May 16, 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 through this hands separately, don’t play any ornaments for now

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

• Work on scale passages slowly, minimizing movement in the hand and wrists. You can try playing them with a quarter on the back of your hand and don’t let it slip off
• practicing scales in bursts of speed can help too, especially trying to play areas with crossing over/under at a fast speed

Italian Song p. 109 Classics to Moderns

• RH alone on staccatos, work on making this lighter
• work hands together slowly
• m. 27 RH fingering 432341 then 4 m.28; m. 43 234313