May 27, 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:

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.

2. Smooth, legato sound. No accent with the beat.

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

1. Think about expression: this is the most important aspect of the pice.

💚Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)

1. No repeats.

2. Take more time before you begin.

3. M. 7 - hold the first half note for its full value. You sometimes rush the note before a trill.

4. Your tempo is fast and appropriate but be careful that you don’t rush.

💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

1. Tempo is ALMOST too fast / out of control, but still sounds good. Think about your beat before you begin and make sure you carry it with you throughout the entire piece.

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

1. Make sure to feel the rests between your notes and end the piece with a bit more “grace.”

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

2. 💚Impertinence by Handel (L. 2, A)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 🟢Calico Cat