Youtube Playlisthttp://www.isaacchok.com/recording
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18_c8F19H867n86y9A3M8_dAR2RPQgkLJ?usp=sharing
Long Term Goal
- preliminary exam
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
