Day 1

This warm-up exercise takes two patterns from Handel's Gavotte in G, which you will play today, and extends them for a full octave. Use a non-legato touch for the left hand.

Before beginning to play, look for the patterns you practiced in the Touch exercise. The left hand is best played non-legato throughout.

Scan this piece before you play, following the melody as it moves from hand to hand. Look for shifts of hand position that might cause you to stumble.

Before you play this piece as written, play it in block chords (two chords in measures 1-4, four chords in measure 5).