DIEVLER

ANNE DIEVLER

6/29
Lesson notes ready

Pending Goals:
Beethoven: Recording sent. Passed
In the Gloaming: Recording sent. Notes checked and correct
Scales: Review C-G-D and learn F
Over the Rainbow: Nr.5
Canon in D: Good progress.
Fly Me to the Moon: Recording to check if we need to pass it.
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Let's spruce it up and get it ready to pass. Recording perhaps?

Levine School Chief Piano technician is Paul Jacques. His contact information is:
cell: ‭(240) 353-1442‬
email: pjacques@levinemusic.org

TECHNIQUE.
Scales and technical exercises

6/29
Same assignment as before:
Review C Major, G Major, D Major
Start the new one F Major. Only RH scale has different fingering. The rest is very standard, like the other scales.

This way you will be able to play the scale that corresponds to the piece you are about to play, and set your ear before you start playing.

HARMONIZATION. (Applied to the songs "Autumn Leaves" and "Moon River")

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.

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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6/29 Start learning the step number 5

OVER THE RAINBOW -6-
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OVER THE RAINBOW -7-
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Let It Be

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Canon in D

6/29
Today we checked and the new fingering was working well.

6/15
You need a little help with the right hand fingering. See below. Click to enlarge.

canon_in_d_-_d_major_-_mn0058002.pdf
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In the Gloaming

6/29
Not seen today, but ready for you to record and send me the recording. Then if it is ready enough we may pass it and assign a new piece.

6/12
Notes sound good. Very good reading indeed.
Counting sounds good.
As you continue learning the notes, create more difference in volume between the notes that carry the melody, and play softer (lighter) the notes that carry the harmony (the lower notes played by the RH).
Also, if possible, notice how the notes in the melody extend over the notes in the accompaniment. That means you will hold each of the melody notes with your finger while the other fingers are playing the accompaniment.
That creates a nice continuous melody line over the softer accompaniment.

6/1
Once you start learning the notes, feel free to send me a recording of your playing so I can see if you are learning the notes and counting correctly.

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NEW: 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.

Audio of the song with just block chords

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

1/19
Addressed at the lesson:
Pedal technique.

1/15 Comments on the recording.
Thank you for sending this recording. Good job playing the notes, very good sense of pulse and natural flow. As the notes become more secured you will have even better flow.

Two things we will address at the lesson:
1- By the sound I have the impression that your fingers are working on an articulated touch, which is not a bad think to start, but we need to combine it with an additional factor in which your hand will move to travel to the location where your playing finger is at that time bringing the center of gravity over the working finger. For that we will talk about a flexible wrist and very flexible and relaxed approach.

2- In the second section of the piece, where the melody moves to the lower register, your chords are not connected by the pedal in an efficient manner. I hear gaps of sound between the chords, so we will need to talk about applying the technique we talked about, to those chords. Remember. When you play the chord, at that precise moment, your foot goes UP and immediately down. Then stays down until the next chord change takes place and the same operation happens again.

JESU JOY
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JESU JOY -2-
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NEW: BEETHOVEN. Theme from Moonlight

2/16
You can see die a recording of it since we had no time to hear it during the lesson.

2/2
m-4 Attention to C#
Good application of the rhythm in the melody in relation to the LH.
Time to add dynamics. crescendo, decrescendo, etc.
m-20 learn it by playing the LH as chords
m-23 smooth the transition between LH-RH
Balance your hands so the melody gets the attention and the broken chords are more discrete.

The Flintstones. Arranged by Gabriel

the_flintstones_arr_gabriel_ruiz-bernal.pdf
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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.

Pending: 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.

autumn_leaves.pdf
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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

it_had_to_be_you__simplified_rhythm_.pdf
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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.

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.

PATHETIQUE SONATA -2- (easy)
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PATHETIQUE with Gabriel's marks
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