Joaquin’s Piano Lessons

Apr 23, 2025

Technique/Scales

G Major Scale 2 octaves hands together slowly

  • Curve fingers
  • Have the hand/arm angled outward
  • level wrist (not high and low), and relaxed elbows
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Rhythm

  • Do 5-Part Lap Map, making up your own rhythms. You can look at the Longy rhythms and choose ones you see there to try
  • Then do 5-Part rhythm the “old” way
  • stop if you make a mistake and figure out what the mistake was and which of the 3 causes of error it was
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Sightreading

Do one unit per week – Units 5, 6, and 7 – don’t play the ensemble pieces

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Theory

Redo p.  22, 27, and fix Unit 7 issues

Do one unit per week, Unit 8, 9, and 10

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Etudes

Nothing for now

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Repertoire

Sonatina in C – Clementi

  • hands together throughout
  • try to get everything at one tempo, but do this through very slow practice

Sacred Music Competition

Etude – Khatchaturian

  • focus on curved fingers throughout
  • remember staccato sections
  • add Pedal where indicated (may need some slow practice for this)
  • slow practice for the ending and any other areas that are sloppy, gradually increase speed while focusing on evenness of the rhythm
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