Oct 2, 2024

Technique/Scales

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

Rhythm

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/Sightreading

Theory (blue book): Do Unit 1 and 2

Sightreading book: Do Unit 1 – do one per day

Etudes

Nothing

Repertoire

Minuet in G p. 6

  • Continue working with metronome at around 76 bpm
  • when you can play without getting off the beat, gradually increase the metronome
  • any spots that you can’t play up to tempo, practice those extra slowly and repeat several times slowly

Clementi Sonatina p. 16-17

  • Write in fingering for the rest of the notes
  • put hands together for Development and Recapitulation
  • Go slowly – slower than you think. You will learn FASTER this way

Tarantelle p. 34-35

  • Practice slowly resting RH fingers 4-5 on on keys, and have firm fingers 1-2-3
  • gradually speed up, but don’t go faster than you can do with good hand posture

Christmas

We Wish and O Come –

  • work on the accompaniments with counting out loud
  • write in fingerings as needed