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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