Apr 21, 2023

Technique/Scales

C Major Scale, Chords, and Arpeggios

  • 2 Octaves – go slowly and evenly, not going any faster than you can keep hands together
  • listen as you play to make sure you don’t have fingers lingering on keys after playing – should only hear one note at a time

Ploger Method:

  • Read Chapters 1 – Three Stages of Learning, and Chapter 2 – Three Causes of Error (pdfs below)
  • Do the 2-Part and 3-Part Longy rhythms: Tap with LH and left leg for all beat 1’s (whether there’s a number or a dot). Sing any numbers out loud on Middle C, and whisper the beat number on the dots.
  • Improvise your own rhythms on the 2-Part and 3-Part Lap Maps (download from this link and print)

chapter 1 three stages of learning

chapter 2 three causes of error

Longy page

2-part lap map

3-part lap map

Repertoire

Chopin Nocturne 72/1:

  • Still focus on page 2 – play page 1-2 every couple of days, but spend most of your time working on m.22-30
  • don’t forget LH plays triplets while RH plays even 8ths mostly

Mozart K283:

  • Remember work only in 10-minute chunks of time, whatever you think you can do in that time
  • go VERY slowly through page 1