Stephanie

5 May

List B

  • as much as possible, try to read and understand rhythm as 3 beats
  • keep listening to recording
  • check for repeated notes
  • big focus on rhythm moving forward
  • slow practice small sections

Scales

  • 4th finger rule!
  • 3/2 scales

List D

  • very good with correct notes
  • bar 29, dotted rhythm
  • check notes bar 38 onwards

28 Apr

List A

  • all about phrasing and dynamics
    • start softer
  • lift pedal off gently
  • focus on keeping it light, always return to soft
  • continue to look out for wrong notes

List B

  • focus on consistent tempo
  • count 3 beats in a bars
  • LISTEN TO RECORDING!

List C

  • melody not too loud 1-19
  • lift pedal earlier to catch notes
  • LH very soft in bar 20, keep texture light

20 Apr

List D

  • dynamics
    • sudden
    • large
    • accent small notes (acciacaturas)
  • articulation
    • staccatos short
  • check notes

Technical

  • do all grand scales

List B

  • all opportunities to phrase must be taken

31 Mar

List C

  • bar 10, last note short
  • bar 11, RH soft
  • bar 14-15, LH accent, larger phrasing
  • from animando onwards, can be more free, more LH. add rubato
  • bar 32, riten, get slower more
  • subito – suddenly
  • apassionato – more passion – more phrasing, rubato
  • bar 38, bring out melody more

practice tips

  • slow
  • in sections

24 Mar

List C

  • tips for learning fast
    • make NO mistakes
    • adjust speed for NO mistakes
    • practice sections that need help more
    • an example could be 5x no mistakes, 1x normal speed
  • doesn’t need large pedal gap
  • phrasing can be big especially (softs especially)
  • LH much softer
  • piu p, can put soft pedal
  • bar 38, 4 bar sections to start with for practice

17 Mar

List B

  • main focus increasing tempo so that expression makes sense

New piece: Merry Andrew

7B

  • still make sure all notes are legato. check fingering carefully

Finish all grand scales. Watch 4th finger rule

10 Mar

List B

  • contrasts
    • in dynamics
    • in phrasing
  • different moods
    • playful?
    • strong?
    • singing?
    • angry?
  • phrase if the melody goes up and down

List C

  • phrasing needs to be planned out from soft to loud
  • pp, can use soft pedal
  • apassionato – passionate – more phrasing – louder
  • 38
    • voice main melody
    • keep it soft
    • can use soft pedal

3 Mar

List A

  • a few wrong notes, see circled
  • soft can be lighter
    • so that the louders can be louder by comparison
  • repeated sections can be different with ideas
  • sempre – always
  • senza – without
  • all RH bar 17 staccato

List B

  • main points are louds and soft and articulation
  • different moods

7C

  • check bar 7 notes

Scale: Ab major grand

24 Feb

List C

  • make sure all quavers are the same speed
  • crotchets are 2 quavers

List A

  • try to get ‘mezzo-staccato’ RH
  • half pedal on and off
  • watch for repeating G#

New scale: B harmonic minor

7B

  • watch fingering very carefully

17 Feb

List C

  • molto cantabile e espressivo
    • phrasing
    • legato
  • balance
  • watch for flats
  • animando
    • animated
      • a bit faster

Technical

  • Ex 7A
    • do dynamics/phrasing
  • D major grand scale
    • rememember 4th finger rule

10 Feb

List C

  • when finding rhythm, think of quavers in 3 beats in a bar
  • watch out for Bb
  • listen to recording in the background