by Emma Leiuman

a guide for teachers and students

The PianoWell system
lessons plan & homework

a supplemental book for

the "PianoWellAcademy" youtube playlist
 CONTENTS

Lesson 1......................................................... 1
Lesson 2...................................................... 4
Lesson 3....................................................... 7
Lesson 4...................................................... 10
Lesson 5.......................................................14
Lesson 6.......................................................17
Lesson 7..................................................... 20
Lesson 8...................................................... 23
Lesson 9..................................................... 26
Lesson 10................................................... 28
Lesson 11....................................................... 31
Lesson 12....................................................34
 Lesson I

exercises piece
Wrist mvt
Elbow mvt
Elbow contrary mvt

piece
long-term exercises

videos
Chopin. Nocturne  no. 20 - Lesson 1 - part 1
Chopin. Nocturne  no. 20 - Lesson 1 - part 2
Chopin. Nocturne  no. 20 - Lesson 1 - part 3

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 Lesson I
exercises

Wrist mvt
work with every note
Sing -

Sing and play -

Imagine -

Imagine and play -

Elbow mvt
work with each interval
Sing -

Sing and play -

Imagine -

Imagine and play -

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 Lesson I
exercises
Elbow contrary mvt
work with each interval, work with a sequence

Sing -

Sing and play -

Imagine -

Imagine and play

3
 Lesson II

exercises piece
Intonation
Weight    SH
Wrist, elbow mvt
piece
long-term exercises    Timbre mvt

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 2 - part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 2 - part  2
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 2 - part  3
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 2 - part  4

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 Lesson II
exercises
Intonation
work with each interval, work with a sequence
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation - 

Intonation & Weight

work with each interval, work with a sequence
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation - 

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 Lesson II
piece

Wrist, elbow mvt

SH
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Lesson 2-Wrist, elbow mvt

Timbre mvt
SH 
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Lesson 2-Timbre mvt

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 Lesson III

exercises piece
Dynamics
Articulations SH
(staccato, detache, non legato) Intonation, weight
piece
long-term exercises
Polyphonic texture

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 3 - part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 3 - part  2
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 3 - part  3
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 3 - part  4

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 Lesson III
exercises

Dynamics
work with a sequence
pp - ff - cresc - dim
Listen-
Imagine -
Sing -
Imagine and play -

Articulations
work with each interval, work with a sequence
staccato - detache - non legato
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation -

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 Lesson III
long-term exercises & piece

Polyphonic texture BH
start working with every vertical line within 1 bar
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 3- Polyphonic texture

Timbre mvt, intonation weight, wrist/elbow mvt SH

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Lesson 3- Intonation. weight
Imagine -
Play with imagination and intonation -

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 Lesson IV

exercises piece
Voicing
Articulations    Articulations
(tenuto, portato, accent)

piece
long-term exercises
Polyphonic texture
Harmony
Harmony+Dynamics

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 4 - part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 4 - part  2
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 4 - part  3
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 4 - part  4
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 4 - part  5

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 Lesson IV
exercises

Voicing
work with a sequence (pp, ff)
Imagine -

Imagine and play -

Articulations
work with each interval, work with a sequence
tenuto - portato - accent
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation -

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 Lesson IV
long-term exercises
Polyphonic texture BH
continue the piece, working with each vertical line
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 4- Polyphonic texture

Harmony BH
work with a line that was imagined in polyphonic texture
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 4- Harmony

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 Lesson IV
long-term exercises
piece
Harmony + Dynamics BH
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 4- Harmony+dynamics

Imagine -

Play with imagination and intonation -

Articulations SH
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Lesson 4- Articulations
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation

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 Lesson V

exercises piece
Phrasing
Musical speech

piece
long-term exercises
Polyphonic texture
Harmony+Dynamics
Harmony+Dynamics+Voicing

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 5 - part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 5 - part  2
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 5 - part  3

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 Lesson V
exercises

Phrasing
work with the sequence
moitf - phrase - sentence
Sing -

Play with intonation -

Musical speech
work with each interval, work with the sequence
Sing -

Sing and play -

Play with intonation -

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 Lesson V
long-term exercises

Polyphonic texture
finish the piece, working with each vertical line
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 5- Polyphonic texture

Harmony
Harmony + Dynamics
continue the piece, working with a page that was previously imagined
in polyphonic texture, adding first harmony, then harmony+dynamics
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 5- Harmony+dynamics

Harmony + Dynamics + Voicing

start the piece, working with a page that was previously imagined
in harmony and dynamics, adding voicing
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 5- Harmony+dynamics+voicing
Imagine -

Play with imagination and intonation

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 Lesson VI

exercises piece

Phrasing
(motifs)
piece
long-term exercises
Harmony+Dynamics
Musical speech is only in the 
Harmony+Dynamics+Voicing
main interval of a motif

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 6

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 Lesson VI
long-term exercises

Harmony
Harmony + Dynamics
finish the piece, working with a page that was previously imagined
in polyphonic texture, adding first harmony, then harmony+dynamics
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 6- Harmony+dynamics

Harmony + Dynamics + Voicing

continue the piece, working with a page that was previously imagined
in harmony and dynamics, adding voicing
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 6- Harmony+dynamics+voicing

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 Lesson VI
piece
Phrasing - Motifs BH
with musical speech in the more prominent interval
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 6- Motifs

Sing with dynamics and rubato -

Play with dynamics and rubato -

Play, controlling dynamics, with no rubato -

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 Lesson VII

exercises piece
Musial image Phrasing
(phrases and sentences)
piece
long-term exercises
Harmony+Dynamics+Voicing

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 7- part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 7- part  2

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 Lesson VII
exercises
long-term exercises

Musical image
work with the sequence
joy - sorrow
Sing -

Sing and play -

Sing internally -

Play with intonation -

Harmony + Dynamics + Voicing

finish the piece, working with a page that was previously imagined
in harmony and dynamics, adding voicing
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 7- Harmony+dynamics+voicing

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 Lesson VII
piece
Phrasing - Phrases BH
practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 7- Phrases
Sing quickly -

Play with intonation focusing only on a phrase structure -

Play with intonation adding imagination -

Phrasing - Sentences BH
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Lesson 7- Sentences
Sing quickly -

Play with intonation focusing only on a sentence structure -

Play with intonation adding imagination -

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 Lesson VIII

exercises piece
Musical form Musical image

piece
long-term exercises

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 8- part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 8- part  2

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 Lesson VIII
exercises

Musical form
work with each interval
intro - beginning - development - rising - climax - conclusion
Sing -

work with the sequence

Sing -

Play with intonation -

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 Lesson VIII
piece

Musical image BH
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Lesson 8- Musical image

Play with intonation focusing mostly on musical image -

Play with intonation adding imagination and phrasing -

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 Lesson IX

exercises piece

Musical image+Form

piece Image+Form+Time
long-term exercises

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 9- part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 9- part  2

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 Lesson IX
piece

Musical image + Musical form

practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 9 - Musical image+form
Feel image+form in each sentence without playing -

Play with intonation focusing only on musical image and form -

Play with intonation adding imagination and phrasing -

 Musical image + Musical form + Time

practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
Lesson 9 - Image+form+time

Feel image+form+time in each sentence without playing -

Play with intonation focusing only on musical image, form and time -

Play with intonation adding imagination and phrasing -

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 Lesson X

exercises piece
Artistry
Musical  image,
Musical  image,
form, time + artistry form, time + artistry
piece
long-term exercises

videos
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 10- part  1
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 10- part  2
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 10- part  3

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 Lesson X
exercises

Artistry
work with each interval, work with the sequence
Sing while punching a pillow -

Sing -

Play with intonation -

 Musical image+Form+Time - through Artistry

work with the sequence
Sing - (through artistry you speak up about image and form) 

Play with intonation -

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 Lesson X
piece

 Musical image+Form+Time - through Artistry

practice this topic with a 'Supplemental Repertoire' book
previous Lesson 9 - Image+form+time

Feel image, form, time, artistry in each sentence without playing -

Play with intonation focusing only on image, form, time, artistry -

Play with intonation adding imagination and phrasing -

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 Lesson XI

exercises piece

     The  Learning  stage

bring a piece up to speed

piece work with difficult parts
long-term exercises memorization

video
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 11

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                  Practice the piece
       (fast tempos are for fast pieces)
by 1 sentence at a time Slow (3 times)
'Supplemental Repertoire' Moderate (5 times)
 Lesson 11 - part 1
Fast (5 times)

by 2-3 sentences Slow (3 times)

'Supplemental Repertoire' Moderate (5 times)
 Lesson 11 - part 2 Fast (5 times)

by 5-6 sentences Slow (3 times)

'Supplemental Repertoire' Moderate (5 times)
 Lesson 11 - part 3 Fast (5 times)

the whole piece Slow (3 times)

'Supplemental Repertoire' Moderate (5 times)
 Lesson 11 - part 4 Fast (5 times)

* before playing in a new tempo always feel the new pulsation of time
* do not move to the faster tempo if a current tempo still doesn't feel comfortable

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  Practice difficult sections
improve elbow mvt & musical speech in intervals
repeat a section in different tempos
learn "backwards"

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 Lesson XII

exercises piece
    
The Rehearsing stage
practice playing from your heart
practice sustaining artistry                 
piece in front of the audience
long-term exercises

video
Chopin. Nocturne no. 20 - Lesson 12

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