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Long term goal
- grade 8
21 Mar
Scales
- 6ths again this week
- increase work on scales
List C
- playing softer would be great
- goal: bar 42
List B
- start thinking about time and keeping a constant beat
- watch for ties at 102
- plan out dynamics carefully, don’t rely on instinct
14 Mar
Mazurka
- watch dotted rhythms
- pedalling based on bass note
- broken chord bar 6 is slow
Scales
- 6ths + chromatics
- pay attention to scales
List A
- be intentional with f and p dynamics
- look for opportunities to phrase
7 Mar
Scales
- start thirds scales this week
8B
- check number of notes
List B
- page 4 is about the struggle, moving up in levels
- 76, phrase hard
- 82, LH drives volume
28 Feb
List B
- mostly good notes
- dynamically needs work, but good basis
- be careful to calculate speed carefully in 27
- check coordination in 28
- bar 34, phrasing would be good
- in general watch coordination
- get to the end
21 Feb
List B
- dolce, soft but still phrased
- each section has a different mood
- goal: bar 93
Scales
- please 4th finger rule
8B
- wrong fingering at this stage is unacceptable
List A
- sometimes sudden changes, but a lot of transit changes, where are we going, can I put a gradual change?
14 Feb
Scales
- B flat major grand
- watch 4th finger rule
List B
- sudden changes in dynamic cause tension and surprise
- check coordination careful
- aim for end of third page
List B
- RH bar 19
- check LH bar 26
- bar 39, RH articulation disappeared
- rhythm in bar 58
7 Feb
6B
12 Nov
Etude
- phrasing key strength, use larger phrasing
- catch bottom note with pedal
- bar 16, silly mistake can be fixed quickly
List B
- non legato bar 11 LH
- bar 14 LH crotchet
- some p and f dynamics not sharp (2nd page)
- bar 23 rest LH?
- bar 35 LH missing
- might help to do 10% slower for stability and detail
List C
- bar 7 LH check
- bar 9 rhythm
- pause longer bar 28
- bar 29
- broken chords quicker
- rhythm fix
- pedal shorter when pedal is short
- 59 and 61, check no pedal
Stars
- longer rhythm at the start
- is pedalling correct?
- wrong B in LH bar 29, don’t slow down
Mozart
- phrase in first section
5 Nov
List B
- bar 1 RH incorrect
- bar 3-4, accents overdone
- bar 5-6 dynamics incorrect
- bar 10-12 non legato LH
- 13-14 LH too long
- bar 16 p dynamic
- bar 17 trill in wrong spot
- bar 22 missing p dynamic
- bar 23 cresc
- bar 35-36 missing LH notes?
- 37-39 phrase upwards
- 42 onwards, notational disaster
Mozart
- satisfactory
List C
- bar 1 start softer
- bar 9 rhythm
- bar 16, plan hairpin going up
- bar 29
- rhythm double dotted
- harpeggio quicker
- watch pedals carefully, long or short?
- bar 42, straight into tempo I
29 Oct
List B
- generally some odd insecurities
- dynamic detail generally lacking going between p and f
- go a bit slower and focus on phrasing
- don’t hold crotchet in 23
- articulation rules
- play as written
- otherwise, semiquavers legato, everything else non-legato
Stars
- watch for accurate pedalling
- difference between p, mp and pp
- count at the first bar
- check B position in LH bar 29
- check rhythm bar 37
21 Oct
Mozart
- articulation rules
- make sure that non-legato is always the same
- pay attention to suggested and written
- 2nd page, fingering RH?
- 3rd page, 2nd last line, even semiquavers in RH
Scottish
- 19, loud, keep loud until gradually dim
- watch pedalling in general
- 29, pedalling should be quick
- voice top note
- double dotted rhythms are quick
- 53 octave higher
Stars
- poco rall into meno mosso, slow down into slower