Aug 21, 2024

Technique/Scales

C Major Scale 2 octaves hands together

  • pay attention to your hand posture and what your wrist and elbow are doing
  • be sure you are using proper fingering

Rhythm

Do the new  5-Part Lap Map Improv – get comfortable with this new pattern

  • pay attention to the 3 Causes of Error and applying the solution

Theory/Sightreading

Theory (blue book): Do Unit 1 and 2

Sightreading book: Do Unit 1 – do one per day

Etudes

Nothing

Repertoire

Minuet in G p. 6

  • Figure out a small task that you can accomplish in 5-10 minutes. Try doing 2 measures at a time with repetition, 3 times in a row without a mistake, before moving on to the next 2 measures.
  • If you keep making a mistake, make sure you are playing slow enough. You may need to focus on just 1 measure

Clementi Sonatina p. 16-17

  • Count out loud
  • only work on problem areas.
  • do a play through on Saturday and Tuesday

Tarantelle p. 34-35

  • Focus on keeping your hand posture – curved fingers and knuckles showing, level wrist