Marlene’s Piano Lessons

May 15, 2026

Technique/Scales

Scale and arpeggios – do 2 or 3 keys this week. If you feel you need more work on C, G, and D major, continue with these another week. Otherwise, go onto A, E and B major

Theory

None this week

Repertoire

JS Bach Invention No 8

  • put m20-23 in the Alternate Practice Rotation schedule in the first blue slot, then m24-26 in the 2nd slot, and 27-30 in the 3rd blue slot. Then put m31-end in the 1st red slot, m1-12 downbeat in 2nd red slot, and m12-19 in 3rd red slot
  • don’t feel obligated to work on everything in these sections when it comes up, sometimes you will want to focus on one part of it and that’s fine

Allegro agitato – Jon George

  • put this in the Green and Orange slots. Since right now this is all new material, we can put all of it in these slots, at three measures per slot: 1st green m1-3, 2nd green 4-6 3rd green 7-9. Then 1st orange m10-12, 2nd orange 13-15, 3rd orange 16-18
  • work this slowly, one beat at a time with 3-10-3