Thalia

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Long Term Goal

• Grade 5

25 Mar

Scales

• new scale: Bb harmonic minor

5C

• metronome at 58

Moonlight

• dynamics
• balance
• rhythm
• be intentional with practice

Jingpo Folk Song

18 Mar

Scales

• current scales unsatisfactory
• try hands seperate if struggling

Jingpo Folk Song

• make sure LH quaver rhythm is consistent
• see learning goal

Sight reading – average strength, accuracy sometimes careless

11 Mar

Scale

• B major well done, but uneven. Rhythm practice for evenness
• Db major, go this week again

Jingpo Folk Song

• see goal for this week

Moonlight Serenade

• balance
• pedal
• overall dynamic decided by the right hand

4 Mar

5C

• don’t clump triplets together

Scales

• keep working G# harmonic minor
• new scale Db major

Moonlight Serenade

• errors in 14-21, read carefully

Jingpo: main focus this week for notes

25 Feb

Scales

• same as before, increase speed and further improve speed

Moonlight Serenade

• even if not perfect, try controlling dynamic
• accuracy still key for learning

Jingpo Folk

• watch coordination
• watch RH fingering

18 Feb

5C

• keep working on this

Scales

• B major can be faster
• please work on G# harmonic minor
• curve fingers

Spinliedchen

• LH less active, softs softer
• bar 27
  • LH rests important
  • accompanying parts need to be softer
• bar 14 has missing note LH

11 Feb

Moonlight Serenade

• even though fingering is not super important, watch fingering
• if possible, try to get a softer sound, especially in RH

Spinliedchen

• aim for soft LH when repeating pattern
• 27 RH soft

4 Feb

Spinliedchen

• LH soft
• are all the notes played in chord bar 5
• watch fingering 11-18
• 27 onwards, make sure quaver beat is steady

Moonlight Serenade

• LH accuracy key at this stage
• 1st page hands together

26 Nov

Scales

• fingering in B major incorrect
• new scale: G# harmonic minor
• Fx is a double sharp (same as G)

Spinliedchen

• bar 3, lift at end of slurs, short staccato, leggiero light and short
• bar 11, cresc, plan out
• bar 27, RH soft, LH melody

19 Nov

Spinli

5 Nov

Machines on the Loose

• cut the little gaps out
• start a medium speed and maintain that speed
• cresc at the end start softer

Etude

• start soft, and start needs to be the same speed
• dynamics everywhere, especially hairpin bar 17

Allegro

• go slower
• try to get staccatos

Tartan

• don’t get faster in bar 33, same speed for
• dyanmics

29 Oct

Machines on the Loose

• cut the little gaps out
• keep RH slurred

Etude

• start soft
• think about speed at the start
• try to do dynamic in bar 17
• ‘sticky’ LH

Tartan

• dynamics
• slow practice – aim for perfect practice
• watch for sticky staccatos

Allegro

• staccatos

22 Oct

Machines

• watch 15-16, practice notes carefully
• things to watch
  • RH slur, and is the note clear
  • have clear dynamics, especially in the RH

Etude

• bar 62 LH still wrong!
• bar 39 RH fingering
• 71 RH
• check 23-24 LH
• increase speed, but with correct notes

Machines

• practice slow and consistent tempo
• do dynamics while going slow
• danger zones
  • 7-8
  • 15-16
  • 33
  • 35
• watch that slurs are slurred
• practice all slow this week

Tartan

• can speed up provided it is correct
• watch for your staccatos
• do some dynamics if you can

Etude

• still watch fingering in bar 24, all slurred. Also watch left hand notes here
• watch pedalling 33 onwards, don’t do extra
• bar 62 LH incorrect
• seperate LH 35, RH legato
• watch fingering RH 40

Allegro

• watch staccatos bar 1-8
• watch slurs bar 17

8 Oct

Etude

• bar 24 fingering
• bar 5-6 fingering
• get it consistent slow, then consistent medium, then consistent fast
• split practice between slow practice and fast practice
  • slow practice for notes and fingering
  • fast practice to get faster

Machines

• no gaps between lines on first
• don’t rush rhythm 25
• slow down bar 31
• check rhythm in ending (42-43)

Tartan

• staccatos are better, but check all of them
• are you playing ALL LH CHORDS?
• practice 29-32 seperately
• 41 speed up to full

1 Oct

Machines

• listen to rhythm on recordings

Allegro

• attention to
  • dynamics
  • staccato
  • is every note coming out?

Tartan

• consistency in rhythm most important

Etude

• bar 24, fingering RH still wrong
• 62 LH not correct

17 Sep

Etude

• watch for key fingerings
  • bar 23
  • bar 33 onwards RH
• 33 onwards
  • watch fingering
  • pedal
  • staccato LH

Machines

• inaccurate at
  • 9-16
  • 25-32 LH
  • last 3 lines

Allegro

• slow, and look up practice
• staccatos
• dynamics

10 Sep

Etude

• watch fingering in bar
  • 6
  • 23-24
  • 39-41
• begin to speed up, but with CORRECT FINGERING
• LH different in bar 62

Allegro

• recovery and maintenance work not going super well
• need to look up at the book

3 Sep

Etude

• mostly correct now, but we are looking for consistent quavers, as the entire piece is quavers.
• start slow, but then get quicker
• fingering bar 71
• bar 62 LH chord, E G A# C

Tartan

• this has similar issues to Etude, consistency of quavers is most important
• bar 39, LH notes wrong
• bar 33-40 in general is a dangerous section
• speed changes are wild! constant changes from slow to fast

Allegro

• this needs to be maintained through slow accurate practice

26 Aug

Etude

• fingering bars 1-8
• bar 17, LH staccato and seperateds
• bar 24 fingering
• bar 35 LH droopy 😦

Machines

• watch 15-16 notes
• all quavers must be even
• how slow should the practice be then?

13 Aug

• watch ties in LH bar 1-8 and fingering
• watch fingering bar 9-16
• bar 24, watch RH fingering, LH chords need to have sharp

6 Aug

• are all chords seperate?
  • easy to make sure if they are staccato
  • don’t lift off too high on stacactos to make sure they are not too loud

• check notes
  • 47 RH

• increase speed gradually and correctly
  

Etude