OVERALL: Need to work on Vibrato every day, not just with orchestra music, but as a separate exercise. Need to try to vibrato faster and not just slow vibrato with half and whole notes.
Schroeder #36
All the notes must be carrots; I ran out of steam after the first line or two of music. Make sure there is space between the notes.
I did shifts instead of extensions; this was mainly with the G, C and F sharps. DO NOT SHIFT!!!
There are three places where there are accented notes; make sure I play them (toward the end).
For next lesson, keep working on this one, but try it in mid bow rather than upper half of bow; perhaps the carrots will be easier. Continue to watch the dynamics.
B said that Dotzauer likes to deal with left hand issues.
Schroeder #37 (For January 8th)
Until I can play reasonably well, if ever, use separate bowings. Sustain the notes and use the entire bow. Make sure the chord changes are SMOOTH!!! Watch dynamics.
Some measure to watch out for:
There are extensions in measures 4, 11, 17 and 22. Make sure these are extensions.
7: Do a shift off of the first finger
12: Challenging measure; bar the notes
13 and 14: Use the whole bow, from frog to tip
15 and 16: VIBRATO
18: Challenging measure; get the correct pressure using the harmonic
37 +: Switches from D minor to D major; a more lyrical section of the exercise; B thinks I will like this part.
Vivaldi, Sonata in E Minor
I still have to keep working on this.
2: Bar the E and B; Vibrato the B and C
3 +: Vibrato the lower notes in the 8th note section; use a fast vibrato; play the 8th notes more on the pad of the finger and not so much on the tips; overall, work on a faster vibrato
14+: Watch the staccato notes and use a quick vibrato, especially with the F#
29+: Bar the fingers; treat more like a chord and try for smoother string crossings
24+: Carrots; no flat fingers (did this really bad; almost used my entire finger; accident)
23+: Play the run more on the tips of my fingers.
For next lesson, 3 weeks in the future:
Continue to work on Vivaldi, Sonata in E minor
BEGIN:
Bach Suite 3 Bourre I and II
Bach Suite 1 Gavotte
Schroeder #37 and #38 up to the fermata, as well as continue to work on 36
Hi Judi,
ReplyDeleteI have to ask... What are carrots? Martelé? ^?
Have you heard the mnemonic for remembering the movements of the Bach suites? ACSOG. They all start with a Prelude, then Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Other, and Gigue. Other is Menuets in I and II, Bourées in III and IV, and Gavottes in V and VI. That's how I know that there is something not quite right about your statement that you are beginning the Suite I Gavotte!