June 14, 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

7 minutes max for each exercise – set your timer

** Do this every day**

Rhythm: 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

Do Tracking page as before

• Theory – RCM Book 8 – go at your own pace

Bach Invention No. 1 in C major

• work on ornaments being light and fast, and landing on the main note with an accent
• put hands together with the ornaments – you may need to pause in order to complete the ornament before letting the other hand proceed
• work in very small sections – 1 measure at a time
• also -lay through only playing the hand that has the subject

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

• For memorizing, try first playing a 2 or 4-measure segment that you are struggling to memorize, then copy it on staff paper by hand, then play once more looking at the score as you visualize your notes on the keys. Finally play without looking at the score, trying to visualize the page. Do this gradually incorporating what happens before and after this segment

Italian Song p. 109 Classics to Moderns

• keep LH thumb from extending out for more than a split second before collapsing the hand back in. Slow LH practice, but see what you can tolerate. Feel free to change the fingering here