Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Morning:
Debussy
Schubert 3

Afternoon:

4 items, 4.5-5 hrs

Morning
Chopin
Beethoven 1

Evening
Technique
Chopin
Rachmaninoff

Saturday, June 26, 2010

3 hrs 50 min, 5 items

Chopin - 80 min

Beethoven 1
- 15 min

Beethoven 2 - 35 min

Beethoven 4 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 70 min

Friday, June 25, 2010

3 hrs 35 min, 6 items

Debussy - 45 min

Bach - 15 min

Gompper - 35 min

Chopin - 60 min

Beethoven 1 - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 20 min

Thursday, June 24, 2010

3 hrs, 8 items

Beethoven 1 - 45 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Chopin - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 2
- 20 min

Villa-Lobos 4
- 20 min

Beethoven 3
- 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 10 min

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

6 hrs 45 min, 14 items

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min - work on continuity of B section

Villa-Lobos 2 - 20 min - finger upward flourish on bottom of 3rd to last page

Villa-Lobos 4 - 20 min - continue working backwards

Schubert 3 - 50 min - find more drama, think about vertical harmonies

Beethoven 1 - 40 min - work on memory

Villa-Lobos 3 - 35 min - work on B section

Chopin - 1 hr 25 min

Debussy - 35 min - play from beginning to end

Bach - 35 min - play through fugue to 3rd page, q = 40

Rachmaninoff
- 15 min - play through at q = 60

Beethoven 2
- 25 min - play through q = 60

Beethoven 3 and 4 - 15 min - play through 3 q = 50, first two pages of 4, q. = 50

Gompper - 10 min

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

6 hrs, 15 items

Schubert 2 - 5 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Chopin - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 4
- 20 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 2
- 20 min

Beethoven 2
- 20 min

Beethoven 4 - 20 min

Beethoven 3 - 15 min

Bach eb - 30 min

Rach - 30 min

Schubert 3 - 15 min

Bach Eb
- 5 min

Gompper - 15 min

Monday, June 21, 2010

6 hrs 15 min, 13 items

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 1 - 20 min

Schubert 2 - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Beethoven 3 - 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 25 min

Debussy - 40 min

Bach - 25 min

Rach - 15 min

Gompper - 35 min

Friday, June 18, 2010

Sightreading - 15 min - Faure 9 Schubert 9 Schumann 9

Gompper - 1 hr 45 min

Thursday, June 17, 2010

5 hrs 30 min, 7 items

Gompper - 1 hr - first 3 pages

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - play through and listen! work on the middle pages

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - slow memory practice q = 54

Debussy - 40 min - e = 46, work on scherzare

Bach eb - 45 min - read from beginning to end, find inverted subjects; memorize prelude

Chopin - 35 min

Rachmaninoff - 30 min

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

5 hrs 25 min, 7 items

Gompper - 1 hr - read through to the end and add fingering

Beethoven 1 - 70 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Debussy - 40 min

Bach eb - 40 min

Chopin Rachmaninoff MM4 - 55 min

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

3 hrs 45 min, 8 items

Gompper - 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 70 min

Chopin - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 20 min

Bach Eb Schubert Bach eb prelude - 55 min

Saturday, June 12, 2010

4 hrs 5 min, 7 items

Gompper - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - make repeated notes more exciting, feel rhythmic drive; q = 100

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - memorize and internalize rhythms, esp in C section

Debussy - 40 min - work on memorizing first four pages and make flourishes roll evenly

Bach - 30 min - continue memorizing expo of fugue; memorize prelude from end

Sight-reading - 20 min - Schubert 8 Schumann 8 Faure 8 Brahms 8

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 15 min

Friday, June 11, 2010

4 hrs 35 min, 6 items

Gompper - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - play for memory while cleaning up technical parts

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 10 min - memorize last 3 pages, work on making sense of B section

Debussy - 40 min - begin memorizing 3rd page

Bach - 45 min - memorize fugue opening; memorize harmonic progression of prelude

Chopin - 30 min

Thursday, June 10, 2010

4 hrs 50 min, 9 items

Chopin - 30 min

Beethoven 1
- 1 hr 5 min - q = 100-108, memorize q = 80

Debussy - 30 min - memorize first two pages, move on to next two pages

Bach - 35 min - start memorizing two voices at a time up to bottom of page

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - memorize A' q = 40-44 and C

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min - slow metronome practice; memorize middle section

Schubert and Bach Eb - 25 min

Sight-reading - 15 min - Brahms 7 Schubert 7 Schumann 7 Faure 7

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

4 hrs 10 min, 7 items

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 92-100, continue memorizing

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min - q = 48-60, memorize first 3 pages

Debussy - 35 min - memorize first two pages, q = 40-44

Bach Eb - 30 min - fugue, memorize 3rd voice, work on phrasing of voices

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min - work on releasing keys, clear sound

Sightreading - 20 min - Faure 6 Schubert 6 Schumann 6 Brahms 6

Bach Eb - 10 min - play through and listen to recording; next time, play with metronome (?) and make eighth notes steady

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

5 hrs 35 min, 9 items

Schubert 1,2,3 - 1 hr - q = 54 for mvts 1 and 3

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min - memorize first 3 pages, metronome q = 60, 63; read through B section

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 15 min - q = 80-92

Chopin - 25 min - run through piece and polish/clean

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min

Bach eb - 30 min - Continue reinforcing memory of first two voices of fugue

Bach Eb - 5 min - play through

Debussy - 25 min - memorize first two pages

Sight-reading - 20 min - Schumann 5, Faure 5, Brahms 5, Schubert 5

Monday, June 7, 2010

5 hrs 15 min, 8 items

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - Metronoming

Rachmaninoff MM 4 - 1 hr - Metronome q = 40, feel each finger on each key

Chopin - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 72-80, next time do more metronome work

Debussy - 30 min - first two pages

Bach - 30 min - continue memorizing first voice of fugue, start memorizing second voice; first page or prelude with metronome q = 60

Bach and Schubert - 35 min - run pieces for memory somewhat slowly

Saturday, June 5, 2010

2 hrs 45 min, 5 items

Chopin - 30 min - piu mosso, work on rotation

Debussy - 30 min - q = 46-50, first two pages

Bach PF eb WTC I - 1 hr - memorize first 14 bars of voice 1 in fugue and prelude p.1

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 3
- 10 min

Friday, June 4, 2010

3 hrs 30 min, 5 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Mozart 10.3, Handel 23, Schubert 4, Schumann 4, Brahms Z4, Faure BC4, Bach F3.3, Bach C2.2-2.3

Beethoven 2,3,4 - 45 min

Beethoven 1 - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 1,2,4 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Thursday, June 3, 2010

5 hrs, 9 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Schubert 3, Schumann 3, Faure BC 3, Brahms Z3, Bach C3-4 (p.9), Bach F3.2, Handel 22, Mozart 10.2, Widmung

Debussy - 30 min - work on playing flourishes on last page in time

Bach - 30 min - Memorize Fugue up to third system, prelude up to third system

Beethoven 1
- 30 min - q = 104, refinger repeated notes

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - q = 40-44

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 45 min

Bach PF WTC II and Rach MM 4 - 30 min

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

2 hrs 40 min, 5 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Brahms Z2, Faure BC2, Schumann 2, Schubert 2, Handel 21, Mozart 10.1, Bach F3.1, Bach C1,

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 100, memorize development

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 15 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 10 min - Fragments

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

2 hrs, 6 items

Sightreading - 40 min - Mozart 9.3, Schumann 1, Schubert 1, Faure BC1, Handel 18, Brahms Z1, Poulenc C4

Chopin - 20 min

Rachmaninoff MM3 and Fragments, Moszkowski, Gompper
- 1 hr