakes can creep up,
you know, and then you forget and then you, you know, then you learn with mistakes.
So _ that's what I do.
[Abm] And then throughout that week, I just prepare for the concert.
But if I'm at home, I'm usually working on some new things like learning, you know,
new [E] pieces and that's completely different because I can just focus on that.
So to make a long story short, there are just a few things that are a must.
The scales, I often practice the lobos etudes as, you know, as exercise.
I love the first etude and the third _ and the second one as well.
So each of them has a purpose.
So the first one is really good for the [N] right hand, the second one for the left hand,
and then the third one also for the left hand.
And there's no set amount of time.
It's just, you know, I just practice until I get things done.
So _ _ _ _ _ it's a really long-term decision and you have to be 100% sure that this is what you want to do
because it is [Eb] a very difficult profession.
Something that you, I don't think you can do if you don't really are so in love
with the guitar and _ are willing to sacrifice a lot.
I think anything you do in life, you have to make sure that you work very hard. _
But with this profession, [G] there's no guarantees, I have to say.
You know, sometimes [E] you have to work for many, many years to get to a stage
where you can feel [N] comfortable performing on stage, you know,
sharing your music with the audience.
What you see on stage when you watch a performer, that's just a small part
of what _ a musician goes through every day.
That's like the _ icing on the cake.
So, and that there are times when it's not going to be fun.
I mean, you're going to feel very [E] frustrated and sometimes you will want to give up,
but you have to keep going, you know.
And so that's why I think it's a long-term decision.
I think, but you can only do it if you really, really _ [C] love it.
And, you know, if you are [G] obsessed with the instrument and you want the instrument [E] to,
you know, [Ab] to really, I don't know, _ be alive in your hands.
And so, I [Fm] don't know, I think that would be my suggestion.
[Bm] And, but also to have fun [E] with it.
I mean, this is, you know, guitar is a fun instrument as well.
So, [D] and there's many, many different aspects.
You don't have to play classical.
You can play, you know, other styles and whatever you choose is just, you know,
always work on your _ talent and your ability and many things that you can develop.
And, you know, just try to challenge yourself, you know. _ _ _ _ _
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