# Giada

## Week until 28th and 29th January.

We are looking for a new piece of music!
-->> Share with Julio (here or through e-mail/WhatsApp) some pieces of music that you would love to play.
Bach, P.1 -> Start playing on the measure 33 and glue the end with the beginning.
... Of course, practicing small parts is essential. "Nowadays, "Small parts" are groups of 4 to 8 measures.

Schumann, Landmann
-->> Small details we organised during our last lesson.

Satie, Gnossienne
-->> Practice the scale exactly like we did in the lesson!
-->> When playing longer parts, stop before the scale. Practice the scale. then you can go with the remaining measures.

ALWAYS:
When you practice, follow the page you wrote after our last lesson with all the details of what we discussed.
-->> If possible, take a picture and ask the parents to send it to me! <<--

Don't forget to check the recorded video:
Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Bach P.1
https://youtu.be/5EVsEJhCS8o

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Schumann, Landmann
https://youtu.be/SEvdMoUjOcA

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - E.Satie, 1st Gnossienne
https://youtu.be/6qj4GaBc1d0

You canalways see all the recordings, including yours, here, at our playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS1buY70maDvnO152MF2inyEz66jAgfoV&jct=dVYnuW25KB7QapcAIT6tMCxn4gIKxg

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* Let's keep the homework of the previous week at the bottom, as short-term traceability. *
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## Week 28 October 2024 (until 5 & 6 Nov lessons)
### Bach's Prelude I
Review the ending 33 to 36
Practice groups of 12 measures
1 to 12, then 5 to 17, then 9 to 21 and so on.

#### --->>> 6 Nov Lesson starts where we stopped on the day before:
Bach's Prelude I, "then 9 to 21 and so on."
And goes through the plan below.

### Schumann
Always start practiceing the part 9 to 10
Then, 11-12
Then, everything else.

### Gnossienne
Memorize the second page!

# Very important!
***We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music!***

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## Week 6 to 13 November 2024 (until 12 & 13 Nov lessons)

### Gnossienne (1st to listen on 12 Nov)
Memorize the second page!

### Bach's Prelude I
Excellent lessons on 5-6 Nov, playing 12 measures on a row
Let's prepare 16 mesaures in a row for the next week:
1 to 16, then 5 to 20, then 9 to 24 and so on.

### Schumann
Always start practicing the part 9 to 10
Then, 11-12
Then, everything else.

# Very important!
-->> We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music! <<--

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## Week 13 to 20 November 2024 (until 19 & 20 Nov lessons)

### Bach's Prelude I (1st to listen on 19 Nov)
Let's play it in two parts:
Part one: From 1 to 20.1 (Measure 20, first note)
Remember: We still have our plan to take care of the measure 13!
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them
-->> Special care to measures 29, 30 and 32 (check the notes)
Part two: From 20 until the end
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them

### Schumann
Always start practicing the part 9 to 10
Then, 11-12
Then, everything else.

### Gnossienne
To read. Always:
Notes, of course. And also, fingering, dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff), general ideas: Lent, Très luisant, Questionnez... and apply what they tell you!
Review the second page and memorize the page-1 + page-2 group.
The secret to play longer parts is that we must keep practiceing the smaller parts inside them!

# Very important!
::::: We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music! :::::

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## Week 20 to 27 November & to 11 December 2024 (until 10 & 11 Dec lessons)

26.Nov -> Practice during the time we would have our lesson
27.Nov -> Practice for 40 minutes. Have a glass of water. Ask one of the parents to record what you prepared. Probably one video for the Bach, one for Schumann, one for Gnossienne (until the middle of the second page). One video for each, without repetitions.

After receiving the videos, Julio will send new ideas to practice.

### Bach's Prelude I
Let's play it in two parts:
Part one: From 1 to 20.1 (Measure 20, first note)
Remember: We still have our plan to take care of the measure 13!
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them
-->> Special care to measures 29, 30 and 32 (check the notes)
-->> Special care to measures 33 and 34 (fluency)
Part two: From 19 until the end
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them

### Schumann
Always start practicing the part 9 to 10
Then, 11-12
-->> Special care to keep the right shoulder relaxed during the 9th measure
Then, everything else.

### Gnossienne
To read. Always:
Notes, of course. And also, fingering, dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff), general ideas: Lent, Très luisant, Questionnez... and apply what they tell you!
Review the second page and memorize the page-1 + page-2 group.
The secret to play longer parts is that we must keep practicing the smaller parts inside them!

# Very important!
::::: We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music! :::::

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## Week 20 to 27 November & to 11 December 2024 (until 10 & 11 Dec lessons)

26.Nov -> Practice during the time we would have our lesson
27.Nov -> Practice for 40 minutes. Have a glass of water. Ask one of the parents to record what you prepared. Probably one video for the Bach, one for Schumann, one for Gnossienne (until the middle of the second page). One video for each, without repetitions.

After receiving the videos, Julio will send new ideas to practice.

### Bach's Prelude I
Let's play it in two parts:
Part one: From 1 to 20.1 (Measure 20, first note)
Remember: We still have our plan to take care of the measure 13!
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them
-->> Special care to measures 29, 30 and 32 (check the notes)
-->> Special care to measures 33 and 34 (fluency)
Part two: From 19 until the end
Then we split this in groups of 4 to 6 measures and practice them

### Schumann
Always start practicing the part 9 to 10
Then, 11-12
-->> Special care to keep the right shoulder relaxed during the 9th measure
Then, everything else.

### Gnossienne
To read. Always:
Notes, of course. And also, fingering, dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff), general ideas: Lent, Très luisant, Questionnez... and apply what they tell you!
Review the second page and memorize the page-1 + page-2 group.
The secret to play longer parts is that we must keep practicing the smaller parts inside them!

# Very important!
::::: We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music! :::::

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## Week 12 December, (until 17 & 18 December lessons)

### Bach's Prelude I
One practice should be starting on 23, the climax, and then:
play the session 24-32 as a threat that continuously build up until the resolution of the first note on 32
but this Dó is becomes a false resolution!
Tell the story through the harmony, trying to find a closing, which only happens at the last chord
-->> Actually, there is only one chord in this music, and it is its last sound!
Practice the first part (from 1 to 23), developing a sense of tension and resolution througout the different harmonies / colours

Remember: We still have our plan to take care of the measure 13!
-->> Special care to measures 32 (check the notes)
-->> Special care to measures 33 and 34 (fluency)

### Schumann
Where is the recording?
Measure 12: RH -> check that you are playing the chord twice on the measure
Measures 13 and 19: RH plays Dó-Fá-Lá three times instead of only two.
Let's prepare for a semi-official recording!

### Gnossienne (We are keeping the same approach as before)
To read. Always:
Notes, of course. And also, fingering, dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff), general ideas: Lent, Très luisant, Questionnez... and apply what they tell you!
Review the second page and memorize the page-1 + page-2 group.
The secret to play longer parts is that we must keep practicing the smaller parts inside them!

# Very important!
::::: We must resume and develop our friendship with the sheet music! :::::

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# Weeks until 2025 (7th and 8th January)

### Applying notes in the sheet music
**Print the sheet music from the Google Drive (in colour mode, not B&W):**
Erik Satie, Gnossienne 1.pdf
J. S. Bach, Prelude in C Major BWV 846.pdf
Mignone, Francisco - Os soldadinhos passam.pdf
Schumann-Fröhlicher Landmann op. 68,10.pdf
Shostakovich, Kinderalbum für Klavier op69 n2 Walzer.pdf
---> Think and apply all the notes in the sheet music you use everyday to practice.
---> On a separate piece of paper you can write a short story or additional ideas for each piece of music you play. One page (or group of pages) per music.

### /////// The last few ideas we covered and you can keep in mind \\\\\\\

### Bach's Prelude I
One practice should be starting on 23, the climax, and then:
play the session 24-32 as a threat that continuously build up until the resolution of the first note on 32
but this Dó is becomes a false resolution!
Tell the story through the harmony, trying to find a closing, which only happens at the last chord
-->> Actually, there is only one chord in this music, and it is its last sound!
Practice the first part (from 1 to 23), developing a sense of tension and resolution througout the different harmonies / colours

Remember: We still have our plan to take care of the measure 13!
-->> Special care to measures 32 (check the notes)
-->> Special care to measures 33 and 34 (fluency)

### Schumann
Measures 1 to 4 - Staccato without pedal, while 5 to 8, legato, with some pedal
Measure 12: RH -> check that you are playing the chord twice on the measure
Measures 13 and 19: RH plays Dó-Fá-Lá three times instead of only two.
Singing: When you sing, use the same articulation you want to your music, being it sttacato, legato, portato; which is also true for the dynamics, pp, p, mp, mf...
Let's prepare this for a semi-official recording after the holidays!

### Gnossienne (We are keeping the same approach as before)
Use the idea of "crunching" (from the 18.Dec lesson), to group the ideas throughout the three pages
Initially, you can use letters to name the groups: A, B, C, A', and so on.
Then, it would be interesting to give a name for each part that relates to its idea and emotion: walking, waking up, candle, sunrise...
It is always good to remember: the melody above everythin else. The bass is the second most important layer. The harmony (chords) must be softer than everything else.
Always:
Notes, of course. And also, fingering, dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff), general ideas: Lent, Très luisant, Questionnez... and apply what they tell you!
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## Week until 14th and 15th January.

### Whatch the recorded videos:

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Bach P.1
https://youtu.be/5EVsEJhCS8o

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Schumann, Landmann
https://youtu.be/SEvdMoUjOcA

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - E.Satie, 1st Gnossienne
https://youtu.be/6qj4GaBc1d0

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## Week until 21th and 22nd January.
When you practice, follow the page you wrote after our last lesson with all the details of what we discussed.
If possible, take a picture and ask the parents to send it to me!

Don't forget to check the recorded video:
Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Bach P.1
https://youtu.be/5EVsEJhCS8o

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - Schumann, Landmann
https://youtu.be/SEvdMoUjOcA

Lesson 7.Jan.25 - E.Satie, 1st Gnossienne
https://youtu.be/6qj4GaBc1d0

You canalways see all the recordings, including yours, here, at our playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS1buY70maDvnO152MF2inyEz66jAgfoV&jct=dVYnuW25KB7QapcAIT6tMCxn4gIKxg

If there is still time, Go until the end of this file and look for this line: "Weeks until 2025 (7th and 8th January)"
You can use those last ideas to improve your practice until our next lesson, and what we planned yesterday.

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