Nov 20, 2024 – Joaquin

C Major Scale 2 octaves hands together

• pay attention to your hand posture and what your wrist and elbow are doing
• be sure you are using proper fingering

Do the new  5-Part Lap Map Improv – get comfortable with this new pattern

• pay attention to the 3 Causes of Error and applying the solution

Theory (blue book): Do Unit 1 and 2

Sightreading book: Do Unit 1 – do one per day

Nothing

Minuet in G p. 6

• Try memorizing this. These are the measures that will need some work (they usually are rhythmic errors): m. 7-8, 12, 15-16, 22-23, 31-32

Clementi Sonatina p. 16-17

• Work hands together for the rest of the piece with counting out loud. Notice anywhere you stop counting is a place where you have the incorrect rhythm. Slow it down and figure out that part

Tarantelle p. 34-35

• gradually speed up, but don’t go faster than you can do with good hand posture
• finger 5 seems to still want to flatten out. Might have to trim the nail on this on further, but also make sure it is always curved

We Wish and O Come –

• Practice m. 9-16 extra with counting
• don’t look at your hands!!
• look for similarities in other parts you’ve played

Do You Hear What I Hear

• Work making the LH softer
• work on pedaling the individual chords to make them legato

Rock the Halls

• review this, add the notes we crossed out since your hands are bigger now
• m. 14 and after needs more work (avoid the first page) – go very slowly