Clara
Technical Exercises – 5 finger major scale patterns starting on C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, and C# 5 finger scale patterns – Oct 6 Clara
- Finding our hand position based on our pattern of half steps and whole steps
- Stepping up and down each scale pattern, saying all note names – practicing hands separately until comfortable before trying hands together.
Lesson Book – pages 54, 55, 57, and 58 Scans for Clara – Oct 6
- Working on cementing/memorizing home notes on the staff (Bass C, Bass F, Middle C, Treble G), watching out for steps vs. skips around these notes.
- Starting to memorize other notes on the staff (focusing on space notes – Treble clef “FACE in the space”, Bass clef “All Cows Eat Grass”)
Hakim
Technical Exercises – Being prepared to find and play 5 finger major scale patterns (hands separately and together) starting on C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, and C#.
Bartok – Exercises #1-6, double checking and writing down all starting notes – being prepared to play each exercise hands together. Bartok Mikrokosmos Book 1 1-19
Celebration – Making sure you know the “road map” of this piece start to finish for next week! Making sure we aren’t repeating our beginning idea longer than is noted (4 measure groups – 3 measures of our pattern, then 1 measure of our upward sweep idea)
- Watching out for hand position changes at measures 9-12 – using left hand finger 4 to shift to the next hand position as discussed.