July 12, 2024 – Marlene

C major scale and arpeggios – hands together

• do 1 8va as quarter notes (up and down) then right onto 2 8vas in 8ths

Sight reading Book 6 – Unit 1

6.1 Early Morning Practicing

Theory – review Fundamentals of Piano Theory Level 7 go onto Unit 13 + at your own pace

Fund theory lvl 7 p28-33

Bach Invention No. 1 in C major

• Continue work on ornaments hands together. Allow extra time to execute the ornament before letting the other hand move on to the next note. Also, you can focus just on the beat where ornament occurs, set metronome to the 16th note (very slow) and try to execute that beat in time
• m. 11-14 is the trickiest part, so you may want to focus on this section some days as well
• I think taking some time to write down the more difficult measures by hand would be effective – don’t be too exact about making it look pretty, it’s more to make sure you draw your attention to spots where you may have holes

Kuhlau Sonatina Op. 20 No. 1 – here is the sheet: Kuhlau Sonatina Op 20 No 1

• Practice the 16th note run passages in rhythms and in accents. Be sure that in rhythms you go up to 4 or 5 notes in a burst, and make the short notes light. For accents, be sure to play non-accented notes light

Chopin Prelude Op 28 No 6 Chopin Prelude Op 28 No 6

• learn hands separately
• we will talk more about revoicing some of the larger chords, so for not just play what you can