2019-2020 #14b/15 Marina Rocha

AMAZING JOB today and last performance class— I'm so happy for you!!! Sounds amazing.

Really great start on Chopin waltz (am, posth) & Bluestone Alley!!!

Use metronome to help you another out passages, as well as HT. Do smaller segments if tricky.

Use pedal, on waltz when practicing LH.

GREAT JOB! YAY—

2019-2020 #10-11a Marina Rocha

Amazing job with the Yiruma!!! I've never heard you with so smoothly on HT by yourself before- great job!!! 😃

These weeks, try to polish:

“Doodles” in RH- the ornaments

-add foot/pedal with LH. Generally if you hear a blur, change the pedal.

Amazing job!

Javier, I have texted you a link to an arrangement of Canon in D, Pachelbel.

Please also print out the 2 new pieces Marina has located on her phone, thank you!

Marina, please start these pieces HS, and feel free to check in with me before next session if you have any questions or just want to say hi.

See you in 2 Sundays (but feel free to check in with me sooner!)

There is a casual online group class which Dustin will be arranging- would be great if Marina could participate!

2019-2020 #8b-9 of 16 Marina Rocha

Amazing job, Marina- I can really hear that this piece is going well for you!!!

Tips: (Yiruma, “River Flows In You”)

-when playing HS, please be SUPER STEADY, especially when there is a long note or tie. Make sure you hear the beats, even if that have is not playing them.

-be especially steady in the 16th note passages, like at the bottom of the first page.

-when adding HS, try to do very small segments, very slowly.

Great job!!! Looking forward to next time, and stay healthy!

2019-2020 #7-8a Marina Rocha

Today (Sunday, March 1) we worked on a new piece, HS, “River Flows In You”- thank you for printing. Fingerings are in- please write in the corresponding places if there are not fingerings written in.

Had a fruitful conversation w Marina today- she would like to work on just this piece for now.

2019-2020 #2b-3/16 Marina Rocha, 90-m

Great start on new song! Coordinate foot w LH. (Also do this in Chopin, pls!)

New: get new books (2 volumes; duet book; pop song, links sent via email)

Review: Bear Dance, Schumann

- RH up higher than you think. Play the upper A.

- LH notes (D#)

-"pesante"= heavy like a bear would be dancing

Chopin: Prelude

-great improvement! Try to memorize for next time.

-LH play as smoothly as you can to get HT, smoothly. Much better w HT!

RH: at last triplet, fingering needs to be 5142, not 4...

End*** is lower. Play at correct register.

Good job reviewing your pieces!

Minuet: be steady; big huge contrasts in dynamics

Nice legatos!

Cumparsita: same! Be very rhythmic.

2019-2020 #1-2a/16 Marina Rocha, 90-m

Chopin: Prelude

-LH play as smoothly as you can to get HT, smoothly. Much better w HT!

RH: at last triplet, fingering needs to be 5142, not 4...

Good job reviewing your pieces!

Minuet: be steady; big huge contrasts in dynamics

Nice legatos!

Cumparsita: same! Be very rhythmic.

Für Elise: same with being steady HT so that you don't practice in ‘getting stuck’.

Much more LEGATO FM section- great!

Canela- review HS. Begin w LH next time. (End early @Javier’s request liast night)

2019-2020 #15b-16/16 Marina Rocha, 90-m

Great job!!!!😀😀😀😀😀

Continue working on choral piece accompaniment, keeping going no matter what. Practice looking ahead before new sections.

Chopin, prelude- AMAZING!!! GREAT JOB, HT!!!!!!😀😀😀 continue HT, but similarly practice not stopping. It is largo.

Arabesque- review, HS & HT. Aim for changes in sections faster. Shift move quickly.

Canela-: continue, but try for HT throughput. Be super steady! Practice inner section w the recordings you've recorded, HS.

Happy President's Day weekend- see you in 2 Sundays. Please find another piece to review, that you have already studied.

2019-2020 #12b-13/16 (90-m) Marina Rocha

GREAT JOB w HS, Chopin!!!

Please TRY HT very slowly.

Also practice LH and Foot coordination- play as smoothly as possible.

Start Chopin Prelude #6, HS

“Interludes” Manuscript- play LH rolled chords with pedal. Keep heel on ground.

Add “Jingle Bells”, HS

HT from end. Sing melody along while you put hands together.

(Find other holiday songs you would like to learn this season!)

2019-2020 #9-12a (90-m, past 3 Sundays less 12/1) Marina Rocha

(my apologies with the delay- apparently I can no longer use mobile web to edit; using app now)

11/24-present:

Great job with the Chopin em Prelude, HS!

TRY to add your hands together in very small sections. I know it's difficult to actually read the notes, but you are doing very well. We can discuss this more at your next lesson.

[Dustin- we are having difficulty not wanting to ‘read’ notes HT, so are discussing more (easier) options]

Canela- same- TRY to add HT on your own.

11/17:

Scales begin LH through AM, eighth notes at 132 (find your ideal tempo). HS, be steady and rhythmic.

Arps: RH only: 123151321

La Flor de la Canela:. RH solidify; LH next week. Will begin inner section soon.

Please Javier print out the new music I sent last weeks in email.