May 5, 2023

Level 1: Score of 84

Level 2:

Practice Journal

Keep track of every item and every minute that you practice for each day. Write them down with the current date and tally the minutes you practice at the end of the day.

💚Hanon No. 4 (start with this assignment every day)

1. FOCUS:

   1. Shoulders and neck - be aware of them in terms of relaxation.

2. For CLOSE LOUD (m.m. 69 per note), your fingers must be curved or it doesn’t help as much as it could!

3. LEGATO: m.m. 100 two notes per tic. Your goal here it to play with a smooth, bump-free hand position.

   1. Hanon No. 2 (m.m. 60 per 8th note)

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus in Newzik: Level 2

1. See Newzik for you assignment.

Celebrate Theory, Level 3

1. NO ASSIGNMENT YET

💚Sight Reading

1. Level 2A in Newzik: Do 2 per day.

   1. Focus on RHYTHM BEING STEADY BY FOCUSING IN YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU BEGIN.

💚Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer Nos. 89 and 90

1. Prepare the above.

💛Online Ear Training and Rhythm, Level 2 Ear Training

1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/ Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

2. Be sure to practice the RHYTHM and sight-reading

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🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 3

💚Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

1. Pedal needs to be looked at. Listen carefully so you don’t catch the last note in the pedal before it goes down.

2. Fix the pink pen

💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, NMo. 27 by Köhler (L. 2, Etude)

1. LH softer and work on the last system. See the pen.

💚Impertinence by Handel (L. 2, A)

1. Review at m.m. 76 once each practice session

💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

1. Practice at m.m. 50, 56, 60 and 66 (per half note)

2. Focus on dynamics and any leftover pen

3. Memorize

4. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (3 different spots per practice session). \

💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)

1. Fix the pink pen

2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (3 different spots per practice session).

3. Memorized

1. 💚Impertinence by Handel (L. 2, A)

2. 💚Periwinkle Twinkle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 2, B)

3. A Starry Night by Italo Taranta (b. 1928) (L. 1, B)

4. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

5. Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003) (L. 1, B)

6. Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) (L. 1, A)

7. Swirling Leaves by Gordon A. McKinnon (b. 1952) (L. 1, C)

8. Waltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 1, B)

9. 🟢Andante in G Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (L. 1, A)

10. 🟢Minuet in F Major K. 2 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)(L. 1, A)

11. 🟢German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

12. 🟢Drifting Clouds by William Gillock (L. 1, Etude)

13. 🟢Calico Cat