Zane

Student of the Week
Recording Guidelines

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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