Reina

9 Nov

Let the Good Times Roll

• rhythm work
  • clap and play

New Scale: Bb major

New piece: Twilight

26 Oct

Toccata

• metronome
  • 6 beats in a bar, 300

• challenge is to get that correct with dynamics as well

Twilight

• more boldly, louder
• can phrase more
• keep up with the rhythm in bar 9

Song of twilight

• only use soft pedal for pp
• can go more intense in bar 9

Spanish Dance

• slurs slurs correctly
• keep LH softer if possible

Keep LH soft overall softer

Rhythms

19 Oct

Toccata Ritmico

• NO STOP TO THE TI TIS
• EXAGGERATED DYNAMICS
  • difference between each dynamic much bigger

Ways to practice: slow

12 Oct

Toccata Ritmico

• NO STOP TO THE TI TIS
• EXAGGERATED DYNAMICS
  • difference between each dynamic much bigger

• don’t get faster when getting louder

Twilight

• a bit too much stops

Spanish Dance

Twilight

• expression
  • phrasing
  • keeping mp soft and sensitive
  • following the ‘lightly’ markings
  • rall in bar 12, slow down
  • tenuto accents mean heavy

Song of Twilight

• have no pedal gap in left hand

Homework: Have a recording for next week. See Recording Guidelines above for how to do it.

5 Oct

Toccata Ritmico

• no gaps in the ti-ti
• bigger dynamics

Twilight

• bar 9 needs to be quicker (listen to recording for speed)
• double check your left hand at the end
• need some expression (next week)

Song of Twilight

• bar 9 needs to be slightly faster

Spanish dance

• again, fix rhythm by listening to recording

What to do before recording for our exam

• have awesome dynamics (sorta already doing this :))
• have correct rhythm (getting better, but not quite there yet. LISTEN TO RECORDING)
• have expression (phrasing pretty much)
• then u all g

29 Sep

Spanish Dance

• check notes in coda
• are notes staccato? are notes not staccato
• do phrasing according to page
• 2nd page, follow dynamics

Toccata Ritmico

• dynamics just need to be strictly followed
• keep all staccatos same length
• are all quavers even like a clock (one after another)
• bar 17, LH legato, RH staccato
• use pedal in bar 19
• bar 23-24, same RH

Song of Twilight

• LH really really soft for light texture
• don’t phrase too hard
• but you can phrase more in bar 9

22 Sep

Spanish Dance

• slower!
• phrasing (follow hairpins)
• are you doing slurs in RH correctly?
• is rhythm 100% correct?
  • a bit more chill/relaxed

Song of Twilight

• make sure rhythm is correct
• phrasing
  • higher is louder, lower is softer

• LH just as soft as possible!
  • to make it fluffy

14 Sep

Spanish Dance

• bar 33, goes straight back to 2
• rhythm in LH is important, listen to recording
• LH articulation is important
• C# RH bar 11

Song of Twilight

• check coordination bar 9

• bar 13 needs to be softer than the start
• ritardando – slow down at the end

Twilight

• needs to be just a bit faster

7 Sep

Song of Twilight

• bar 7 F# RH

• texture and balance still needs to be lighter
• use left pedal to make things softer

Spanish Dance

• articulation: slurs and staccatos
• this is hard, fingering must be correct

Toccata Ritimico

• position bar 17
• bar 45 position
• watch dynamics as well

31 Aug

Song of Twilight

• pedal use all the time
• balance, very soft left hand and a bit of right hand

Spanish Dance

• learn this week, maybe finish first page

Twilight

• heavy light contrast

24 Aug

Scales

• 4th finger rule!
• is the scale even?
• new scale: G harmonic minor

Song of Twilight

• sharps biggest issue
  • try circling each sharp for assistance

• expected to get up to bar 8

Twilight

• bar 28, go hands separate. you can split up the chord with the squiggles

• phrasing, making the piece more expressive
  • go up is louder
  • go down is softer

17 Aug

Scales

• be careful with Bb major fingering
• make sure your scales are even
• new scale: D harmonic minor

Twilight

• combine all hands together this week
• try to add pedal

Song of Twilight

• C F G sharp

Toccata Spirito

• check positions in bar 17
• check fingering in bar 41

10 Aug

Twilight

• broken chord, split apart notes

• lines at bottom are for pedalling
• many repeats, easy to learn
• goal, put bar 1-8 hands together
• 9-12, hands together bonus

Toccata

• much better, but some notes still in the wrong spot
  • check positions starting from bar 17
  • check notes in bar 39-40
  • check position in bar 47 RH

• try dynamics this week

Scales

• Bb major

3 Aug

Toccata Ritmico

• need to write mistakes down
• staccatos need to be consistent
• bar 27, RH notes

• 35, check position

• check fingering and extra note 41

• check position and notes in 46

• two main things
  • slurs and staccato
  • louds and softs

27 July

20 July

Toccata

• check note bar 8 RH Eb

• check positions bar 17, where is middle C?
• we have learned all sections, have a go whole piece this week

13 July

Toccata

• all about positions
• homework: up to bar 28, bonus, go further than 28