Dear Gemma,
here is what you need to remember for your next week practice:
Studies
- The Butterfly : staccato and accents
- Witches and Wizards : articulation, accents, dynamics
Repertoire
- Gigue a L’Angloise : each hand by memory, then hands together (practice in small sections)
- The Song of Twilight : work on memorizing second half (chords in measures 5 and 11)
- Sonatina : first page by memory (hands separately and together)
Technical Requirements
– scales and triads : major D, minor B, D and G
(you will need about 20 min practice a day, keep up the good work!)
Dear Jessie,
here is what you need to remember for your next week practice:
Studies
- Masquerade : memorize right hand arpeggios (play “very legato”)
Repertoire
- German Dance : keep memorizing in sections (be able to start each section independently)
- Dream Catcher : left hand with pedal, each hand separately by memory
- Rigadoon : keep even pulse, dynamics
Technical Requirements
- all covered scales and triads
(you will need about 20 min practice a day, keep up the good work!)
Dear Carmen,
Good work on “Go tell Aunt Rhody” both right and left hand!
Practice:
- The C, B and A Songs, watching for the quarter rests and keeping even pulse.
- Little Dance
- Rainy Dance
(make sure to keep your fingers round (curved) and your wrist relaxed, you would need about 10 min a day to make your pieces sounding beautiful, also enjoy your improvisation :))
Dear Nathalia,
Good memory work on Cinderella’s Waltz!
Practice:
- Ludwig’s Accents
- Leap for the Pinata
- Marching Band
- Birthday Cake
- Swan Lake
(be careful while finding new positions with your left hand, and keeping pulse evenly, you need about 10 min a day for your practice)
Dear Tai,
Good work on Time Machine!
Practice:
- The Dragon Hunt (watch for the transition to coda in measure 11)
- Pagoda in The Purple Mist (with pedal, keep your eight notes even)
- A Day at The Carnival (left hand legato medium forte, right hand staccato, piano)
- Sunburst Waltz (try one line hands together!)
(you will need about 15 -20 min practice a day, if your schedule is really busy try to play at least 2 pieces that day)