June 21, 2023 – Marlene

D 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 3
• Sight Reading 4B Unit 18

Ensemble piece: G Whiz

Let’s set aside Enchantment until about mid-July

Bach Little Prelude in C

• Try visualizing everything – work in small sections or one measure at a time, visualize the keys for that measure before you play, play as you visualize, then pause, visualize next measure, etc.
• mordents can be a bit slower – we want them to be correct rather fast and missing some notes
• staccato means just detached, not clipped
• try to create a lift or break in the line at the ends of slurs

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

• work on hands together in the 2nd theme, one measure at a time doing hands separate then together a few times in a row – don’t move on until you feel more comfortable with the current measure
• try to keep things the same speed – don’t play trills faster than your written out 16th notes