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Goal for this week
- see scales to do
- Cuckoo present next term with all correct notes
- Keep playing all list A B C D
Long term goal
- grade 6 exam early 2021
Notes 30 Mar
Nuvole,
- notes are wrong, but will fix in term 2
- from 21, needs more phrasing
Scales
Scales to do:
- G# harmonic minor contrary
- Bb harmonic minor contary
- all arpeggio fingerings
- Eb dominant 7
Cuckoo
- Notes need to be correct
Fiesta
- focus on slow but consistent
Notes 23 Mar
Scales to do:
- G# harmonic minor contrary
- Bb harmonic minor contary
- all arpeggio fingerings
- Eb dominant 7
Allegro
- work on dynamics
- less pedal
- more details to work on
cuckoo
- rests between cuckoo are important
- fix ALL notes this week
Notes 16 Mar
Scales
- G# harmonic minor contrary needs work
Allegro
- wrong sections need to be re-read
- soft sections legato, pay attention to slurs
- bigger difference between loud and soft
- notes improved this week 🙂
- mp dolce, RH sweet, LH very soft
Notes 9 Mar
6C
- good
Scales
- arpeggios SO MUCH BETTER 🙂
- now time to test all scales each lesson
Allegro
- still some missing notes and wrong, can be found by ‘easter egg’ practice
- goal is to have all notes correct by next week
Notes 23 Feb
Scales
- only allow yourself one try with scales
6A
- not so fast
- check bar 2
Notes 16 Feb
Arpeggios
- still need to reliably play inversions
- don’t play root, 1st, 2nd, do all 2nds
6C
- good
Fiesta
- do not worry about fluency until notes are correct
- mistakes to fix in page 2
- middle section must be carefully fixed this week.
Cuckoo
- Slow practice required again, many of the expressions are already correct if notes were correct.
Notes 9 Feb
6A
- check bar 2 notes
6B
- where is Bb
- much slower
Scales to watch
- D# harmonic and melodic minor
- G# harmonic minor contrary
- Bb harmonic minor contrary
- Inversions of arpeggios, check fingering. Go seperate hands as well when fixing issues
Fiesta
- Accurate dynamics required in general
- poco rubato – stretch time a bit
- see page for wrong notes, page 2 especially
Notes 2 Feb
Fix You
- check note LH bar 2
- check LH bar 18
- this entire section is weird
Notes 1 Dec
Fix You
- many wrong notes, but just for this week, work on expression
- your responsibility for art show
Fiesta
- articulation LH bar 11. Don’t slow down in 14
- keep trying at home 2nd page. Read carefully
Cuckoo
- cuckoo pattern should always come above everything
- there are many wrong notes. try to fix them before next week using concentration.
Notes 24 Nov
Arpeggios: getting better! :). Present similar motions next week
Fiesta
- check number of notes bar 9-10 RH. Hit sf hard, then back away.
- we’ve done lots of work here, keep it up. Are notes correct? do the need to come together?
- LH note bar 47
- basic expressions: get the dynamics right
Fix You
- bar 6-10 check RH
- bar 18-19 bar check coordination
- check LH notes in bar 31
Notes 17 Nov
Scales: keep practicing, don’t learn inversion off root
Ex 6C: good
Cuckoo
- LH articulation always same. Long short rest
- Rhythm fix here:
- bar 36 is missing?
- watch tie in LH 41
- check LH notes bar 51
- check notes bar 56
Fiesta
- check number of notes bar 9
- bar 11, make sure we can hear all the notes
- fade away, bar 15
- hold tie 27
Notes 10 Nov
Scales
- continue to check all arpeggios
Fiesta
- bar 1, group into two groups of three. Check fingering
- bar 3, LH position higher
- LH rests 11-14
- count here
- do notes that belong to the RH in this section. You can see the L shape lines
- bar 27 hold note
- check LH positions and notes in this section
- bar 51 hold top note
- bar 59-60 6 quavers, 61 lower
Fix You
