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ANNE DIEVLER

May 17

TECHNIQUE.
Scales and technical exercises

OCTOBER 26
E Major (4 sharps)

NEW: Daniel

May 19
Waiting to receive a PDF to post here for our reference.

IN PROGRESS: Let There Be Peace on Earth

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April 19
INTRO
Bring the melody forward so the listener can recognize the motive.
THEME
Very well prepared.  Keep the melody over the notes of the chords, so it can be heard easily, especially when the harmony is more dense.

IN PROGRESS: Sonatina in C Major by Muzio Clementi

May 17
1st mov
Very nice playing and nice character.  You are learning it very well and soon you are going to play it very well.
2nd mov
Attention to counting.  There are many spots that need consistency with the meter. I will add a recording to help you with the counting issue here.
LH can be much lighter to accompany the RH
Clementi 2nd movement recording
CLEMENTI complete sonatinas Op36
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CLEMENTI sonatina C-Major
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Sonatina, 1st movement
played with metronome slowly at 80-bpm
Same Sonatina, 1st movement
​played at faster tempo at 120-bpm with the metronome 

NEW: Sonatina in G Major by Muzio Clementi

May 17
CLEMENTI complete sonatinas Op36
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Sonatina, 1st movement
played with metronome at 70-bpm

NEW: "Traumerei" by R. Schumann

May 17
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Played by Vladimir Horowitz

IN PROGRESS: "Bagatelle" by Robert Schumann
from book: Easy Classics to Moderns #17 p. 90

May 3
Excellent practice.  Now that you know how to play it without the repeating note, and you understand the way the melodic lines move, 

Go to the end of the Bagatelle still learning the moving notes.

If you decide to start incorporating the G, practice only the LH and give more priority to the moving note, playtime steady G very lightly.
SCHUMANN Bagatelle p90
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ON RESERVE: "Waltz" by Franz Schubert
from book: Easy Classics to Moderns #17 p. 70

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April 7 UPDATE
This waltz has a similar technique as the "Merry Widow" but in minor key.  Easy to learn, quick to prepare, it may be a good complement,ent to some other more difficult pieces that take more time to prepare.

IN PROGRESS: (from the classical book) "Londonderry Air" and "Merry Widow Waltz"

LONDONDERRY AIR

​April 5

​Sounds good.  Ready to add to repertory.

Consider having the first page as the main song.  Page two is the same material, more elaborated.

​The piece is difficult and maintaining the first page will be far easier to keep in shape than keeping the entire two pages.
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MERRY WIDOW WALTZ

April 22
Recording of the 2nd page included below.  
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IN PROGRESS: A Whole New World

April 5
​This one is ready to put on the shelf and add to your repertory.

​If you had a goal of playing it in public, I would insist in fixing the flow issue, which would take a lot of practice, but otherwise it is a piece you can pick up and play at any time.
The more you play it, the more the flow will come to it.
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IN PROGRESS: Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  Arranging a melody

This is a process that starts by learning the melody, then adding a single-note bass, then adding the chords as block chords in root position.  Gradually we will be converting the song into a more complex arrangement.

November 9
Exercise 6, but you may need to review some of the previous ones first to catch up.
OVER THE RAINBOW -1-
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OVER THE RAINBOW -2-
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OVER THE RAINBOW -3-
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OVER THE RAINBOW -4-
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6/29  good job.  this one is passed
OVER THE RAINBOW -5-
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Sept-28. Good job.  Now voice the chords so the top melody is heard easily.  Patiently practice the chords giving the top note more weight, and the others played much more lightly.

Write in the score the name of the notes that are too low.
OVER THE RAINBOW -6-
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OVER THE RAINBOW -7-
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ON RESERVE: Send in the Clowns

December 7

I found the link to the score that one of my students is using:

www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0131143

Let It Be

LET IT BE C major
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Fly Me to the Moon

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6/1
Feel free to send me a recording of it.  If it sounds good enough we may go ahead and pass it.  Otherwise we will work on it at our next lesson.
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Audio of the song with just block chords

REVIEW: BACH. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

1/19
Pedal technique.
JESU JOY
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JESU JOY -2-
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BEETHOVEN. Theme from Moonlight

2/16
​You can see me a recording of it since we had no time to hear it during the lesson.
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NEW: Beauty and the Beast

3/23
Such a nice arrangement of the song.  Your notes are fine, I didn't detect anything that needs fixing.  The element that could benefit from improving is the general sense of flow, and that you can do by working on specific sections, not playing from beginning to end.

Gradually you are going to recognize patterns that form block chords in the LH, which will facilitate enormously your reading, and especially memorizing the music.  

Working on patterns of 2, then 4 measures at a time will give you a very good boost in confidence.  Usually I recommend not to move to the next group until the first group sounds confident.

3/2
m12 give a full beat to the LH quarter note 
​Continue the progress through the rest of the song

2/16
INTRO: Counting
MELODY: Continue the same pulse and tempo (speed) that you started with the intro.
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POPULAR / JAZZ.  Chart reading

Autumn Leaves

10/27
​Enclosed is a chart from which we will learn how to apply chords to a melody, and how to arrange a piece for piano.
​Start by learning the melody.  We will work on identifying the notes of the chords at the next lesson.
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Moon River

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11/24
Very good use of the chords.
BLOCK CHORDS: All the notes at the same time
BROKEN CHORDS: Either one note at a time, or breaking the chords into bass+chord by assigning the lower note to the bass and the two upper notes to the chord.

See diagram above to understand how to fit, and listen to the example recordings to hear how the counting sounds.

IT HAD TO BE YOU

SCORE OF "IT HAD TO BE YOU" WITH SIMPLIFIED RHYTHM
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IT HAD TO BE YOU marked March-23
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4/27
Already playing the LH as bass and chord combination.  Excellent job indeed.


3/23
Your chords are good.  Next step is to transform the block chords into bass-chord, so they are gradually evolving into a style that resembles stride-piano.

Take the chord and assign the lowest note to the bass, and then the middle and higher notes as chords.  Left hand will be distributed this way:
beat 1: bass
beat 2: nothing
beat 3: chord
beat 4: nothing


If you find two chords in one measure, you will not have room to fit bass-chord.  Then play block chords for each of the symbols in the measure.

Past repertory

Future ideas, pieces

New chord progression in C Major: Am - F - C - G

PASSED: TRADITIONAL / CLASSICAL
BEETHOVEN.  Theme from Pathetique Sonata

6/12
​Good playing.  This piece is ready to move on and now be part of your repertory.
Nevertheless, as you keep playing, you will be improving details such as making sure the notes that form the melody are played at a volume above the notes that form the background accompaniment.

The second section shows that the notes are a bit less settled, but as you play it in the future, those notes will become more and more comfortable.
Return of the theme is good.
Third section shows also that some notes need to be played more often.  No worries, just let the piece mature and as you learn new pieces, your ability will continue to improve.
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6/1
Ready for a recording at home, not perfect, to simply pass the piece.
​Remember: it does not need to be perfect, just a sense that you have accomplished the piece and we add it to our repertory.
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PATHETIQUE SONATA -2- (easy)
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PATHETIQUE with Gabriel's marks
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PASSED: In the Gloaming

November 22
RECORDINGS IN THE GLOAMING 2 and 3
Nice steady pulse.
I can hear how you are now holding the notes of the melody
I would like to still hear the inner notes played with a lighter touch.

Nevertheless, this piece is in very good shape, and you can move on from it.  That means you still have to continue playing not at home, even if we don’t hear it often at the lesson.  Gradually you will continue implementing the balance we are talking about, in which the inner notes are played with a lighter touch than the outer notes.

In general it sounds good, you are able to play it from beginning to end without interruption, at a steady pace.  If you have dynamics marked in the score, remember to apply them.  So far I hear everything played at the same level.

Phrasings will also make the piece sound more musical.  Every phrase section starts softer, gradually increases, and ends again softer.

November 9 (recording)
​I actually like that you play it steady.  What I wish to hear more is the difference in touch between the top melody and the accompanying notes.  From here everything sounds at the same level and it requires a lot of listening effort to differentiate what is melody and what is everything else.

If you have a chance, work a bit on that before the lesson and we will look at it together.  Then this piece may be ready to put aside in the back burner to let it mature while we work on others.

November 9 (lesson)
Attention to the measures where you have two lines of music happening at the same time.
Differentiate the top line and hold the notes for the value necessary.
​Also give more tone to the top line once you are used to holding it for the full value.
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PASSED: ARABESQUE by F. Burgmuller

Sept-28
Balance hands so the melody is heard easily over the LH chords.
We fixed the ending so the final 16th notes match the previous 16th notes.
Add dynamics (piano, forte, crescendo, etc.)
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NEW: Christmas Music

December 7
So far sounding very well.
Watch out for some small counting details, but in general it is a great idea to learn these easy versions of Christmas arrangements.

​Feel free to send me a recording when you would like some feedback during the holidays.
GREENSLEEVES
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HAVE YOURSELF A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
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LET IT SNOW
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RIVER
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PASSED: Canon in D

Jan-15
Try yo keep all the notes of the chords together.

December 7
We reviewed one of the lines and it looks reliable.  Good job writing on the music and marking which hand has which responsibility.  That will give you consistency in your practice.

Last two pages modified to contain the same accompaniment on sections 10-11-12-13
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CANON easier version
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Copy with annotations

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FINISHED: YESTERDAY

January 25
The patterns of the LH still need to be practiced separately.

​Send recording by next Tuesday, Feb-1st.
YESTERDAY ORIGINAL fake-book in F
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YESTERDAY IN F 
First with a simple note-by-note LH
Then with a big extensive arpeggio LH
YESTERDAY simple
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YESTERDAY WITH LH ACCOMPANIMENT -COMPLETE-
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