This was my first of two private lessons, since S- is out of town. Funny, I don’t think I played much better today, but I felt less badly about it, since I didn’t feel as though I was holding S- back. And a couple of things went very well.
- Scale: D Maj, 2 octave. I’ve been practicing it without looking, but you couldn’t tell when I played it. Took about six tries, but I did eventually succeed. It’s been interesting, learning what the scale feels like.
Chords: D – G – D – A -D, LH in three inversions. We discussed the alternate fingerings, since they are different for LH than for RH. Lets see if I can remember:
D 5-3-1 G64 5-2-1 A6 5-3-1 (all standard)
D6 5-3-1 G 4-2-1 A64 5-2-1
D64 5-2-1 G6 5-3-1 A 5-3-1 (all standard?)
I need to double check those at the piano. - Mach p460 Camptown Races in D – again in all inversions, especially starting on 2nd. Block chords.
- Mach p462 Streets of Loredo in G – practice accompaniment in arpeggiated chords, and any other variations I want to try.
- Mach p463 Jacob’s Ladder (new) – more practice in D (all inversions) with one new chord: D aug (D-F#-A#)
- Mach p297 Distant Horns – with pedal. Even with direct pedaling, the pedal goes down slightly after the finger plays the note, not exactly simultaneously. Watch the rhythm in m5 (I played it wrong all week!). Unpedaled notes in m14-15 must be legato, especially moving to last chord. Hands up on 3 at the end.
- Mach p298 He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (new) – ostinato accompaniment in LH, downward walking baseline. Syncopation in RH. Phrasing. No pedal.
- Indigo – went really well. G- liked most of my performance decisions. This week, practice with metronome at a variety of tempos for discipline, even though it will be performed with plenty of rubato.
- Clementi - didn’t go so well, but still better. Nothing specific, just more repetitions, both playing troublespots and playing through with metronome.
That’s really quite a lot. I think we have two more lessons, the last one with S-. I’m looking forward to summer.
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cellodonna // April 28, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Do you mean that you’re looking forward to summer because that’s when piano lessons end for the semester?
gottagopractice // April 28, 2008 at 5:58 pm
You betcha. I’m feeling overextended, so even though I could take about 6 lessons for the summer semester, I have decided not to. I’m looking forward to working at my own pace on this Clementi sonata, without the extra lesson material. Once I feel rested I’d like to review the Bach C maj 2-pt invention I did last summer, and maybe start working on the one in F maj.