June 1, 2023 – Russ

G major scale, chords and arpeggios (2 octaves) – hands together. Look at a scales book to see the pattern between the hands when crossing under or over: ascending RH always does something first, descending LH leads

Ploger: 6-Part Lap Map improv and 6-part Longy Rhythm (separately)

Sight Reading 1B Unit 16

Ensemble Piece: At the Carnival

Beethoven Sonatina in G Major p. 12-13

• Remember that with the exaggerated gestures, the goal is to make them smaller as you speed things up, while still feeling your arm move and the wrist stay free/not tensed up
• Focus right on areas where you feel anticipation happening – be sure you start right where the problem occurs and not before it at first. For example, if the problem is the grace note on beat 3 of measure 1, start on beat 3 and get that nailed down, then go back and play from beat 1 and repeat until easy.

Etude in C Major

Etude in C major – Czerny

• Play with metronome set to a a slower tempo than you usually play and work first on just playing in time with it (may take a day or two)
• once you can do this, gradually increase tempo a little bit, but only increase the tempo twice in one sitting. The next day, go back to the previous tempo you had (the middle tempo) play that, increase twice, etc.