Hakim

Technical Exercises – Working through 1 octave scales starting on C – hands separately and together.

  • Practicing as both solid blocked hand positions and stepping through – not just practicing stepping through quickly.
  • Practicing with a legato, staccato, and detached articulation.

Celebration – Working through start to finish hands together – being able to play through without hesitation. Double check where you need to move between sections (like between measures 8-9).

Bartok – Working through exercises #1-6 being prepared to play through any of them start to finish without hesitation – hands together.

 

Clara

Technical Exercises – Working through our new 1 octave C major scale – only hands separately.

  • Playing through as solid blocked chords and then stepping through while still thinking about solid hand positions. Moving horizontally between positions in the same way, stepping or solid blocks.
  • Try practicing with a variety of articulations (legato, staccato, detached and dropping from the arm)

Lesson Book – Pages 59-62 

  • Octopus – Jumping between Bass and Middle C in the LH. Playing our C 1 octave scale in measure 5 as written (only in finger 3) and using our scale fingering we learned (groups of 5 and 3 fingers, changing hand position)
  • Copy Cat – RH presenting an idea (melody, rhythm, and dynamics), LH copying. Noticing when our pattern breaks/intervals change.
  • Grandmother – starting HS, noticing how our RH in measure 5 copies our LH in measure 1 before trying to add hands together.