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Goal

Grade 6 2026

Nuvole Bianche

check all the small details

4 Sep

Fix You

don’t phrase too hard
still practice last page

Scales: D# melodic

Nuvole

finish 2nd page

21 Aug

Fix You

31 Jul

Fix You

keep LH soft always
do RH phrasing

Nuvole

start this week

Listen to scales next week!

24 Jul

Fix You

17 Jul

Fix You

needs small section seperate practice

Scales

all similar motion scales and Eb grand scale

5 Jul

Scale

1 May

Scales

go slower for accuracy
check fingering arpeggios

Queen Alice

clear pedalling
not too fast
make balance and phrasing key things to watch for
needs to be beautiful!

Spinliedchen

24 Apr

Scales some unknown!

5C needs a lot more work

Queen Alice

slow down a bit

3 Apr

General knowledge still needs a lot of work

More memory practice

27 Mar

Mental memory practice!

20 Mar

Scale

try rhythm practice for evenness
check G# harmonic minor RH

General Knowledge: Moonlight Serenade next week

Queen Alice

mental memory, LH seperate and slow practice

Spinliedchen

dynamics a bit dead
memory and slow practice similar issue

13 Mar

Scales

generally better this week

how is each note divided?

General Knowledge given today

Moonlight Serenade

dynamics need to be clearer

6 Mar

Scales

practice fast for fast, practice slow for accuracy
practice more contrary motions
do arpeggios

Spinliedchen

bar 40 Bb right
this is quite good, but could benefit from slow practice would help

Do exercise 5C

27 Feb

Moonlight

dynamics, focus on softs
LH should generally the same volume

Scales

need to be faster, need to be always 4 octaves

Queen Alice

focus on pedalling and dynamics

20 Feb

Queen Alice

generally a bit fast, and middle bit stil struggles. consider going slower
a lot of it is too loud
bar 49, gradually slowing down
bar 25, phrase RH, LH soft

Moonlight

sectional practice

13 Feb

Scale

scales need to be practiced hands seperate
E major contrary + Bb harmonic minor

Moonlight Serenade

needs sectional practice, especially in middle or any part that you are not good at

Spinliedchen

balance

30 Jan

Scales

need to be seriously revised! have first page of scales prepared this week

Queen Alice

generally too heavy, LH much softer
pedalling needs to be correct and at the correct time
phrasing in RH as well
practice from 3rd page!

Moonlight Serenade

good vibes here in general
bar 3 Bb in RH
dynamics start softer, then gradually get louder.

19 Dec

Scales

make sure scales are 4 octaves

12 Dec

Queen Alice

keep left hande soft
do phrasing in right hand
generally improved
sectional practice on last bit

Moonlight Serenade

finish song this week

Scales: C# minor contrary, revising all scales

Check scales next week

5 Dec

goal is 2nd page of Queen Alice done, finish first page of Moonlight Serenade

28 Nov

Spinliedchen

slow down more ending

Moonlight Serenade

get up to end of page again!
sectional practice!

21 Nov

Spinnliedchen

be careful of small stops through pieces, and practice to target
slow sectional practice!

Moonlight Serenade

get up to end of page

Scales

E major contrary

14 Nov

Spinnliedchen

middle section needs sectional practice
lift the short notes in 2nd page

Moonlight Serenade

do more of this this week

Scales: revise Bb harmonic minor

7 Nov

Queen Alice

sectional 8 bars at a time
go from middle of the song

Scale: Bb harmonic minor

31 Oct

Scales

Db major

Spinliedchen

practice the middle section more

New piece: Moonlight serenade

24 Oct

Spinliedchen

watch your pedalling

17 Oct

Spinliedchen

priority in middle section is to be consistent

Queen ALice

get to the end this week
slow down, softer to the end

Scales

10 Oct

Queen Alice

practice accurately for speed
get balance between left and right hand

5 Sep

Scales

G# melodic minor

Queen Alice

get up to bar 32 this week

1 Aug

G# melodic minor

Queen Alice

continue to middle section
spend more time learning new things to improve your reading

Spinliedchen

make softs softer
make an effort to get fingering correct

24 Jul

Spinliedchen

watch mistakes from 27

Queen Alice

try to get up to 24 this week
keep left hand soft

Scales: G# harmonic minor this week

18 Jul

Spinliedchen

watch articulation
keep LH light

Queen Alice

try to get up to 24 this week
keep left hand soft

Scales: G# harmonic minor this week

30 May

Scales

good this week geneerally
do dynamics in exercise

Sunday Morning

left hand definitely needs to be softer

23 May

Scales

improved a lot this week

Let the Good Times Roll

not too fast
softs softer
staccatos softer

Sunday Morning

dynamics more accurate in general, left hand soft, differences in RH

9 May

Scales

same notes as last week

keep legato
phrasing

2 May

don’t speed through this, aim for phrasing and accuracy
fingering absolutely needs to be correct

Scales

scales generally too slow
revise practice methods, this needs to improve

18 Apr

this needs work

Scales

speed matters
consistency matters
scales behind

Tambo Tango

watch consistency, slow practice
voice melody more

Let the Good Times Roll

slow practice

Sunday Morning

LH softer
more obvious dynamics

28 Mar

this should go slower in practice and performance

Scales

make sure you are playing the correct scale
scales need to be faster
scales need to be four octaves
generally needs work

Tambo Tango

inner non-melodic voices need to be softer

Sunday Morning

softer dynamics need to be slightly softer
louder dynamics slightly louder
more dynamics in general!

21 Mar

when you’ve mastered it add phrasing

Let the Good Times Roll

overall sound of non staccato non accented notes can be louder
mp way too loud
consistency slightly concerning
- needs slow practice
bar 14 RH incorrect

Scales

E major needs to increase speed

14 Mar

Start Ex 4A

7 Mar

Tambo Tango

held notes need to be a bit more consistent
pedalling consistent at 13
practice carefully, prioritise stability

Scales

A major and F# harmonic minor

Sunday Morning

keep LH soft
check for dynamic changes in RH

29 Feb

Sunday Morning

finish this week
watch a few errors in the piece

Scales next week

Let the Good Times Roll

consistency, slow practice
dynamics and accents need work

15 Feb

Sunday Morning

bar 19 this week

Scales

A major contrary motion

8 Feb

Let the Good Times roll

generally well played today
focus on dynamics
focus on accents, staccatos

Sunday morning

try to get up to bar 14

Scales

C# melodic minor this week

7 Dec

Tambo Tango

bar 13, watch pedalling + fingering

Let the Good Times Roll

finish this week

9 Nov

Tambo Tango

go slower with accruracy
watch pedalling pattern
watch RH fingering 13 onwards
pay attention to all held notes

New piece: Let the good times roll

12 hands together this week

2 Nov

Scales

go faster
4 octaves

Tambo Tango

needs to be a bit more accurate

5 Oct

Scales

Practice in exam style

Banjo Tune

louds louder

Sonatina

watch louds and soft

La Poupee

14 Sep

Scales: contrary motions and chromatics need work!

Banjo Tune: fairly good

Sonatina: keep LH soft all the time, check articulation bar9

7 Sep

rhythm
dynamics
PREPARE!

Scales

play at correct speed
listen to examiner advice
you can only start a scale once

Banjo Tune

don’t lose speed in middle

Sonatina

31 Aug

Sonatina

keep lightness in LH
don’t lift aggressively off slurs

24 Aug

Sonatina

big obvious dynamics
watch fingering
can you start from any section?

Banjo Tune

separate practice from bar 9

17 Aug

dynamics

dynamics as well

Scales

C melodic minor
scale speed needs to be faster

Sonatina

10 Aug

Sonatina

general practice methods
slow practice
perfect practice
separate hands practice

3 Aug

watch rhythm
watch dynamics

dynamics, go slower

27 Jul

Sonatina

slow practice for stability
watch articulation in first two lines

Banjo TU

13 Jul

need to wait on the crotchets
check notes

hand difference between loud and soft

slower and minimise gaps

Scales

make sure scales are correct speed + consistent
do G harmonic minor contrary this week

La poupee

bar 2 LH articulation
keep LH soft

22 Jun

Scales

all about speed now, but keep making sure it’s correct

Sonatina

don’t start too fast
phrase endings

La poupee

don’t get too loud in LH, mostly just RH changing

15 Jun

check rhythm
try phrasing

bar 3, LH note
take turns with mf

Scales

scales still need work, faster + accuracy

Song of Twilight

get further into this one today

Sonatina

metronome 82

8 Jun

Toccata: finish this week

Last extra list: Song of Twilight

Scales

can go quicker if correct
Bb major contrary this week
present exercises next week

La poupee

focus on a soft start
dynamics in 3rd line
10 LH is incorrect

1 Jun

Scales

contraries for one more week
4th finger rule

Toccata

can be more steady/slow
this needs to be learned

Banjo Tune

slow practice for further stability

Sonatina

separate hands practice/slow practice

La Poupee

25 May

Scales

D major and B harmonic minor contrary

Banjo Tune

this is okay for now, the f can be a bit louder though

La Poupee

hold RH

18 May

Scales

4th finger rule fix all scales this week

okay

Sonatina

try at 75 this week

La Poupee

must finish last section

Banjo Tune

phrasing
bar 9, RH short
pedal at the end

11 May

Ex 3C – finish this week

Do all regular scales up to speed this week

Sonatina

today starting metronome work at 70, slowly work our way up

Extra list: going well

La Poupee

keep this light

4 May

Do ex 3C this week

Scales

Do B harmonic minor this week

Banjo Tune

can be louder
more phrasing in middle section

La Poupee

soft dynamic
not so fast

New extra list: Toccata Ritmico

27 Apr

can be quicker

please revise exercises

Scales

please revise scales

Andantino

please learn this week

Sonatina

main aim is to keep same speed, plan this out

6 Apr

Scales

better this week
new scales: get as far as you can during the holidays, including contrary motion

do Ex 3C

La Poupee

practice last section in small bits

Start extra list this week: Andantino

30 Mar

Scales

new scale: F# harmonic
new scale: C harmonic minor

Please practice 3B

La Poupee

please learn last two lines

Sonatina

watch bar 6 LH
watch rests in LH bar 17

23 Mar

La Poupee

solid work here
learn last 2 bars this week, check next week

Scales

4th finger rule ESSENTIAL
must be first thing to practice

Sonatina

LH rests, watch out
start thinking about dynamics
check legato bar 7-8
22 LH wrong

9 Mar

Scales need to be imporoved, continue on Eb major

needs improvement to speed

check fingerings carefully, hands sep first

La poupee

finish this week

Banjo Tune

f can be slightly louder
more phrasing in bar 10

2 Mar

check starting position

Start 3B this week

try hands seperate this week

Please continue to practice scales

Sonatina

bar 17 LH rest
bar 25 check articulation

La poupee

watch articulation, staccatos where you can

23 Feb

articulation: watch your slurs
watch dynamics

La poupee

learn first two lines

Technical work

finish 3A left hand, all exercises 3A

16 Feb

Sonatina

check wrong notes
timing essential, crotchets are divided into 1,2,3,4

Expand forward: La Poupee

9 Feb

Scales

going good, manage your own learning, do your own learning and learn a scale a week

Start exercise 3A

Sonatina

push forward learning
get to the end this week

Banjo Tune

17 Nov

Banjo Tune

good readers read a lot. Bad readers don’t read at all
develop habits to start reading more
- look up at the page all the time
- read further than you expect
- read parts that you have already learned
- play note rush?

27 Oct

Allegro

softs softer, mf 17 louder
13, don’t get loud straight away
30, go back to original speed
2nd last note should be longer

Menuetto

first page, don’t do sudden accents
don’t have a big gap between I and II
2nd page, still end all 2nd bars soft

T-rex Hungry

remember, sf, notes around the sf soft
bar 6, start a bit softer and slowly build
hold last note longer
its all about the dynamic change

Dragon fly

bar 4 last RH note short
bar 5, don’t get too soft too early
bar 8, RH notes are slurred

20 Oct

Allegro

softs can be softer
- quick fingers, but not with force
p doesn’t have to be as soft as possible

Menuetto

all hairpin detail, as much phrasing as possible
- this is following the pitch up and down and matching with volume
- bar 11 goes from soft to loud
menuetto II, make the last note of each 2 bars soft
some rhythmic issues, but they are small

T-rex

sf, make the notes around the sf soft
try not to speed up throughout the piece
try metronome at 77, but with dynamics

Dragonfly

start softer if possible, and softs softer in general

13 Oct

RECORD T REX HUNGRY AND DRAGON FLY

Allegro

slow practice for accuracy
- way too many mistakes that have
don’t change speed halfway
dynamics way too small

Dragon fly

good and stable, can increase tempo a bit
- make sure it is correct even as you increase

T-rex hungry

slow practice for stability
mp suggested dynamics so that you can contrast this with the other sections
tip toeingly staccatos

28 Sep

Dragon fly

soft dynamics most critical
practice all the time correct
check for fingers, make sure fingering is always correct

Menuetto

all about hairpin in bar 1
make sure slurs are connected
main rhythm issue is gaps

T Rex Hungry

all about the gaps between notes
bar 13, staccatos

15 Sep

Dragon fly

check fingering carefully, so that everything is legato
check chord in bar 6

Noterush – do level 3 or 4

Allegro

bar 30 soft
dim means diminuendo, get quieter
check your position compared to middle C
when combining, look up and go slow, then can go faster
learn in small sections

New song: dragon fly