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This Week’s Goal
- Revise all 3 pieces
Long Term Goal
- Grade 7 2021
23 July
Etude
- focus on light sound, texutre
- p only in bar 7, creates beautiful sound
- staccato, just means light
- 33 can be intense
- 37, as soft possible
- can use soft pedal
- overall, just contrast strong sections with beautiful soft sections
Nocturne
- we want forward momentum, slow rubato must be balanced with speeding rubato
- pedal needs to be constant, to capture bass note
- animato, get quicker
- polyrhythm can be guessed, sufficiently good
- check coordination here
16 July
Merry Andrew
- detail in dynamics
- strict rhythm from 34, strict rit
- subito p, loud until subito p
- don’t accel early
- last two notes should be nearly next to each other
Couperin
- think of moods
Notes 13 Jan
Ex 5C
- division of beats important
Scales
- remember 4th finger rule
- first page of scales up to Bb melodic minor
Alla polacca
- keep quavers as quavers. When you see a quaver, make sure you don’t rush.
Wistful prelude
- again, keep quavers quavers
- strong touch and try a bit phrasing
- full pedal down
Notes 16 Dec
Sonata
- personal interpration is encouraged
- watch rhythm at
- for constant speed, recommended metronome at 100
Alla Pollacca
- 2nd page, slurs are important. rhythm has two parts, maths and listening. Listen to music.
- phrasing needs to be careful. Has many rules, including end of slur must be soft
Notes 9 Dec
Technical homework
5B LH, Db major
Alla p
- most important thing now is the articulation. Gives the piece character
- don’t accent staccatos
- after that, do phrasing
- make sure that you plan out your phrasing. If you know you are getting louder, then start soft
Sonata
- starting from 2nd page until end, work on buildup
Notes 2 Dec
Ex 5A, even when rolling, make sure
Learn 5B this week
Scales: G# harmonic/melodic minor
Sonata
- RH still doesn’t need to be rolled. Can be direct. This will help with balancing LH/RH balance
- make sure you don’t slow down for ornaments and getting softer.
Notes 25 Nov
Scale: B major
Excercise 5A
Sonata
- be careful of ornaments, see how they are divided into three notes. see sheet for guidelines
- approach the touch with a dry and straight forward approach
- balance should be
