Joaquin’s Piano Lessons
Apr 9, 2025
Technique/Scales
G Major Scale 2 octaves hands together slowly
- Curve fingers
- Have the hand/arm angled outward
- level wrist (not high and low), and relaxed elbows
Rhythm
- Do 5-Part Lap Map, making up your own rhythms. You can look at the Longy rhythms and choose ones you see there to try
- Then do 5-Part rhythm the “old” way
- stop if you make a mistake and figure out what the mistake was and which of the 3 causes of error it was
Sightreading
Do one unit per week – Units 5, 6, and 7 – don’t play the ensemble pieces
Theory
Redo p. 22, 27, and fix Unit 7 issues
Do one unit per week, Unit 8, 9, and 10
Etudes
Nothing for now
Repertoire
Sonatina in C – Clementi
- hands together throughout
- try to get everything at one tempo, but do this through very slow practice
Sacred Music Competition
Etude – Khatchaturian
- m. 50-51 take some time to process the augmented 2nds in this so you know what hand shape
- remember staccato again m. 22 and whenever we encounter this theme
- m. 41-42, 45-48 remember there’s 4 beats in these measures
- take your time to double-check your note reading in some of the places where there’s something different
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