Kuhlau Movement 1 opening - Suzuki Book 3

Sometimes all you need to do is listen to the CD.  If that isn't the case though, it helps to count and clap something, or see how two hands are coordinated together.  The opening of the Kuhlau Sonatina is sometimes one of those spots.

Here is a video of the first two measures - first the LH alone, and then the two hands together if listening to the CD is just not enough for you!

Chant Arabe HT B section ending, Suzuki Book 1

The trickiest part of Chant Arabe (once you've mastered the even sounding left hand, the subtle changes in dynamic tension in the right hand, and the coordination to keep one legato while the other one isn't) is the last two measures of the B section.

I like to teach students to imagine the second beat of that last measure as a beat that has an "air note" in the left hand.  Here is a student playing that "air note" to perfection the day he learned to put them together.  (The LH air note matches up with the first of the two Ds in the RH in that measure.)

Short Story - B section HT

Sometimes this passage of LH scales and RH chords comes naturally to a student, and sometimes one has trouble figuring out how exactly they fit together.  And then there is the tricky business of making the beautiful sweeping B section line up with measure 15, which you have worked so hard on already!

Just take a breath, listen to the CD and let your hands try it out.  If that doesn't work, here is a quick clip that might help you out if you can't remember how it worked in your lesson this past week!