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Youtube Playlist

Long Term Goal

  • Certificate of Performance

Theory

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24 May

Grainger

  • always detached melody
  • watch specific pedalling
  • double dotted rhythm sharper and quicker

17 Apr

Scarlatti

  • 72 call and response in LH

Mozart

  • development more LH phrasing
  • don’t get too soft towards end of development
  • watch ends of phrases

2nd mvt

Chopin

  • rubato to help transition
  • lighter 43 LH
  • more time at end of phrase and on ornaments

Greig

  • middle section hold bottom notes, phrasing left hand

28 Mar

Listen to recording this week and do self-analysis

Scarlatti

  • tempo not stable
  • dynamics poorly executed
  • aim for stability and execution

Mozart 1st

  • dynamics only warmed up halfway
  • evennness always an element, do rhythm practice

Mozart 2nd

  • tends to speed up halfway, have the speed as a feeling. if you are struggling to keep the same speed, maybe start slightly quicker

Mozart 3rd

  • watch articulation on 3rd page

Chopin

  • middle section, have more variation in the moods on repeats

Greig

  • middle section not following exactly 4 quavers in a bar (2 crotchets in a bar)

Cat and Mouse

  • this needs stability
  • pay attention to pause length, sometimes note lengths

22 Mar

Debussy

  • pedalling has gotten a bit blurry. when chords change, either half or full pedal
  • catch bottom notes where possible
  • think about quality, are our notes being played

Chopin

  • 40 larger riten

15 Mar

Mozart

  • even if a phrase is loud, try to end it soft (development)
  • evenness still a bit of an issue
  • even if a phrase is loud, phrase

2nd mvt – good

3rd mvt

  • last page needs consistency work
  • delay crescs, don’t do them too early

Greig

  • middle section can be slower, and more in time, slightly in softer in
  • generally too fast, take a bit of time for the expressive details

1 Mar

Scarlatti

  • general dynamic ideas great, some sections where there are not 3 quavers in a bar (only a few)
  • 154, don’t wait too long on quaver
  • 145 evenness in LH
  • 33 timing
  • bar 40 holding LH
  • 53 build up gradually

Chopin

  • bar 49 extra note
  • middle section
    • needs more rubato
    • sensitivity to phrase endings
    • all ornaments and embellishments slower/drawn out
  • bar 24 check note
  • 29 cresc gradually

23 Feb

Cat and Mouse

  • main thing is rhythmic accuracy in some sections

Greig

  • 32 gradual buildup, check pedal lifts
  • bar 49 fff can be louder, appropriate for romantic style
  • 57 clearer melody
  • 67, louder, more mixed
  • 75 onwards, be careful not to rush rhythm

Mozart 3rd mvt

  • staccatos need quality and consistency
  • is this speed you want? you’ll want it to be consistent throughout

16 Feb

Scarlatti

  • be careful of pedal usage!
  • bar 33 rhythm, focus on LH being in time
  • bar 90 Bb in LH

Fantaisie

  • still a few errors in first 12 bars LH
  • bar 17 needs a larger drop in p dynamic
  • check bar 35 LH. Also need to wait for rest in RH
  • find opportunities to phrase with rubato
  • middle section can be a bit more delicate
    • have differences between the different sections of repeats
    • bar 49 RH has an extra note

Mozart

  • access dolce dynamic, whats the smallest dynamic that is still clear
  • focus more on soft softs on phrasing
  • in development, think about what different dynamics and emotions

8 Sep

Rondo

  • super romantic at the start

Wedding Day

  • 57, don’t rush LH
  • 66 a bit louder
  • continue to watch out for bass note hold

1 Sep

Mozart

  • LH soft but big RH expression
  • play a bit faster in 1st mvt for flow

18 Aug

Debussy

  • two things to remember, check rhythm, check texture

Mozart

  • starting chords, don’t play too loud
  • to find appropriate dynamic, always think of appropriate emotion

11 Aug

Chopin

  • 13, voice only main note
  • 5, don’t go 100% speed intensity
  • slow practice
  • separate hands practice
  • a lot of mistakes are mental mistakes
  • middle section keep the flow

Debussy

  • hold pedal to hold bass notes
  • delicate touch at all times unless forte

4 Aug

Greig

  • track melody
  • practice slow
  • fff, not too loud everything. keep

21

Mozart

3rd

  • start still too loud
  • phrasing everything

2nd

  • avoid rubato for now

1st

  • active phrasing, think always
  • speed changes are too common here, no speed changes

New piece:

Mozart

23 Jun

  • some sections require full pedal, is bottom note being caught?
    • can hold notes to hold notes
  • careful phrasing and balance in middle section

Cat

  • check all markings

Greig

  • dynamic contrast
  • pedalling in the middle section

9 Jun

Greig

  • pp still much softer
  • 163 very loud
    • always staccato
    • watch pedal
  • 45, accent bottom note

Fantasie

  • keep doing slow practice
  • watch pedal, catch the bottom

2 Jun

Mozart

  • 29 onwards, big difference between f and p
  • phrasing in both hands
  • don’t cut crotchets off in
  • return to recap, not too loud (42)
  • 50, LH melody

2nd mvt

  • don’t start too slow: andante is walking speed
  • dolce, don’t go too loud
  • not too much offset rubato
  • watch rhythms in last line

3rd mvt

  • don’t have big rests in between sections
  • short staccato
  • check various notes that we’ve written in
  • fingering at the end check, not too loud

26 May

19 May

Greig

  • pay attention to pedal markings carefully
  • slow practice for pp soft and fast sections
  • 57 catch bass note with pedal
  • don’t change speed middle section

Chopin

  • do ‘medium’ practice, focus on evenness
  • watch double fingerings
  • maintain flow in middle section, keep left hand always soft

12 May

Mozart 2nd

  • LH soft as possible
  • focus on end of phrases

Mozart 3rd

  • check gaps between section
  • chords at start are a bit too loud
  • what is the character that we want?

5 May

28 Apr

Mozart 1st

  • don’t do staccato in 1st line
  • phrasing, do more softs
  • check fingering in bar 9 RH
  • don’t change speed 13 onwards
  • 29 onwards and in general, have planned dynamics
  • 67, don’t speed up
  • check chord in bar 70

Weding Day

  • bar 57, check rhythm quaver
  • phrasing
  • hold bottom note with pedal
  • pp dynamics need to be ‘cute’
  • check pedalling

31 March

Romeo and Juliet

  • this is mostly correct, learn further

new piece: wedding day in t

Mozart

  • rubato is overused a bit too much
  • careful with phrasing as much as possible
  • focus on the small end and beautiful side of phrasing

24 March

Romeo and Juliet

  • learn this one further

Fantaisie

  • middle section
    • limit rubato, still keep original rhythm
    • phrase endings are all soft
    • think about story, how same sections are changing
  • continue slow practice
    • build
  • bar 91, phrase melody
  • can get loud, but just in the right sections

Mozart 3rd

  • sneaky phrasing

10 March

Fantaisie

  • ease into soft 41-42, then 43 onwards light delicate. contrast with the previous section
    • keep LH soft always
    • keep pedal clear
  • slow practice essential as always, but also do a bit of middle range practice as well.

List D

  • pesante, heavy, bring strong beat notes

3 March

Fantaisie

  • smaller rubato, keep flow forwards
  • always keep LH soft
  • always prioritise control over speed
  • slow practice still critical

24 Feb

Fantaisie

  • old piano teachers HATE it when bar 5 is too loud, keep it soft like the dynamic says
  • bar 11-12 check notes
  • bar 13-16, focus on thumb, and thin sound
  • bar 17, soft
  • B# LH bar 24
  • check LH bar 30-35. gradually cresc
  • bar 37 do pedalling
  • tips for middle section
    • SOFT left hand
    • delicate phrasing
    • take your time
  • 119 top note needs to be heard clearly
  • 125 keep the same tempo

10 Feb

List C

  • watch circled notes, but generally practice is a lot better today

New piece: Romeo and Juliet

List B

  • bar 5
    • watch for quality of scale
    • watch LH rests
  • 22 don’t get too loud
  • 23 watch articculation RH
  • 26 LH rests
  • 42 watch speed

3 Feb

Impromptu

  • a few adjustments to practice
  • slow practice for coordination
    • aim for perfect coordination
    • can also try perfect dynamic
  • soft dynamic, LH soft, RH phrase only in important section
  • bar 13, bring out melody by making all other notes softer
  • middle section
    • softer LH
    • softer overall ideas

Cramer

  • practice slow, main challenge is technique
  • keep LH articulation same

13 Dec

Chopin

  • try partial pedalling
  • middle section, much more delicate, more rubato, softer LH, delicate phrasing
  • bar 59, rhythm is dotted
  • bar 60, last note happens quickly

Mozart

  • first line legato
  • plan out phrasing where possible
  • bar 14 lift off at end of slur
  • check notes 18 onwards
  • slurs bar 23
  • bar 24 loud RH
  • clear dynamic ideas from 29 in development
  • bar 42 careful dynamics

2 Dec

Mozart 1st

  • keep a stable semiquaver speed. What speed can you be stable at?

Mozart 2nd

  • don’t overdo rubato and phrasing – ‘keep it straightforward’, simple beauty
  • what are the different characters in each section? how does that affect phrasing and dynamic?

Mozart 3rd

  • sort of like ritornello form here, main themes have slightly less detail, middle sections have more expression

Fantaisie Impromptu

  • loud sf at start

25 Nov

Mozart

  • first line, RH legato
  • 2nd line, swing rhythm practice. PHRASE!
  • bar 13, LH soft
  • bar 18 phrase according to RH
  • 29 onwards, big phrasing. play bottom notes soft
  • bar 36 repeated G# in LH

Impromptu

  • ocassional wrong fingering can be fatal!
  • bar 13 LH check
  • bar 41, check pedalling
  • phrase gently, LH gentle as well
  • bar 43 check LH

11 Nov

Mozart 2nd mvt

  • lighter voicing in general
  • staccatos light and not too short
  • good LH and RH and balance and phrasing ideas good
  • can be a bit quicker
  • middle minor section can have wider dynamic range

Mozart 3rd mvt

  • playful
    • quick articulation
    • quick dynamics
    • phrasing in key sections

4 Nov

  • aria style, singing style
    • mozart’s main music was arias from opera
    • phrasing
    • light LH
    • flowing character, rather than disrupted

Fantasie

  • try to avoid restarts for now, don’t worry about exact polyrhythm

28 Oct

Fantasy Impromptu

  • watch for repeated accidentals in general
    • bar 10 A#
    • repeated sharps bar 11
  • bar 8 check RH fingering
  • incrementally get faster

7 Oct

List A

  • no rubato, keep flow
  • dynamic ranges can be slightly more in episodes, but nothing too much
  • slow practice may help stability

List B

  • keep flow here
  • make sure dynamics are sharp

16 Sep

List A

  • great improvement across the board
  • keep practicing slow, focus on memory and consistency
  • perfect practice
  • bar 36/34 RH had a mistake

List B

  • where dynamics should be surprising, feel free to give greater dynamic contrastp
    • understanding the different characters in your
  • still aim for a quick and accurate touch at all times

List C

  • try not to lift pedal up all the way

List D

9 Sep

List A

  • have a difference between ritornellos and episodes
    • always start and end ritornellos loud
    • episodes are softer in general
  • bring out some of left hand in 104
  • 113 ritornello ‘sandwich’, make ritornello loud, episode
  • 140 onwards, areas of concern
  • perfect challenges, can I get through this section without a mistake?

List C

  • make sure you can hear all LH notes clearly (or all notes in general)

2 Sep

Technical

  • 8C, take your time to play
  • 8B, try to practice error free and slower
  • in scales, coordination is ocassionally a problem
  • prepare arpeggios logner
  • arpeggios, more accurate, inversions, more correct

List C

  • some pedalling is ocassionally a bit not consistent leading to missed pedal notes
  • make sure rit at bar 31 gets slowe

List A

  • bar 104 can voice LH LH and RH and take turns
  • slow practice maybe starts around 120ish mark?

26 Aug

List A

  • things to improve
    • quality
    • specificity of dynamics
  • include
    • medium practice
    • perfect runs
      • what are we looking for in perfect runs?
      • 1 mistake? what speed?
  • seperate hands for listening and memory benefit
  • end nice and big

List D

  • bar 1 LH shorter and snappier
  • 11, RH staccato first
  • 16 RH not too loud
  • watch 37 LH, still ff
  • watch pp left hand bar 37
  • 37 see new fingering

List B

  • soft touch unreliable
    • still need to hear melody clearly
    • notes go down to bottom of the key quickly
  • phrase LH 53
  • occasional slowdowns, practice at tempo with metronome
  • metronome practice 76, some sections drag
    • should be fully expressed

19 Aug

List B – self-reflection

  • bar 1, voice RH less, minimum clarity to hear it
    • make fingers quicker
  • bar 6, LH seperate, when doing hairpins, first note not SUDDENLY loud
  • bar 8, know exactly what speed the run is, don’t be too quick
  • turns need to be clearer – slower (spreading them out)
  • bar 12, mf not too loud
  • bar 22 non legato LH
  • bar 25 softer, less RH voicing
  • 29 too loud RH
  • 39 end of phrase too long, then next staccatos also a bit too long
  • 49 dotted rhythms
  • missing notes 51???
    • fix fingering here
  • don’t rush in bar 58
  • 60 too loud
  • more mistakes towards the end?