Owen

Youtube Playlist

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Google Drive

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/163E4XApDJfqIxNthbIwP8cJqlFMXAEgL?usp=sharing

Goal for this week

• grade 7

Long term goal

• Grade 7 repertoire exam

1 Aug

Tarentelle

• section by section perfect practice
• on the right track

Goodbye

• phrasing and dynamics make drama

Mozart

• spread out semiquavers on 4th page
• watch quavers being short
• hold crotchets

25 Jul

Yellow Brick Road

• finito 🙂
• phrasing
• about softs and louds

Tarentella

• sharp dynamics
• metronome around 200, good for consistency (or 66 per dotted crotchet)

Seasons of Love

• metronome 74

18 Jul

Seasons of Love

• melody needs to always stand out
  • that sometimes means softer accompaniment

Yellow Brick Road – first thing i will ask

• sectional, probs 5 minutes at a time

8 Nov

Mozart

1 Nov

Mozart

• main focuses: articulation and dynamics

Tarentelle

• focus only on weak areas, don’t need to play entire thing through

11 Oct

Mozart Review

• articulation needs to be consistent
• are you doing dynamics and phrasing
• technical sections
  • perfect runs
  • slow
  • staccato
  • rhythm

Tarentelle

• accelerando towards ending essential

4 Oct

Mozart

• last page must be speed matched
  • listening to recording is important here

• all quavers need to be non-legato
• all sections must be phrased, sneaky phrasing focuses on being soft
• middle section
  • don’t phrase too much in soft
  • phrase more in loud, this section is designed for phrasing

Mario

• articulation is important
• rhythm is important
• both can be done in smaller sections, these details are important

13 Sep

Mozart

• SWEATY PRACTICE
  • HIGH INTENSITY – like tennis
  • MINIMAL MISTAKES – hit every ball over the net, consistency
  • HIGH SPEED – no lobs
  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA – tennis grunts

• STUDENT OF THE WEEK: TERM 4 WEEK 1

Tarentelle

• match speed of middle section (middle section faster)
• ending, remove gaps
• loud sections can have pedal (end section)

6 Sep

Tarentelle

• STILL needs a lighter sound
  • LH soft
  • direct phrasing energy appropriately (don’t go loud and down)
  • back off easily
  • 2nd page doesn’t need to be super loud to create sparkly RH texture

• middle sections has two parts
  • we can change the phrasing
  • pp – no phrasing
  • con impeto etc. – heaps of phrasing
  • MATCH THE SPEED

Mozart

• phrase softly phrase ending
• check fingering at the start

23 August

Mozart

• last page, check circled notes
• phrasing – soft based
• make sure all quavers are staccato
• 2nd page
  • medium sized (8 bars)

16 August

Mozart

• phrasing dynamics
• layered dynamics (sudden dynamics)
• short and power attacks, but not lengthy attacks
• middle section should eventually increase speed
  • gradually increase speed from a stable speed

Tarentelle

• targeted practice on weaker sections
  • avoid restarts
  • avoid mistakes

9 August

Tarentelle

• pp misterioso at the start softer
• focus on maximising softs rather than louds
• soft notes can barely hear
• 2nd page
  • RH glides across
  • LH is soft and supporting
  • phrasing should be done here but should be minimal

• make sure this is counted

• dolce e cantabile
  • speed match
  • use pedal here
  • check this note

• use pedal to get louder
• ending should be getting faster and louder

2 August

Tarentelle

• still a focus on technique
• metronome 110
• RH seperate practice
• rhythm practice
• lighter overall
• focus on small bits

Mozart

• lighter overall
• also helps with technique
• metronome 70

26 July

Tarentelle

• must be speed matched
• match middle section this week

Mozart

• 2nd page must be practiced optimally
  • avoid restarts and mistakes as a priority
  • speed and rhythm second

• watch out for articulation, quavers must be split

19 July

Tarentelle

• focus on speed matching
• check notes here

• check notes

• check notes here

• practice at the maximum speed that you can be perfect

Mozart

• middle section practice hands seperate, practice for technique

12 July

Tarentelle

• focus on general idea rather individual notes
  • phrase ideas rather than individual notes

• even if it is light, still needs to be dramatic through points of impact

• middle section
  • needs to be calm
  • dolce e cantabile – top note needs to be louder, but not too loud
  • con impeto – focus on top note and phrase top note

8 July

Mozart

• phrasing!
• rests

• staccato on all quavers without slurs
• goal: finish 2nd page

Tarentelle

• focus on quality and speed, then after phrasing
  • phrasing is based on speed
  • speed done best in small sections

21 June

Tarentelle

• needs an overall lighter texture
  • can also help with speed
  • RH slightly non legato

• preferably practice smaller sections at a time

Mario

• really pay attention to sub. dynamics

7 June

Tarentelle

• overblow expressive ideas
• phrasing has destinations
• no rubato
• no specific expressions, just know how to think

Mozart

• be careful of notes on the second page
• can pedal on octaves

31 May

Tarentelle

• Phrase acording to speed
• don’t play too slow
• focus on getting new sections
• check which octave you are playing in

Mario

• check articulation carefully
• scherzando means playful, shorter notes
• sometimes dynamics are sudden, sometimes they are gradual

24 May

Mario

• start this week

Tarentelle

• misterioso, hold both pedals
• phrasing and epic ideas main expression
• learn second page

Mozart

• softer softs for phrasing
  • lighter character in general as well

17 May

Mozart

• 1 jigabaloo is fingering
• 2 jigabaloo is sharps
• don’t hold LH here

• gain extra bars this week

New song: Tarentelle (second list piece)

10 May

Fix You

• pass

Nuvole

• soft as soft as possible
• start slower
• gradual increases from there
• pass

Goodbye

• pass

26 Apr

Scales

• G# harmonic minor

29 Mar

Scales

• 2 scales remaining

Goodbye

• this will be passed if it is
  • consistent
  • phrased
    • phrasing must be according to frequency response

Fix You

• consistency is not great
  • needs more slow practice
• speed is not consistent

22 Mar

Scales

• curved fingers
• make sure 4th finger is correct C harmonic minor

Fix You

• bar 5, count bar properly
• pedal must be lifted fully
  • pedal lifts on the triangle

• balance must include LH as soft as possible
• RH must be phrased

Goodbye

• some ties in second page are not correct
• phrasing in general needs to be bigger
• check octave lower bottom of 2nd page
• check pedalling

15 Mar

Scales

• aim for accuracy
• G# melodic minor
• C melodic minor
• G# harmonic contrary

Goodbye for Now

• phrasing needs to be greater
• must be all legato
• 17 all soft
• 22, check LH chord

• 32 LH octave lower

• 40 LH, check LH position

Fix You (quick notes)

• pedal
• loud notes not too loud

8 Mar

Scale to improve

• G# melodic minor
• C melodic minor
• G# harmonic contrary
• Eb minor arpeggio

Make sure all scales are up to speed

Goodbye:

• check timing bar 16

• bar 18, check LH notes

• bar 29, check all LH placements

• phrasing
  • hit hard on main impacts, and fade quicker

• 17-24, LH as soft as possible. bar 25, surprise in comparison
• bar 29 is the loudest section
• allargando, louder and slower, then slow towards to the end

Fix You

• must have correct repetitions by either going slow, small sections or both

1 Mar

Scales

• you know all the scales already, time to make them exam standard

Goodbye for Now

• there ar
• Owen’s ideas
  • RH louder
  • higher is louder
• Isaac’s ideas
  • phrasing in and out
  • higher is louder sometimes, also considering where we are in the phrase
• the softer you start phrases, the more careful and meticulous it sounds
• phrases are marked by slurs

22 Feb

Scales

• practice bad scales slowly
• practice good scales fast
• consistency

Goodbye

• important to ‘taper’ off the end of phrases. End of phrases are end of slurs
• check rhythm, make sure that each bar has 6 crotchets. watch out for dotted rhythms

• bar 9 B natural LH

• 15-16, check rhythm

• phrasing is key. focus more on starting soft
• be accurate on 8vb

• check RH notes bar 29

• 17, LH really soft and small phrasing to give angelic sound

• allargando – getting broader
  • slower and thicker texture
• ending should be peaceful

15 Feb

Scales

• retry G# melodic minor, can do seperate hands.
• be careful for 4 octaves

Nuvole

• bar 5, very light, RH sparkles by itself

• bar 21 onwards, must be counted in 12. big phrasing in both hands. texture not heavy

• bar 30, should have LH different here
• bar 43, LH less notes here

• poco cresc: gradually getting louder a little bit throughout the whole piece
• poco accel: gradually getting faster
• bar 35, important to get intense, but only through upper notes. keep momentum going

2 Feb

Scales

• a little bit of everything

Goodbye for Now

• expression points
• phrasing, focus on the fading away
• balance, which hand has the priority, what texture does it create
• Make sure there are no Bb
• bar 12, fade into peak

• watch this note bar 15
• bar 17 onwards here, prioritise melody notes only. Watch notes here.

Fix You

• Points to watch
• phrasing
• watch for texture

Notes 27 Jan

Scales

• check C melodic minor fingering
• 2nd page optional

Fix You

• count bar 5 carefully, extra 2 beats

• bar 25 octave higher

• check note bar 46

• overall texture needs to be much lighter

Notes 20 Jan

Scales: G# melodic minor

Fix You

• first line pp, hold pedal the entire time

• thin texture, focus on LH soft in bar 6

• don’t rush this scale

• polyrhythm patern here is T RLR

• think about what is melody and prioritise it
• don’t rush this scale

• wait here

• don’t double pedal
• phrase this section

• to bring melody out, play everything soft except tenuto notes

Nuvole

• bar 4 pause longer

• in general we want a thinner texture. It needs to build up gradually

Notes 13 Jan

Scales

• 4th finger rule will help
• G# harmonic minor

Nuvole

• bar 1-4, go much slower (40). RH louder, try

• for the entire piece, have 12/8 time signature standard in your head. make sure it is 4 lots of 3
• bar 5-12, think about texture you are creating with pedal. can use soft pedal

• bar 35, cresc, pedal down the whole way, accent getting bigger

Notes 6 Jan

Start Nuvole Bianche and Scales