Youtube Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxU_OGndc5q9hK2FFEtmIP7fM_au6UnRF
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GbNIqlSzRukUZClLkFZNKvI4laH-50O-?usp=sharing
Goal for this week
- learn first page of new song
Long term goal
- grade 6 2021
Aural 4 Melrain
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
