Youtube Playlist
Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxU_OGndc5q-jH26-96g39xF-RLx4hbgc
Google Drive
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Intervals
- 2nd – scale
- 3rd – O when the saints
- 4th – amazing grace
- 5th – twinkle twinkle
- 6th – my bonnie lies over the ocean
- 7th – weird
- 8th – somewhere over the rainbow
Goal for this week
- Finish 4A 1 Feb
- Start all arpeggios
- work on Allegro and Tartan
- don’t practice too much of etude
Long term goal
Grade 4 exam mid-2021
Notes 14 Dec
Scales: begin arpeggios, perfect contrary motions
4A: finish by 1 Feb
Etude
- louder in 33

- avoid gaps by making the beat go forward.
- bar 17 make sure RH and LH come together
- Curve fingers
Tartan
- needs general work, keep learning notes
Allegro
- funny dynamic contrast is needed for the ending

Notes 7 Dec
Ex 4A: first line pls
Scales
- make sure they are together
- finish all contrary motion by 14 Dec
Allegro
- you need to check which notes are short and which are long

- finish the piece this week
Tartan
- fade on staccato

- bar 9 rests are important in LH

Notes 30 Nov
Technical
- Ex 4A, first line
- chromatics
- revise all scales
Allegro
- Significant work still needs to be done. Aim for finish this week.
Notes 23 Nov
4B
- practice bar by bar, become da master. Rhythm must be correct.
Scale: F# harmonic minor contrary
Allegro
- Articulation and slurs are really important
- dynamics are also really important
- this is all to make it funny
- bar 36 HT, ending hands sep.
Notes 16 Nov
Contrary: F# harmonic minor
Allocate about 5 mins to technical per practice.
Allegro
- LH soft. Don’t jump. This creates the fluffy texture.
- check this LH chord

- this piece is all about whether it is chunky or not
Notes 9 Nov
Excercises
4B
- keep going
Scales
- F melodic minor, watch 4th finger
- A major contrary motion
Allegro
- listen to recording this week
- watch for slurs OR staccatos across the piece
- aim for first page hands together
Etude
- bar 4 LH rhythm, should be consistent

- bar 10 snappy semiquavers

- curve fingers for greater accuracy
- main aim is consistency in rhythm
Notes 2 Nov
Excercises
- PLEASE DO EX 4B
- make sure timing is right, quavers are 2 semis, crotchet is 4 semis. Practice bar by bar

4A
- start if you have time. Remember flats BEAD
Scales
- F melodic minor, fix F harmonic minor using 4th finger rule
Allegro
- bar 9, F#

- get up to 30 this week, mostly the same LH here. Make this a priority
Etude
- bar 1-8, focus on rhythmic consistency
- Bar 17 onwards, focus on ‘evenness’. Curving fingers helps
- check notes in 45-47, make sure there are 4 of them

- check notes 51

Notes 26 Oct
Ex 4B
- please do LH this week
- RH increase speed
Allegro
- even at early learning stage, consider balance between LH and RH, RH needs to be louder
- learning goal: bar 16, hands together
Etude
- bar 1-8, hold LH notes

- start dynamics in bar 17
- check notes bar 51 RH

Notes 19 Oct 2020
Scales
- f natural minor new scale
- do LH 4B and increase speed in 4B overall
Etude
- Ties in bar 1-8, only
- start dynamics from 17 onwards

- bar 24, check your LH chord. Fade away late


New piece: Allegro