July 10, 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 Book 1 review p. 2-3

Sightreading book: Do Unit 1 – if you need to do a couple of day’s assignments in one day to finish this week that’s fine (it should be easy)

Etudes

Nothing

Repertoire

Minuet in G p. 6

  • copy down m. 21-end on staff paper – do 2 measures at a time: copy, then play and repeat several times. Repeat with the next 2 measures the next day
  • count out loud every time you play

Clementi Sonatina p. 16-17

  • Count out loud
  • Hands separately
  • practice 6-7 extra in RH – this is one of the tricky parts of the piece and will need more time

Tarantelle p. 34-35

  • count out loud in your head, but keep the tempo on the slow side
  • work on dynamics