Youtube Playlist
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Google Drive
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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