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The Student and Tutor focused on piano technique, practicing Czerny 802, 599, and 299 exercises. They addressed challenges with tempo, fingering, wrist motion, and combining hands, with the Tutor emphasizing continuous progression through repertoire over perfect mastery of individual pieces. The session concluded with advice on building consistent practice habits and an outlook on skills required for intermediate music.

The Tutor and Student worked on piano exercises from Opus 802, focusing on sight-reading, proper hand technique, and consistent practice methods. They specifically addressed playing with both hands, maintaining a slow tempo, and identifying notes on the staff. Homework includes writing out notes for new exercises and practicing repetitions.

The Student practiced several piano pieces, including Opus 802, Number 8, and Opus 599, Numbers 15 and 16, focusing on finger independence and rhythmic accuracy. The Tutor introduced new velocity studies from Cherney's School of Velocity (Opus 299, Number 1), emphasizing specific fingering techniques and coordinated hand movements. The Student was assigned to practice Opus 299, Number 1, up to measure eight.

Student and Tutor focused on piano technique, sight-reading, and advanced ragtime concepts. They practiced exercises from Opus 802 and Opus 599, refining fingerings, hand motions like parallel and contrary motion, and developing a specific "trampoline" pushing gesture. The session also covered a specialized target practice method for complex stride jumps in an advanced rag, with the Student instructed to practice Opus 802, Opus 599 number 10, and specific sections of the rag daily.

The class focused on piano technique and musical interpretation, specifically for Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 6 and Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata, Movement 2. The Student practiced passages from both pieces, discussed precise fingering, rhythmic accuracy, and dynamic adherence, and explored different interpretive approaches based on score analysis versus common performance practices. For homework, the Student was tasked with solidifying the tempo and dynamics for the Chopin Etude and experimenting with playing the Beethoven piece's crescendo section strictly in time.

Student and Tutor reviewed the student's progress on several piano pieces from various Opus collections, focusing on challenges with finger independence, tempo control, and chord transitions. They practiced using a metronome more effectively for complex passages and established strategies for breaking down new, challenging pieces. The Tutor emphasized playing through mistakes to gain useful information rather than stopping, and the session concluded with assignments for continued slow practice on specific sections.