2019-2020 Lesson 6 of 16

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Ethan:

  1. 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. Set the metronome to 40

        2. Count four beats with the metronome.

        3. Say and play the solfege exercise with the metronome.

        4. If you make a mistake, keep going.

    4. Basic Rhythmic Training

      1. PREPARE: 14

  2. Technique

    1. Hanon No. 1

      1. FOR EACH HAND

        1. Set timer for 30 seconds

        2. CLOSE LOUD: attack the keys hard, then relax, pop your wrist forward on the attack!

    2. *Black Key Composition (after No. 3 and 4 below)

      1. Create four different patterns using Popcorn Wrists and Bunny Hops and Puddle Smashers. Be able to repeat them three times each.

    3. *Popcorn Wrists - 4 times each hand, each practice session.

      1. Hands together! Play ALL OVER THE KEYBOARD!!

    4. *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

  3. Repertoire

    1. Honeybee

      1. LEFT HAND: Practice expression - lift your wrists at the end of each phrase.

      2. RIGHT HAND: Practice rhythm - set the metronome to m.m. 60. Each tick represents the quarter note. Please play with the metronome - the correct rhythm. This will be tricky at first! Don’t expect to play this correctly on the first try.

  4. Theory

    1. PREPARE: pages 14-15

    2. CORRECT: any pink pen on pates 10-13

Toby:

  1. 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

  2. Theory:

    1. Halloween Handouts

Michael:

  1. Musicianship

    1. Solfege

  2. Reading:

    1. Blue Note

      1. G CLEF & F CLEF

  3. Theory:

    1. Briggs Handout

      1. Study Chapter 1

      2. Chapter 2

    2. Composition

      1. Compose your own piece in the G and F clef, using the notes

    3. Basic Rudiments.

      1. To page 18