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Goal for this week
- Beethoven – learn first section
- Khachaturian
Long term goal
Performance evaluation end 2021
9 June
Beethoven
- mysterious?
- limit phrasing, but do some
- LH soft
- interpretation framework
- what is it
- how to play it?
Toccata
- see points in lesson
2 June
Beethoven
- poor quality bar 37, focus on length
Interval chart?
Fantasie
- middle section can have more rubato
26 May
Rhythm
- break into crotchets
- write rhythms, then clap them
- use the stick method
Intervals
- see song chart
Writing
- read a performance/song/piece review
Beethoven
- learn bars incrementally
Khachuturian
- front section, short notes, not too short but impactful
- be ‘flashy’
- middle fast section should be ‘completely different mood’
- middle slow section, fairly okay i guess
19 May
Beethoven
- get bars
Khachaturian
- focus on consistency
12 May
Beethoven
- learn first section
Khachaturian
- middle section, maybe not too loud on each peak (selective loudness)
- coordination of this section

- faster semiquavers here

- faster here

- be ‘airy’ with chords here, only pinkys loud. pedal smooth

- make sure notes don’t overlap

- fff maximal volume
Fantasie
21 Apr
Toccata
- combining polyrhythms
- focus on correct combination
C major challenge this week
31 Mar
Beethoven
- dynamic ideas in first page are poor, get good frequency response
- consistency practice
- slow
- also improves evenness
- seperate hands
- can i start from anywhere?
- slow
Toccata
- can I play without stopping, don’t take stopping for granted
- big jump in RH, keep rigid RH position
24 Mar
17 Mar
Toccata
- hands on work today, no notes
10 Mar
Chopin
- features need to be clear to avoid a ‘messy’ interpretation
- ‘points scoring’ idea towards interpretation
- keep clarity of mind through more thoughtful rubato
Toccata
- start this week
3 Mar
Beethoven 2nd
- this is pure music, it can be done by just phrasing
- keep notes notes long and legato
- pedalling just in touches to connect things
- finger pedal can be applied in LH
- don’t go too fast on the small notes
24 Feb
Beethoven 3rd
- semplice – interpretation should be simple
- make sure fingering is learned right
- keep learning this one
Beethoven 1st
- coordination is still sometimes dodgy
- speed of quavers must be standardised
- melody must be heard. don’t do LH chords too loud
- softs softer across the board
- 80/82, make sure rests are counted correctly

- 112 should be soft

- don’t anticipate soft in 132

- tr not too long, maybe 3 notes

- last page needs to be nearly ‘manic’
17 Feb
Fantasie
- 5% slower helps, or whatever speed is stable
- mistakes must be fixed much more intelligently that just thinking raw speed
- bar 12, check for extra note
- variety is also key
Beethoven
- taper off phrasing
- keep quavers constant
- ‘quick’ emotions must be kept up as if played slow, but executed fast
Notes 3 Feb
Beethoven 2nd mvt
- LH should be lighter across the board
- less reliance on pedal, therefore, RH fingering is critical
- careful ‘operatic’ phrasing is required
- sometimes there is random note missing
- 4 is not a polyrhythm, don’t speed up here

- ending, a crotchet is 4 semiquavers
- this movement has a ‘regal’ character
1st mvt
- this is actually quite good, but requires refinement through slow practice. keep quavers as quavers
Notes 9 Dec
- bar 1, good that that’s light, but still need to hit strong points of phrases
- LH chords, show restraint. In f sections, have big phrasing
- bar 143, check C# octave

Notes 2 Dec
Radio: 105.9 ABC classical, 102.7 triple R
Beethoven
- DO NOT ANTICIPATE FORTES
- explore comedy through contrast
Notes 25 Nov
Beethoven
- In f sections, still balance heavily towards RH melody. (bar 1)
- coordination bar 16? also would be awesome if you grouped into 6s

- bar 26, G natural LH

- 32, ties in LH

- bar 87, LH G

- start from either bar 50 or last page this week
Notes 16 Nov
Dreaming
- prio on melody in opening, phrasing as well when available
- allegretto section, go a bit
Notes 9 Nov
Beethoven
- first two lines, articulation. Taper off slurs

- don’t speed up, break up into 6s bar 12

- 2nd page in general, refine dynamics. divert Beethoven aggression into sf
- bar 60, put sf in correct spot

- don’t predict dynamics, don’t do cresc before f if it doesn’t say
- bar 81 is straight up missing

- do cresc in a straight line

- this is straight up missing

- check fingering

Notes 2 Nov
Recovery:
- Skip
- Big rubato
Fantasie
- bar 1, make sure C# is loud, match speed in transition

- only ping top note here

- prioritise melody voicing bar 13

- bar 23, take time to do rubato
- bar 25, the softer the better, makes ff later better

- get louder later, give the illusion that ‘there’s always more’

- middle section, why and how do you do things?
- 1st: normal, plain, statement. Listen to LH, keep LH stable. Make sure it is still phrased and voiced well
- 2nd: more rubato softer. don’t need to voice. calm
- 3rd: louder, even more rubato, blissful
- 4th: softer, speed up. playful
- softer, be careful of pedal is used in last page
