July 12, 2023 – Marlene

A major scale (two 8va), arpeggios (two 8va) – hands separately, then together.

Ploger: 6-Part Lap Map p. 68 improv

6-part Longy Rhythm – do this without Lap Map, tapping on beat 1 only and whispering on dots. Use your good coach to remind yourself to go through the tough section first, then do entire right side, then start from beginning. When you can do this without a mistake, then you can add Lap Map

• Try to keep going if you make a mistake – identify the cause of error, and apply the correct cure in time

Solfege:

• improvise solfege melodies, only stepwise motion up and down. If you want to move further up or down, you have to say all the solfege in between. Don’t worry about singing it for now, just get fluent in speaking the solfege and visualizing the keys

• Theory – RCM Unit 5
• Sight Reading 4B Unit 18, 19, 20

Ensemble piece: G Whiz

• Sight Reading 4B Unit 19

Ensemble piece: Grey and Gloomy

Etude in D minor by Czerny – Etude book p. 8

• Practice by first playing as blocked chords, then arpeggiated
• dont lift up fingers from the current chord until you are ready to go to the next chord – this will help build in muscle memory

Bach Little Prelude in C

• M. 9-11 Try not to rush through the beats without the mordent – keep everything steady so RH 8ths are even
• play quarter notes on beat 4 in m. 4, 5, 6 and 12 non-legato

Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3 – Clementi

• M. 22 and any other passages with 16th note runs, practice with accenting the different subdivisions: accent on the first 16th note in each beat, then the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (RH only)
• m. 22 tap on the rest as you do the above exercise to keep feeling that downbeat
• m. 10-11 and 42-46 play without repeating notes, as legato as possible to build in muscle memory
• when playing staccato in the above passages, be sure to use your wrist and not play from the knuckles