2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Ethan:

Musicianship - start with Dustin next week
1. Singing
  1. 2nds and 3rds up and down from DO
  2. Play them on the keyboard and match them with your voice.
2. Melodic Dictation - with Dustin
  1. Next week, move to three notes.
  2. 2nds
  3. Treble and Bass
  4. With Dustin
3. **Solfege
  1. Prepare No. 1 on page 10
    1. Say and play the notes / syllable.s .
4. *Basic Rhythmic Training
  1. PREPARE: 14
Technique
1. Hanon No. 1
  1. FOR EACH HAND
    1. Set timer for 90 seconds
    2. CLOSE LOUD: attack the keys hard, then relax, pop your wrist forward on the attack!
2. Popcorn Wrists - 4 times each hand, each practice session.
  1. Hands together! Play ALL OVER THE KEYBOARD!!
3. Bunny Hops (do 5 per day)
  1. Hands together! Make sure your hook is round. if you need to warm up, do hands alone first
Repertoire
1. Honeybee
  1. Left Hand: be able to play notes correctly without pauses. Fix position finger 2 and 4
  2. right hand: EXPRESSION! What is a slur? Play smoothly by connecting your notes. What do you do at the end of a slut? Lift gently!
Theory
1. PREPARE: pages 9-13
  1. Be able to teach about anything on the page next week. :)

Toby:

Technique
1. Baby C, Doggie D and Eddie E!
  1. Find them with your dolphin!
2. “Yum-my Yum-my Dough-Nuts”
  1. Practice the movement on any key. Forward lifted wrist on the long tones
3. Solfege
  1. Practice saying AND PLAYING Do to Si forward and backward.
4. Bubble
  1. Practice picking up the bubble with rounded fingers and play the two sets. In both hands.
5. Piano Soldier Position
  1. Sit with back straight
  2. Legs down
  3. Piano Bench
Theory:
1. Keyboard Street:
  1. Read the story
2. RH and LH exercise
  1. Test next week