June 28, 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 – finish Unit 5

Bach Invention No. 1 in C major

• Alternate days working on hands together practice starting from m.15 rather than the beginning all the time
• some days, work on just ornaments hands together
• 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

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