Mar 9, 2023

Technique/Scales

  • G major scale and arpeggios (two 8vas) – hands separately playing staccato, then together staccato, then legato
  • Ploger: 6-Part Lap Map improv and 6-part Longy Rhythm (separately)

Theory/Sightreading

  • Theory – Unit 7
  • Sight Reading 1B

Unit 19 duet: Total Eclispe:

Unit 20 duet: Pirate Attack

Repertoire

In the Spirit  Etudes p. 20

  • practice m.17-24 first 1 measure at a time, focus on changing from one hand position to the next
  • when playing through, play m17-24 twice before doing the Da Capo
  • for LH chords m.9-14, see the pattern of movement from one to the next as you practice this separately

Morning Prayer

  • Work on very small segments at a time where you notice anticipation happening, and cycle through that in blocked chords , then move on to the next chunk, cycle, and then connect those 2 chunks, cycle

Clementi Sonatina Op 36 No 1 mvt 1

  • do focused work 1-2 measures at a time, and every few days play hands together straight through
  • any time you have broken chords (m. 5, 6, 16) as blocked chords so you’re not reading individual notes