practice notes 1.28.2013

• Position étude
  • review Whale Song at half tempo and then full tempo
• Schröder #31
  • A section coming along nicely
  • need to spend more time on B section and ending
• Chanson Triste
  • shifts in B section are improving, still end up sharp at times
  • pacing through piece is getting better
  • need to work in pianissimo dynamics
• Minuet 1 & 2
  • A section of Minuet 1 is good
  • trill needs polish
  • B section has some stumbles yet
  • playing dead slow works, increasing tempo breaks things
  • A section of Minuet 2 is coming along
  • need to stay focused on rhythm
  • first half of B section underway