January 28 Weekly Goals

My lesson this afternoon was good. We touched on all four books that I’m working in, and based on my assignment I’ve got some good goals in mind for the coming week.

##Position Pieces

• Pick a piece
• Learn the piece, paying attention to the shifts
• Increase tempo to the metronome marking
• Play piece five times in a row with metronome
• Play piece five times in a row at tempo without metronome
• Move on to the next piece

##Schröder #31

• Increase piece to Allegro moderato tempo
• Work a line at a time, only move on when current line can be played at tempo five times in a row

##Suzuki Chanson Triste

• Improve dynamics throughout piece
• Start with much softer piano
• Increase tempo ever so slightly from what I’ve been playing
• In B-section use a 4-note moving window to practice shifts from MM 33 - 40

##Bach Minuet 2

• Use metronome to correct rhythm errors in A-section
• Use separate bows to emphasize correct rhythm
• Focus on B-flats, both extended and shifted through out piece
• Play second half separate bows
• Pay attention to marked fingering in MM 21 - 23

##Bach Minuet 1

• Practice G-string/D-string double stop looking for even tone
• Practice G-string/A-string double stop looking fro even tone
• Add in C on A-string for G-string/middle-C double stop
• Use rolling window of one measure plus following note to work through B-section