Leah

Youtube Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxU_OGndc5q_v2HAqWBqgrCFbb_eLMZPr

Google Drive

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18raFKn41_mOfbG9DNRRFGrSOeA16p3A6?usp=sharing

Long Term Goal

• Grade 7

16 Oct

List A

• connection process between slow and fast practice missing
  • try ‘as fast as possible without mistakes practice’
  • final goal, full speed without mistakes

List B

• semiquavers tend to be rushed
  • this causes mistakes
  • unchecked mistakes turn into errors

List C

• quavers tend to be rushed
  • can i hear melody
  • can i hear the gaps between quavers

• metro 108

List D

• choose a slower a tempo
• softs should be more acknowledged

List E

• metronome 55 recommended
• bar 32, group into 3s

9 Oct

Etude

• keep a stable speed for practice and performance

Moonlight

• keep a stable speed, think of dripping drops
• pp triplet always soft
• phrase top line slightly
• bar 17, check notes
• bar 19, check notes
• bar 16-17, don’t speed up, but can do rubato

• listen widely to different good recordings

Merry Andrew

• benchmark speed bar 6
• all p can be softer
• watch all articulation

List C

• louds a bit too loud
  • try to get ‘perfect balance’, not too much not too little
• keep LH thumb softer, don’t have accent
  • keep your left hand loose
• keep speed stable
  • 5% below comfortable stable speed may

2 Oct

List B

• all quavers non-legato, unless slurred
• slurs must be legato, with non legato last note
• don’t speed up throughout performance. This is a priority
• when there’s a rest in LH, don’t hold over rests

• eye for detail is most important thing to develop, issues to be fixed all over piece
• after detail is fixed, historically appropriate dynamics and slight increase of speed needed but will be discussed next lesson

Merry Andrew

• choose a stable speed from the start
• bar 8 rest

• bar 17-18, rest, also, don’t speed up
• bar 37-39, rest
• molto piu lento a lot slower. Keep LH legato if possible

List C recording review

• balance can be adjusted towards RH
• keep a stable speed, don;t speed up
• morendo at the end could slow down more

25 Sep

List A

• phrase throughout
• keep light texture
• bar 17, watch notes carefully
• bar 29
  • phrase using pedal
  • hold tenuto note down long bar 32

• bar 45 pp
  • less phrasing
  • soft pedal

List E

• watch notes bar 8
• watch pedalling
• watch for opportunities to phrase
• check notes bar RH 17
• keep middle as soft as possible
• rubato, can be done before beat 1
• bar 32, less phrasing
• bar 36, check for sharps

List B

• metronome 84
• LH rest bar 19

11 Sep

List C

• bar 3 and 11, voice inner melody by rotating wrist

• bar 11, don’t rush
• bar 21, don’t rush
• check coordination bar 25

• ppp, no phrasing from 27
• maybe not too slow ending

List A

• priority on fixing notes
  • slow practice good, but ‘bridge’ tempo needed as well
  • fastest tempo that can be correct

List D

• don’t speed up bar 11
• watch bar 13
  • rest bar 18 LH
  • articulation RH
  • haripins and articulation
  • think about the volume of each note

• check 19 notes

• bar 35, check timing. riten in bar 37, notes not too loud
• sub. p – suddenly soft
• check notes 40 LH

• bar 65 more accel

4 Sep

List C

• metronome bar 85
• nuance
  • the ‘perfect’ balance is somewhere in between

• be careful not to over balance towards the top
• bar 11, minor, can use dark balance

• bar 13,

• bar 15, these notes are soft

• bar 20, bottom notes soft. bar 21 no

• in general, watch out for pedalling

Moonlight Sonata

• pedalling
  • pedal when chord changes
  • adjust for texture

• watch that there aren’t sudden loud notes in RH, especially thumb
• you can do a difference between major and minor
• bar 11 D in LH

• bar 16, only LH gets louder if possible. can hold pedal for longer

• see the gap between LH and RH bar 20, can do softer

Merry Andrew

• watch pedalling in general

28 Aug

List C

• morendo
  • fast when you’re there, but then slowing down
  • last 3 notes, keep counting in 6

• tinkle top notes
  • should always be able to hear the top right hand notes first

• bar 11 RH
• bar 16, where is the melody?

• to get echo, previous bar needs to be louder

List B

• check notes in these places
• check fingering bar 19 RH

• watch for evenness in semiquavers
• watch for slurs bar 28

• check length of rest 43

• bar 47, check notes

Beethoven

• interpretation elements to think of
  • phrasing
    • as we get bigger, get slightly louder

• as we get

21 Aug

Musical box

• sourdine: soft pedal, sans, without
• pp to ppp, do you need to change? depends on which section
• LH balance, check fingering, don’t rush, don’t lift
• RH balance, thumbs soft, other four fingers do melody
  • wrist rotation towards top note helps
  • when phrasing, only phrase top notes, thumb note soft
• when practicing prioritise thinking about balance all the time
• make sure pedal is correct (lift every bar)

Etude

• expression is good
• for memory, correct notes, coordination: slow practice

Allegro

• All quavers not attached, be careful across the piece (unless slurred)
  • quavers not staccato however, just non legato (unless staccato)

14 Aug

Etude

• focus on p texture, most important
  • mezzo staccato RH
  • pedal longer
  • LH as soft as possible
• leggiero – light
• maximise dynamics
• be careful of notes from 20-23
• 24, loud
• 25-28, observe markings on page

• 29 onwards, be careful of hairpins
  • also be careful of notes here!

List C

• good expression!
• but needs careful notes work
  • play hands sep slower
  • play with careful notes
  • play without pedal

List B

• slow practice for
  • expression
  • memory
  • find wrong notes
  • cleanness