Goal for 2023: Repertoire exam, 4 pieces
25 Mar
Queen Alice
- pedalling, don’t lift all the way up
- mistakes are in same spot (bar 7)
- phrasing
Moonlight Serenade
- dynamics not good
- fix triplet rhythm, it is much too fast
Legend of Tanis
- bar 10 LH in wrong spot
- 16-17 LH wrong
- bar 65 check your rhyth
18 Mar
Queen Alice
- consistency is poor
- keep the same speed for the entire piece
- please assess whether a section is actually good or not
11 Mar
River Flows in You
- phrasing
- hold note in first line
- keep LH soft
- get louder as we go along
- keep pedalling down and consistent
4 Mar
Moonlight Serenade
- better dynamics
- balance is main issue this week
- bar 14 LH Bb
- bar 16 RH chord
Legend of Tanis
- work on consistency from bar 15
- waits are slightly too long from bar 23
- 14-19 inconsistent
- do slow and correct practice
18 Feb
Queen Alice
- bar 12 and 16 FINGERING AND RHYTHM
- bar 26 wrong notes
- 49 need to slow down towards end
Moonlight Serenade
- bar 2 RH incorrect
- LH is always a crotchet beat
- bar 14 LH Bb
Legend of Tanis
- check RH note bar 1
- LH split needs to be faster in bar 15
- rhythm is wrong bar 28, you need to wait
- bar 65 not pedal
8 Feb
Queen Alice
- phrase all the time
- do all dynamics
- always have melody RH louder than soft LH
- bar 9 is too slow, changes speed
- bar 25 needs slow practice, this is very inaccurate
1 Feb
River Flows In You
- generally correct, but many small mistakes that get repeated over and over
- see notes that are wrong that are circled
- as the song goes along, get louder
Moonlight Serenade
- dynamics are not obvious
- make p softer and mf and f louder
- always make RH louder because its
14 Dec
Legend of Tanis
- bar 10 notes still wrong
- bar 14 pause and not too soft
- bar 18 and 20 SLOW DOWN A LOT
- 23-30 notes not accurate
- are you waiting?
- bar 34 F# RH
- bar 35-38 inaccurate
- bar 45 slow down
- bar 46 pause
- bar 65 no pedal
Gnossiene
- last notes of LH pattern need to be accurate
- soft LH
7 Dec
Gnossiene
- dynamics?
- LH always soft
- bad performance to start, but the
30 Nov
Legend of Tanis
- check bar 2 rhythm
- check notes bar 10
- check pause in bar 14
- 15-19 inaccurate!
- bar 23, wait the correct time
- bar 31, count in 1 2 3
River Flows in You
- rhythm needs to be ‘straight’
- check all coordination
9 Nov
Legend of Tanis
- first page has some inaccuracy
Queen Alice
- good notes, but LH softer
- add phrasing
- don’t change speed bar 12 and 16
2 Nov
Quatrieme
- LH should be softer
- dynamics in RH
Legend of Tanis
- bar 7 soft, LH in wrong spot
- bar 9 staccatos
- bar 20 RH note wrong
- bar 39 RH in the wrong spot
26 Oct
Quatrieme
- LH speed changing
- LH should be softer
- dynamics in RH
Legend of Tanis
- try to finish all this week (third page is the same as start)
19 Oct
Quatrieme
- don’t change LH speed
- keep LH softer at all times, do dynamics mostly in RH
- try to make sure no gaps in LH
- dynamics mostly in RH
Legend of Tanis
- combine first page
- combine 2nd page first two lines
Moonlight Serenade
- LH crotchets need to be even
12 Oct
Quatrieme
- all about dynamics today
- riten as well if you can go slower that would be awesome
Legend of Tanis : new
- try hands sep first
- split up large chords in left hand
- don’t forget F#
3 Oct
Queen Alice
- dynamics generally ALWAYS should be softer
- are you paying attention?
Quatrieme
- LH fingering is wrong, otherwise, this is a good effort 🙂
- try to finish this week
Moonlight Serenade
- again, dynamics are not good
13 Sep
Quatrieme
- all about reading slow and carefully
Moonlight Serenade
- pedal
- rhythm
- notes
- dynamics
5 Sep
Moonlight Serenade
- LH bar 14
- RH bar 17 C E F# A
- bar 32 RH E G# C
- all about phrasing + dynamics
- LH needs to be consistently crotchets
Quatrieme Gnossiene
- LH
30 Aug
Moonlight Serenade
- bar 2 LH Ab
- bar 3 Bb RH
- bar 4 Bb LH
- bar 10 completely wrong!
- bar 11 RH wrong
- bar 14 Bb LH
- bar 18 LH in general
- practice needs to be more accurate in general
Queen Alice
- watch for missing C# in LH bar 27 LH
- listen to recording for rhythm
23 Aug
Queen Alice
- when pedalling, don’t lift off heel. don’t lift to the top of the pedal to create banging sound
- bar 25, ti ti ti ti ti ti
- bar 27, C# missing
- bar 32, C# missing
- generally too loud when you’ve added pedal. think about a ‘beautiful’ sound, not an ugly loud sound
Moonlight Serenade
- some missing B flats here
New piece: Quatrieme Gnossiene
- begin right hand
16 Aug
Queen Alice
- notes are generally right 🙂
- timing is not 😦
- listen to recording!
- will fix one by one with Isaac
- add pedal
- not too loud
Moonlight Serenade
- crotchets left hand constant
- finish piece this week
2 Aug
Queen Alice
- watch LH rhythm, long short long short pattern
- watch key signature from bar 25
- bar 7, dotted rhythm
- add pedal
Moonlight Serenade
26 Jul
Queen Alice
- long short long short LH rhythm (listen to recording)
- pedal
- bar 9 LH even and all the same
- do the middle part this week
Moonlight Serenade
- B flat key signature
- 3 lines hands together
19 Jul
- AMAZING PROGRESS
- try to finish this week
New piece: Moonlight Serenade
Scales: E major
- don’t forget 4th fingering rule
12 Jul
New song: Queen Alice
- goal, bar 24
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