Youtube Playlist
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Google Drive
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Long term goal
- grade 7
Aural 4 Melrain

25 July
Yellow Brick Road
- focus on 4th and 5th page
I giorni
- aim for end of 3rd page again
18 July
I giorni
- aim for end of 3rd page
Yellow Brick Road
- start from 3rd page onwards when practicing
- good places to start
- start of 3rd
- start of 4th
- start of 5th page
- then line by line
8 Dec
Howl
- try to reach the end of 2nd page
- phrasing
- rubato
- balance
- LH soft
21 Oct
Seasons
- count long note at the end
- pedal correctly at the end
Nuvole
- don’t max out speed
- ‘singable speed’
Comptine
- do rubato
Goodbye
13 Oct
Seasons
- phrase harder in middle section
Comptine
- keep solid 170 speed, but apply rubato as well. Mastery is the main challenge here, failure to do so will have heavy penalties
Nuvole
- 35 onwards at 80% speed, leave some room for error.
6 Oct
Watch your pedalling
STABLE SPEEDS
Need a recording for next week, compulsory, for review
Seasons of Love
- ‘laidback tempo’ (steady)
- less pedal rather than more
- make sure pedal changes with chord change
- overall could be softer
- slow practice might help
Nuvole
- watch pedalling
- ending might need technical rubato
- recommend going slower at the end, doesn’t need to be 100% power
29 Sep
Seasons
- rests here are still sometimes missing

- pretty good expression
- rhythm bar 19
- swap around hands bar 23
- watch rhythm LH bar 25
- rhythm bar 26
- bar 31 rhythm
- bar 39, missing G RH

- bar 50, wait longer
Comptine
- avoid repeated rubato patterns
- some sections should have no rubato
- phrasing can be more (like goodbye for now)
- make sure pedal lifts are clean
Goodbye
- phrasing could be sometimes more logical
- bar 32, needs a larger pause
- allargando last line, bigger dynamics
Nuvole Bianche
- 35 bigger difference between accented note and non-accented note
- even in f, make sure it is light, in LH
22 Sep
Comptine
- focus on getting softer towards the end and start of phrases
- rubato can be put anywhere
- phrasing can be put anywhere
- but keep it in context
Seasons
- watch for rests
- when doing broken chords
Goodbye
- bar 32, pause
- allargando bar 37, slow down
- last chord, octave lower

Practice:
- start from the middle
- perfect runs
- go through it like a rehearsal
Order:
- seasons
- comptine
- goodbye
- nuvole
15 Sep
Seasons of Love: record next lesson
- how to get lighter?
- less pedal
- less LH
- 13 subito p. More RH in f section

- 21 both hands get involved
- 29 mp, don’t need to voice RH, just have LH really soft

- 47, one large pedal

Nuvole Recording Review
- needs to be more exciting
- faster tempo
- more phrasing
- more instinctual
Comptine
- play the second half slower (i just mean with more rubato) and softer
- phrase every 2nd and 4th bar. 2nd goes louder, 4th goes softer
- sometimes don’t phrase
- base your speed off the fastest section
8 Sep
Nuvole
- texture #1
- rhythmic rigidity
- just keep in mind
- phrasing at 21
- page flip: don’t do it
- mistake avoidance bar 35 onwards
- slow practice, no hesitation requirement
record this week
Seasons of Love
- when doing long split chords, don’t delay rhythm
- think: do I really need pedal here
- don’t pedal through rests, especially in all of these spots

- 27-28, don’t slow down

- listen careful about rhythm
Comptine
- technical rubato can help with notes
1 Sep
recording: Nuvole
Goodbye: Recording review
- slower, sentimental tempo
- phrasing will better slow anyway
- take rubato opportunities to go slow
- watch out for pause in bar 32

- allargando, slow down as well
Nuvole
- bars 1-4, much slower. Don’t split up chords
- watch out for extra notes 9-12

- bar 15, check coordination

- watch for awkward pedalling
- bar 29
- 43
- 35, thinner texture with pedal
- fix mistake in LH bar 44
- pauses!!!!!
Seasons of Love
- not too overpowering
- LH softer (when it isnt one of the loud chords)
- steady speed!
- should allow you to phrase better
- don’t have speed affected by volume
- don’t overpedal
25 Aug
Record: Nuvole
Goodbye
- add rubato
- check rhythm here bar 14

- allargando – slow and loud
- check rhythms of ta ta ta

Nuvole
- check LH bar 14

- bar 21, smaller phrasing, softer overall
- bar 29, can start get to get louder
- bar 43, watch notes

Seasons
- watch for overpedalling
- check rhythms
- learn last 4 bars that are poopy
Comptine
- slower and more expressive rather than difficult
18 Aug
Seasons of Love
- double check bar 48

Goodbye
- higher standards for mistakes during no mistake practice
- when phrasing softs are very soft, so that you can have contrast without going too loud
- slow practice, combines both of the above ideas
Comptine
- second time around, go softer
- maximise phrasing
- slow practice may still help
11 Aug
Seasons of Love
- must finish this week
- make sure fingering is correct bar 39

- phrasing, bar 21, low parts nearly like p

- pedal clearly, pedal every time the chord changes
- nearly every part should have phrasing
Theory
Q 8/9/10, from chapter 2
4 Aug
- not too loud here

- follow dynamics carefully
- don’t change dynamics randomly (unless phrasing)
- don’t break chords, unless it says
21 July
Seasons of love
- check notes LH bar 3. Thumb crush bar 4

- dynamics are important to be followed
- bar 18, note goes in between

- goal first two lines of page 2
Comptine
- refresh pedal more
- or maybe LH softer
- just needs overall softer texture
- make sure
14 July
Seasons of love
- finish first page
Goodbye for now
- we need to be always able to hear the melody. play top notes louder.
- think can I hear all the melody notes?
- more phrasing
7 July
Scales
- all scales revise!
- 4th finger rule
- ALL scales completed this week
Goodbye for now, but not forever
- go slower, but phrase more
- rubato when you get louder for expressive effect
- general tip: can you start from the middle
- can i get it 3 times perfect
Comptine
- don’t start too fast
- phrase a lot (use pedal to gather sound)
- RH needs to get louder when phrasing
Nuvole Bianche
- start slower
- lower notes don’t play loud
9 June
Scales
- do the bad scales
- basically all minors
- chromatic as well
Comptine
- improved with good expression
- only need to improve consistency now
Nuvole
- speed must increase bit by bit in the poco accel
- volume must increase bit by bit, should be measured
- phrase in bar 21
2 June
Comptine
- rallentir bar 24, slow down
- softs in phrasing even softer (softs in general)
- bar 25 needs to be soft
- follow dynamics in general
Goodbye
- don’t rush broken chords in general. use rubato
- softs can be softer
- bar 17, doesn’t necessarily need to be phrased. just go very soft
- watch for dotted rhythms
- needs to be stricter on mistakes
all scales next week
26 May
Comptine
- phrasing
- has different phrases in different parts
- focus on softs
- p, only RH, mf only LH
- also do rubato
Nuvole
- watch pedalling
- watch for details bar 12 onwards (notes)
- can get last section louder, no soft pedal
practice all scales
19 May
Comptine
- focus on phrasing
- focus on flow
Scales (dodgy list)
- G# harmonic minor
- G# melodic
- C melodic
- b major contrary motion
Nuvole
- revise
- also check whether all notes are there
- prepare for concert
12 May
Scales (dodgy list)
- G# harmonic minor
- G# melodic
- C melodic
- b major contrary motion
Goodbye
- notes incorrect 29-32

- this is the last ‘bad bit’. after mastered, can perform
- do larger sections once good
- rotate wrist when we do broken chords
- secret of phrasing is to start soft
Comptine
- phrase according to book + using insticts
- finish next week
5 May
Scales
- all revised this week
Nuvole
- keep revising 4 key points
- soft to loud
- slower to faster
- phrasing
- light texture
- fix notes in key sections
Goodbye
- present fluently
- small bits
- start from bad bits
Comptine
- hands together
- try to get all hands together
29 Apr
Scale
- revise all similar motions
- especially G# melodic
Comptine
- try LH staccato, but with pedal,
Goodbye For Now
- quality is decent
- but needs to be phrased
- some notes need to be checked, see page
21 Apr
Scales
- all similar motions good quality
- it only takes two minutes to learn a scale, so use concentration!
Goodbye
- increase quality to both speed and expression
4 Apr
Nuvole
- need to gradually speed up during the piece, gradually get louder
- maybe start slower
- all melody needs to be phrased
- in general, needs work to become performance standard
- two mistakes

Comptine
- learn more during holidays
- be careful RH fingering
25 Mar
Goodbye for Now
- needs general flow first
- consistency games
- 2-4 times perfect
- LH only
- can I start from the middle
- this all builds MENTAL memory
- consistency games
- focus more on smaller sections than bigger if you don’t have enough time
11 Mar
Scales
- same scales this week
Goodbye
- phrase micro
- balance must be lighter
4 Mar
Scales: C melodic minor this week
Goodbye:
- keep phrasing
- on the right track, goal is bar 28 hands togeyther
25 Feb
New scale: C harmonic minor
Nuvole Bianche
- slow down start by a lot. metronome 40. can have a bit of rubato
- after that, tempo needs to speed up by a lot

- try full octaves in bar 5
- soft – fast down to the key but soft
- momentum must continue through the song keep getting faster
- for good tone, get shoulders down
- 35, pedal once a bar, relax shoulders, ping top note. LH must be soft here

Goodbye
- try to learn more this week – 1-2 lines of second page
- when phrasing, equal parts softer and louder
18 Feb
Scales
- 4th finger rule needed
- also, just practice in general, just go seperate hands
Goodbye
- bar 3, dotted rhythm here

- try phrasing
- goal 2nd page
Nuvole
- bar 5, don’t forget about LH
- bar 15, check RH coordination

- bar 23-24, missing RH not

- speed from bar 21 needs to increase
- pauses and slow down 33-34

- 35, lighter and quicker. aim for speed not loudness
11 Feb
Scales
- Eb major this week
Nuvole
- soft bits, much softer. Rely more on pedal. more RH!!!!!

- be careful of pedal blurring
- 43, don’t play extra notes

- 21 onwards, count in 3s, start phrasing
- missing note here 23-24

- check LH 33

- throughout the piece, get gradually louder and faster
- 35, everything soft except top line

Notes 4 Dec
Scale
- B major, one scale a week
Nuvole
- This is in good condition, so let’s focus on new second piece
Goodbye
- starting to learn this week, as much as you can
- 1 page, hands seperate, but hands together would be cool
Notes 15 Dec
Chords: 4 3 for major, 3 and 4 for minor
Goal for holidays: Jucaro Rumba up to bar 12
Notes 8 Dec
Scales: add C harmonic minor
Jucaro
- intensive work on RH this week
- hands seperate up to 13
Notes 1 Dec
Nuvole
- bar 1-4 are you counting?

- bar 5-12, make sure hands come down at the same time. RH down to the bottom of the key quickly. LH strong

- counting bar 21

- bar 26 LH

Jucaro Rumba
- bar 6 RH, bar 8 LH
Notes 24 Nov
Scales
Nuvole
- when going soft, quick down to the bottom of the keybed
- watch rhythm in bar 21 onwards, PHRASE HEAPS
- try to play parts legato, even with pedal.
- READING IS IMPORTANT FROM NOW ON!
- Goal: bar 43-50
Jucaro
- bar 4 RH, LH 1st page
Notes 17 Nov
Scales
- Eb major
- Go faster, 4 octaves
Nuvole Bianche
- bar 13 no extra notes

- rhythm in bar 21, important to check 4 lots of 3 quavers, count 123 123 123 123
- bar 25, check notes here

- bar 35, when managing LH, try to get on top of notes
- Also, everything should be soft except
- Pedal entire bars
Notes 10 Nov
Scales
- print out try B major
Nuvole
- first line, prioritise melody, floaty sound

- don’t accent repeated notes, accent first beat of the bar

- bar 9, check RH notes

- bar 14, check LH carefully

- 21, you can start heaps of phrasing

- this week you can skip ahead to bar 35.
Notes 3 Nov
Nuvole
- remember, the flats are B E A D
- No specific learning goal this week, learn as much as you can
Scales
- learn B major