Mar 24, 2023

Technique/Scales

C Major Scale, Chords, and Arpeggios

  • 2 Octaves – go slowly and evenly, not going any faster than you can keep hands together
  • listen as you play to make sure you don’t have fingers lingering on keys after playing – should only hear one note at a time

Ploger Method:

  • Read Chapters 1 – Three Stages of Learning, and Chapter 2 – Three Causes of Error (pdfs below)
  • Do the 2-Part and 3-Part Longy rhythms: Tap with LH and left leg for all beat 1’s (whether there’s a number or a dot). Sing any numbers out loud on Middle C, and whisper the beat number on the dots.
  • Improvise your own rhythms on the 2-Part and 3-Part Lap Maps (download from this link and print)

chapter 1 three stages of learning

chapter 2 three causes of error

Longy page

2-part lap map

3-part lap map

Repertoire

Chopin Nocturne 72/1:

  • focus on page 2 so you can play it for me by next lesson. Only play page 1 a couple of times this week to remember how it goes, but resist the temptation to begin your practice time here. Play page 2 first!

Mozart K283:

  • Learn the first two pages by next time (up to the repeat sign on page 2). We have to get through the whole piece before you start to work on refining and getting up to tempo. Play it slowly for now