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Long Term Goal

  • Grade 7

Aural

Perfect: grand, finished

Plagal: calm, spiritual

Interrupted: sad, weird

Root: Sing up one

First: already finished, sing up three

Second: Sing up two

13 Aug

List A

  • you can fake by doing lots of dynamics and phrasing
  • use pedal at the end, make it dreamy and soft

Rondo

  • metro 110
  • 43 still needs work
  • 68, don’t rush semiquavers
  • 107, rhythm LH
  • 146 double time
  • 156 too fast

Debussy

  • place notes in correct gaps bar 89
  • sectional practice on last page
  • make this dramatic

6 Aug

Exercises: do dynamics

Scales: take time, at least 10 seconds

  • scales to watch
    • D# harmonic minor contrary
    • contrary make sure it is four octaves

List B

  • metro 110
  • see new expression markings

List A

  • metro 106

List D

  • watch quaver rhythms in bar 89
  • metro 106

4 Aug

List B

  • improvement overall
  • moderate metronome practice essential
  • metro 110
  • 51-52, focus on LH rhythm
  • 125 generally too slow
  • 146 two times too slow

List C

  • needs to be slower and thoughtful

List A

  • rhythm practice
  • slow practice
  • or slow rhythm practice

List D

  • slow practice
  • page 5 needs work

28 Jul

Technical

  • okay scales, but too many attempts. practice for first attempt
  • contrary not learned
  • chord progression needs work

List B

  • 86 too slow
  • 107 LH dotted rhythm
  • 130, watch tempo
  • 144-147 2x too slow

List D

  • rhythm slightly wrong 89, sometimes
  • should focus on 5th page

List A

  • focus on 3rd page

23 Jul

Technical

  • prepare before each scale
  • make sure dynamics are bigs
  • chromatic, make sure you are doing 4 octaves
  • check LH 345 chromatic

Etude

  • if using pedal, it needs to be clear
  • make 20% slower
  • swing practice will be helpful

Rondo

  • use bar 43 to benchmark tempo

16 Jul

7A

  • a bit faster
  • all LH non legato
  • dynamics

7B

  • lots more dynamics

7C

  • needs to be counted
  • check bar 5

Scales

  • needs to increase speed and consistency
  • can you play the scale correctly first time
  • ALL scales need to practiced

Mozart

  • tempo slightly an issue from bar 43
  • don’t double speed in 49
  • phrase AS MUCH as possible
  • coordination at 55
  • metro at 110
  • should all be played in time at 110 by next week

Moszkowski

  • perfect by next week

23 Jun

List D

  • check LH E# bar 93
  • mindful practice
  • drill sectional practice
  • needs to be ready by Sunday
  • parts to practice
    • last page, section by section
    • 22-39, section by section
  • slow practice for general fluency

List A

  • mindful practice as well
  • 3rd page drills

Mindful practice: sections we know

Drilling: sections we don’t kno

18 Jun

Tech

  • watch for slurs in 7B
  • continue to work on tech generally
  • watch fingering on inversions

Mozart

  • metro at 90

Debussy

  • tie RH bar 5
  • textures in soft sections can be a bit too loud
  • 46, notes all come at the same time

11 Sep

Nocturne

  • careful of over-:
    • LH balance
    • LH speed fluctuations
  • polyrhythm keep up speed in LH
  • watch coordination bar 32
  • bar 33, we have some swapped dynamics

Mozart

  • be conscious of rests and their meanings
  • shorter articulation
  • LH always softer

4 Sep

Mozart

  • primary concenrns
    • balance
    • phrasing
      • last notes of phrase must be soft
  • turns (Squiggle) directly attach to next note
  • transition between semiquavers and quavers, always ground speed in constant quaver speed

Etude

  • narrative, easily identifiable expressive markers
  • little girl on field
    • rolling down on stuff

28 Aug

Mozart

  • phrasing, any opportunity to get soft should be taken
    • especially at end of phrase
  • bar 17, generally more subdued
  • bar 59 goal

Etude

  • especially with pedal, a lighter technique is recommended
  • phrasing maximised in forte section

21 Aug

Present technical work next week

Mozart

  • cute balance
  • ornaments: try without, then try with
  • phrasing: final low notes, play very soft
  • bar 17: sneaky anticipation
  • phrasing in everything!

Arabesque

  • check coordination of triplets
  • don’t overphrase
    • texture is a priority

14 Aug

Etude

  • veloce: velocity
  • con leggierzza – with lightness
  • easier to play light
  • also sounds better

Debussy

  • lighter is easier, sounds better as well
  • bar 5, watch out for tie A
  • bar 6, triplets should just sound like notes in a row
  • soft can be used for pp

Mozart

  • looking for a playful sound
    • softer LH accomp
    • short staccatos

7 Aug

Scales

  • chromatic, 4 octaves
  • make sure you are doing 4th finger rule

Debussy

  • pedal every chord change
  • don’t add too much additional rubato, flowing like water
  • watch for extra A tie

Moszowski

  • make sure rhythm is correct bar 1-2
    • for anticipation
  • experiment with textures other than full pedal
  • bar 3, keep soft, so that everything can be contrasted

31 July

Debussy

  • adhere to markings
    • copies physical features of water
  • listen out for smoothness of triplets
  • stringedo – faster, can be slower, more rubato before

24 July

Nocturne

  • 41 mumbly. Don’t get too fast
  • 43, tiny note attached to next note
  • rit in 36, slow down
  • 30 check notes
  • poco piu forte 31, ‘show off’
  • 25, listen to constant LH to guide rubato
  • phasing, last note soft, to create nice tail

17 July

Nocturne

  • rubato focus on delay than speeding up
    • can delay every two bars
    • don’t get too much faster until animato
  • animato start soft, don’t forget B natural
  • 26, delay top note to signal slowing down. check LH note bar 27
  • dotted rhythm here bar 32. make sure rhythm is accurate in this section
  • rit bar 36
  • final section can be very exciting

26 June

Nocturne

  • small notes as ‘rubato’ points
    • also polyrhythms
    • rubato for highlighting intense parts
  • keep LH always soft, except in f, can accent
  • 2nd page
    • more rubato, don’t be afraid of f
  • polyrhythm can be ‘mushed’
    • prepare polyrhthm rubato in advance
  • prioritise RH 5-tuplet

19 June

Arabesque

  • polyrhythm be careful

Nocturne

  • RH voice slightly more, needs to come above LH
    • certain parts can be dramatic
    • rubato can be used for intensity as well
  • 5/2 polyrhythm, play just after third note
  • animato start soft
  • rubato in difficult polyrhythms

12 June

Einaudi

  • flat accent not too loud
  • think of overall texture based on tempo
  • phase in and out voices
  • page 4, can highlight different RH

Nocturne

  • aim for constant LH

22 May

Etude

  • don’t overpedal
  • don’t do too much rubato
  • DO do more dynamics

Nocturne

  • be careful of too much LH speed change
  • still be careful of triplets

Experience

  • bring it next week

15 May

Nocturne

  • rubato
    • push and pull
    • offset rubato
      • focus on LH changes
  • Triplet
    • offset last n
  • see goal 15/3

Arabseque

  • watch out for ties
  • pedal on chord changes
  • refer to basics on polyrhythm
  • see goal 22/5

Mozowski

  • phrasing

Scales

  • F# contrary motion

8 May

Scales

  • all grand scales
  • polyrhythmic scales

One Summer’s Day

  • good quality

Nocturne

  • bar 8, 5 notes, split into 2 and 3
  • bar 23 check coordination
  • see goal on page

1 May

One Summer’s Day

  • phrase, focus on soft sections
  • generally good quality for extra list

Etude

  • practice small sections
  • phrasing is simply up and down

Nocturne

  • don’t forget octave higher section

24 Apr

7B

  • be very careful with fingering + legato

Scales

  • revise all grand scales

One Summer’s Day

  • make speed changes are temporary
  • start phrases soft and end soft

20 Mar

Scales

  • F harmonic minor

7A

  • phrasing expression

One Summer’s Day

  • make sure pedal considers the bottom note
  • in louder sections, when phrasing, still start a bit softer
    • phrasing can also be bigger
  • check notes 30-31
  • watch out for triplet polyrhythm

Nocturne

  • more offset rubato
  • LH softer
  • approximate polyrhythms

13 Mar

7B

  • watch fingering

Scales: Ab major this week

Summer’s Day

  • count notes in bar 6
  • bar 23 Bb RH
  • phrasing and rubato to be done in waves. can use left soft pedal
  • bar 17 phrase upwards
  • bar 22 hit chords harder, blend sound. phrase as two bars waves
  • bar 30 small LH, big RH, RH phrased

Nocturne

  • LH accompaniment, get to jumping note early to keep it soft
  • lift pedal cleanly
  • phrase strongly, but don’t let LH interfere too much

27 Feb

8C

  • process 6 quavers in a bar

Scales: Ab major this week

Nocturne

  • still needs to create a sense of mystery by more ‘super soft’ parts
  • don’t rush through it, use rubato to make it relaxed
    • inertia – the struggle to move forward
    • playing
  • pentuplet – don’t stop RH
  • triplet, make sure it is smooth in RH

Summer’s day

  • more fading would be good to create mystery
  • can use soft pedal
  • rubato needs to be intense, especially the slow parts

20 Feb

7A

  • not too careful and timid
  • LH non legato
  • dynamics are

7B

  • check fingering towards the end
  • try LH

7C

  • try this week

Scales

  • 4th finger rule
  • Ab major grand scale

Nocturne

  • maybe take a slower speed, more like walking
  • triplet good to take it as normal triplet first
  • phrasing
    • when we go up, go louder
  • rubato
    • speed up and
  • balance
    • LH very light

13 Feb

7A

  • challenge yourself with speed

7B

  • start this one, it is already going well

Scales

  • do B harmonic minor grand this week
  • remember 4th finger rule

Nocturne

  • small notes are a point for rubato
  • 5 tuplet, note goes here
  • pp, no phrasing, less features. can use soft pedal
  • with polyrhythms, find a good approximation, then go with that and try to get the flow
  • dynamics are often related to phrasing, or harmony