Youtube Playlist
Google Drive
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Long Term Goal
- grade 2 video exam
25 June
Petite Piece
- drill bar 17-24
- also check articulation here, slurs must be connected
- LH bar 21
- RH bar 17
Dragon fly
- this needs to be READ
- all fixed, but practice over holidays
Allegro
- dynamics can be bigger
- bar 9, LH not
18 June
Petite Piece
- rest in bar 1 RH
- bar 5 RH octave lower
- still practice a bit quicker 17-24
- split into 2×4 bars
- dynamics are easy, but also super important to remember!
Tango For Two: great!
Allegro
- mf in bar 9,27 is a bit too soft
- bar 9, LH seperate
4 June
Petite Piece
- targeted practice on difficult areas
- fixing by repetition
Tango For Two
- good, but insecure for performance
- to improve mental memory
- slow practice
- seperate hands practice
- breaking the piece into small parts for mental memory analysis
Allegro
- same notes as Tango for Two
28 May
Petite Piece
- priority for learning
- try to complete this week
- slowly combine 17-24, difficult
Tango for Two
- some improvement needed with memory
- challenges: can you do it separate hands?
21 May
List C
- very good!
List A
- needs improvement. practice needs to be more balanced. even if I don’t work on a piece one week, it should be still practiced
Petite Piece
- priority to learn this week
- begin hands together
- important to check position on piano, not too high or low
14 May
List C
- quick transition between LH and RH (see quick on page)
- check RH note bar 10
- keep up dynamics
- pretty much done ๐
List B
- bar 3, first note soft, not loud
- bar 9, split LH
- watch dynamics bar 15
- dim bar 31
5 May
Tango for Two
- still working on louds and softs
- correct rhythm
- nearly done ๐
Dragon fly
- can use una corda (soft pedal) left foot
- make sure all LH staccatos are short
- metronome starting at 72
- still lots of work to do for consistency
Allegro
- must prepare for next lesson, revise all notes, read carefully!
2 Apr
Dragon fly
- big hair pins (phrasing)
- don’t get too soft early
- for evennness, try rhythm practice
Tango for Two
26 Mar
Dragon fly
- dyanmics
- articulation
- staccatissimo

- go slow to get details
- bar 9 LH too high
New Piece: Petite piece
Allegro
19 Mar
Dragon fly
- LH practice needed, in weak spots
Tango for Two
- phrasing markings need to be much larger
- rhythm sometimes correct
- bar 11-12 needs to be all legato and smooth in RH. curved fingers. fingering must be correct

12 Mar
Dragon fly
- combine hands
Tango for Two
- ta ti ta ta rhythm
- if possible, can be done with metronome
- RH legato, don’t jump in RH
- clap and listen for rhythm (see playlist)
5 Mar
Tango for two
- make sure ta ti ta ta rhythm is right
- make sure green getting louder and softer is right
Allegro
- LH not too loud in bar 9, LH also detached (with a gap)

New song: dragon fly
Keep doing scales and exercises
19 Feb
- bar 11, perfect RH legato

Combine all hands
Allegro
- LH too loud
12 Feb
Allegro
- soft dynamic, try to do softer
- watch dynamics in bar 3 and 7
- bar 9, detatched LH
2A
- add swing rhythm
- remember REPEATED flats
Learn Tango for Two
5 Feb
Allegro
- follow dynamics carefully
- go through difficult part slowly
Ex: 2A
New piece: Tango for two
10 Dec
Allegro
- need to really use note chart
- 18 bars of RH recommended goal
3 Dec
Sailor’s Dance
- be careful in practice not to get into bad habits
- DONT START AGAIN 500 times
- practice in smaller sections from the middle
- practice slow
- FOLLOW THESE 3 TIPS! this week ok? hi alex
New piece:
26 Nov
Minuet
- ticked off! ๐
- generally could have been softer
- targeted practice: practice the bits you are not as good at
Sailor’s Dance
- better chance with some slow practice
- also don’t try this so fast, keep it calm and stable
19 Nov
Sailor’s
- articulation important for progression
- staccatos don’t lift too high
- slurs, lift at the end of slurs
- difficult articulation, but if you can do this you can do anything ๐
Minuet
- articulation
- bars 7-8
- bar 15-16
- same as sailors dance, you can do anything if you do this ๐
12 Nov
Sailor
- all combined this week
- good notes progress ๐
- have to keep watching the articulation, especially bar 13
- both hands here have same articulation
Minuet
- bar 8, getting softer on last note
- bar 9 LOUD
- bar 11, missing note?
- no gaps
- increase consistency
- always practice with conscious effort
- could be completed this week with conscious effort
5 Nov
Minuet
- bar 9 LH in wrong spot
- bar 11 has a missing RH note
- perfect line by line, present for assessment
Sailor’s dance
- lift at the end of slurs
- makes it more lively
- LH should also be slightly detached, same reason
- main focus should be articulation
29 Oct
Scales
- G contrary motion
- READ while playing, no guessing
Minuet
- 2nd stage of learning
- 1st reading quickly
- 2nd getting better
- line-by-line
- all lines perfect
- line-by-line
22 Oct
Minuet
- check positions when reading LH
- RH is super good though!
- learning process changes
- don’t spend too long in hands separate, combine as soon as possible
- for early stages of learning, learn more, but learn bad. Push boundaries of how much you can learn in one week
- pushed boundary goal: whole piece hands together (okay if you don’t get there, but it’s a challenge)
15 Oct
Minuet: new piece
- bar 8 hands separate this week (can do more though)
- focus on INDEPENDENT READING
8 Oct
Summer T
- softs need to be softer
Walzer
- softs need to be softer
Little Flower Girl of Paris
- p RH in bar 1, softer
- bar 19, mp softer
- riten, slow down a lot more
Let’s Sing a Duet
- keep a stable speed, don’t start too fast
- softs softer
29 Sep
Summer Toccatina
- increase speed closer to the recording. don’t start too slow
- mp and p should be A LOT SOFTER
- fix rhythm bar 8, wait in between last two notes

- keep up the good dynamics
Let’s sing a duet
- softs need to be a lot softer
- are you even like a clock?
Walzer
- pretty good
Little Flower Girl of Paris
- bar 19 onwards, watch out for all dyanmics, make sure they are all correct

22 Sep
Summer Toccatina
- more dynamics
- focus on softs!
- crotchets in RH, keep long, but not too long!

- when we go soft, don’t go slow
Let’s Sing a Duet
- a more stable speed needed, or just more practice in general
Walzer
- some slow practice may help with stability of rhythm, otherwise good dynamics
Flower Girl of Paris
- bigger difference between RH and LH
- needs more practice
ALL four pieces need to be exam standard and play in order. See recording guidelines above.
10 Sep
Summer Toccatina
- main focus increase speed of semiquavers and put hands together
- listen to recording intensely
Recording homework: Walzer
27 Aug
Technical
- start ex PB
Flower Girl of Paris
- bar 8 still isn’t 3 beats

- bar 19, don’t slow down at all
20 Aug
Scales
- focus on slower but even
- play scales only once, only one opportunity in exam
Ex PA
- good right hand today
- do the left hand version this week
Let’s Sing a Duet
- make sure dynamic barriers are clear, don’t get louder in bar 7-8
Walzer
- two types of memory
- brain memory – slow practice
- finger memory – fast practice
- brain memory will help avoid lapses in memory
- only can be developed and tested in slow practice
Little Flower Girl
- bar 7-8, wait for 6 beats in total

- cresc starts too loud, can’t hear difference in volume
- non-melody notes should be a lot softer
13 Aug
Exercises
- start exercise PA both hands today
Little Flower Girl
- dynamics more exaggerated
- have an activing thinking mind about whether you are stopping
- riten, slow down gradually
Let’s Sing a Duet
- check the rhythm at the end, titi ta rest titi rest
6 Aug
Scales
- needs to be practiced
- needs to be consistent like a clock
- needs to have correct finger numbers
Little Flower Girl
- cresc. needs to start softer, then get louder
- hands separate is a good way to practice memory
- bar 19 onwards in poor condition, needs more practice
Walzer
- bar 6-7, rhythm wrong in RH

- separate hands to help memory
31 July
Let’s Sing a Duet
- curve fingers for consistency
- perfect game (3x) line by line
- starting from the middle
Waltzer
- curve fingers
- start from the middle
- 3x perfect
Little Flower Girl of Paris
- practice smaller sections
- cresc. – getting louder
- can i start from anywhere
games:
- 3x perfect
- can I start from anywhere
- little
25 July
Waltzer
- issues with hesitation
- needs to be challenged ‘can I do this section without stops’
- generally do 4 bars
- needs to be slower to get no hesitations
- louds and softs throughout the piece exaggerated

Little Flower Girl of Paris
- cresc means getting gradually louder
- need to start soft then get louder
- soft and loud equally important
- riten, the gaps between the notes get bigger, slowing down

Let’s Sing a Duet
- notes are good
- in exams, dynamics are most important
7 July
Let’s sing a duet
- rhythm needs to be like a clock
- not about fast or slow, but about matching the beat
- try metronome at 170 per quaver
Walzer
- try to play lighter overall, especially in LH
- make sure quavers are equally spaced
- or make sure there’s no gap after the 2nd note

- pay attention to all dynamic markings
Little Flower Girl
- LH must be legato when there’s slurs

- LH mf, RH p
25 June
Flower Girl of Paris
- ties, don’t play the same note twice
- RH is soft, LH is medium loud
- we have read the rest of the piece. Aim to read independently
Let’s Sing a Duet
- where are all the louds and softs
- no GAPS
- practice line by line without gaps
- aim not for fast, but no gaps. slow and steady
- dim. plan out from f, mf, mp, p
Homework:
- practice ALL pieces before next lesson
- no gaps and dynamics in Duet
19 June
Waltzer
- finish all hands together
Little Flower Girl of Paris
- finish first 3 lines hands together, bonus, rest of
11 June
Waltzer
- have learned to read the LH this week
- combine whole song together this week
- best way to combine is RIGHT LEFT TOGETHER line by line
Let’s Sing a Duet
- louds and soft
- loud is f
- soft is p
Notes 4 June
Waltzer
- finish ALL right hand notes this week
Let’s Sing a Duet
- on the right track but try to remember staccatos and legatos
- don’t miss out on the LH notes
Homework: Finish ALL of Waltzer RH and ALL of Let’s Sing a Duet hands together
Notes 28 May
Let’s Sing a Duet
- staccatos and legatos
- staccatos are dots
- p and f is soft and loud
- keep getting faster!
Waltz
- Get up to bar 8 in RH