ANNE DIEVLER
Sept 20
NEW: Simple Gifts
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Sept 20
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TECHNIQUE.
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Sept 20
Let's start again with C Major |
NEW: Thanksgiving Medley
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Sept 20
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NEW: Daniel
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Sept 20
First two pages very well done. Just needs the pulse to be a bit more consistent. Measure 5 and measure 25: Don't wait too long Keep mental pulse m-10 There is no "G" between A and F (RH) |
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IN PROGRESS: Sonatina in C Major by Muzio ClementiJuly 7 Update:
Slower recordings added today for the first movement and the second movement. Enjoy! Clementi 2nd movement recording
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Clementi Sonatina, 1st movement
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IN PROGRESS: Sonatina in G Major by Muzio ClementiAugust 2
All counting and notes are correct. Next step is to build velocity. I would suggest to acquire speed by learning and playing the RH alone with metronome, or the recording play-along. Keep your fingers light during the 16th notes. With a metronome you can go gradually faster. Then when you add the LH, you already have one hand running on automatic pilot and your attention goes just to the LH. 2nd part: Very good progress. Nothing to fix. The elements to improve are flow and eliminating pauses. |
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IN PROGRESS: Simple Gifts
Sept 6
Great piece.
First page sounds good.
2nd page: you need to work on keeping your eyes up as much as possible. Looking up-down constantly is not helping you play with flow
Long notes need full value
Great piece.
First page sounds good.
2nd page: you need to work on keeping your eyes up as much as possible. Looking up-down constantly is not helping you play with flow
Long notes need full value
IN PROGRESS: Let There Be Peace on Earth |
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Sept 20
Pending recording
Pending recording
ON RESERVE: "Traumerei" by R. SchumannMay 17
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IN PROGRESS: "Bagatelle" by Robert Schumann
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IN PROGRESS: (from the classical book) "Londonderry Air" and "Merry Widow Waltz"
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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 WorldApril 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.
November 9
Exercise 6, but you may need to review some of the previous ones first to catch up.
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6/29 good job. this one is passed
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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. | ||
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| OVER THE RAINBOW -7- |
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
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 |
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Fly Me to the Moon
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
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REVIEW: BACH. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring1/19
Pedal technique. |
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BEETHOVEN. Theme from Moonlight2/16
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.
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
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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.
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 YOUSCORE OF "IT HAD TO BE YOU" WITH SIMPLIFIED RHYTHM
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. |
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Past repertory |
Future ideas, piecesNew chord progression in C Major: Am - F - C - G
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PASSED: TRADITIONAL / CLASSICAL
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PASSED: In the GloamingNovember 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. BurgmullerSept-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 MusicDecember 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. |
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PASSED: Canon in DJan-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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FINISHED: YESTERDAYJanuary 25
The patterns of the LH still need to be practiced separately. Send recording by next Tuesday, Feb-1st. |
YESTERDAY IN F
First with a simple note-by-note LH Then with a big extensive arpeggio LH
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PASSED: "Waltz" by Franz Schubert
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