February 8, 2024

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1

    1. Prepare Review Set 1

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. For measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-End, HANDS ALONE

      1. Set metronome to m.m. 50 per quarter note.

      2. Focus on wrist movements and gradually increase your speed by only a few numbers at a time.

      3. Your final goal for this week is m.m. 104 per quarter note.

  3. 💜New Piece Next Week! Level 1, B

    1. Dustin will bring book

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

    1. Practice starting from any measure

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  5. 💚Theory Level 1 Unit 3

    1. Complete page 9

  6. 💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

  7. 💚In Newzik: “TECHNIQUE Prep A and B”

  1. G and C-major One-Octave Scale, RH & LH

    1. Practice saying out loud: “G major is the scale of one sharp - F-sharp.”

  2. A minor, RH and LH

  3. C MAJOR CONTRARY MOTION!

  4. C major Tonic Triads: Practice blocked first, RH and LH

    1. Straight back

    2. Curved 1st knuckles

    3. Memorize the formula for minor.