April 25, 2026 (Lesson 8 of 10)

Final Recital

1. May 30th: 2 pm

Next Group Class

1. May 2nd or 3rd (your choice)
   
   

💚The Haunted Mouse (RCM, Prep. A)

1. Follow the instructions in the video below.

💜FLASH CARDS

1. 🎥See the video for instructions

2. Use the landmark and “upper neighbor” flash cards found in the front of the “Piano Staff Notes Flashcards” blue box.

   1. Next week we will do lower neighbor cards

💜SIGHTREADING_00_06-25_C_F_G (in Newzik)

1. Daily Assignment (do one per day)

2. Please prepare pages 20 of the PDF (last one)

   1. First thing we do is study the rhythm.

   2. Then study the notes.

   3. Then play (remember to do the correct finger numbers and keep BUBBLE)

💜SIGHTREADING_00_26-37_DEF (in Newzik)

1. Same assignment as above - just a new PDF!

2. Please prepare pages 1-3 of the PDF

💜A Skating Waltz (RCM, Prep. A)

1. Please keep eyes on the music while you play

2. Review measures 1-12 with music.

3. 💛🎥Measures 13-16: LH alone, RH alone, three times each per practice session. See the video from last week in the text thread

💜The Juggler by Nancy and Randall Faber (RCM, Prep. A)

1. SPEED-BUILDING! This is a new tempo this week.

2. Set your metronome to 88 per quarter note

   1. (next week we’ll move to m.m. 100 and final goal is 126).

3. Before you begin, place hands in lap and imagine playing with the metronome for two measures, then begin!

4. One to two times each practice session.

💜Czerny, Op 825 No. 1: Complete Etude

1. Practice “performing” this piece now, in that if you have a mistake, practice playing through the mistake and don’t start over.

⬛️Musical Alphabet: Forward and backward

1. This needs more work in order to pass with a steady pulse.

2. Practice speaking the letter names forward and backward by 2nds (steps) and 3rds (skips).

3. Please practice this with m.m. 66. If you have a pause, try to move forward instead of starting over.

⬛️THEORY: Unit 7: Triads

1. Print Unit 7 or Complete the Unit in Newzik.

2. Prepare pages 61-63 and be able to tell me about ANY bold words

⬛️RCM Ear Training Online Portal

1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/index.php (LINK TO RCM ONLINE EAR TRAINING)

   Login Information:

   info@gledhillartscollective.com

   dust2789

⬛️RHYTHM: Basic Rhyhmic Training (in Newzik) “RHYTHM_008_018”

1. Please prepare number 11 (Tah and Conduct).

2. 🎥Please see the new video I texted your thread.

🖤READING: L&M Unit 3

1. Page 1: Deep Blue Sea

   1. Pressing the media button, select “Deep Blue Sea Your Part.” Practice with this until you can play with it exactly as it sounds.

      1. It might not be correct after three tries so just do three in one day and be ok with that - try again the next day.

      2. Remember to keep going if you make a mistake.

   2. Once the above is correct, select the “Deep Blue Sea Accompaniment.”

      1. Do the same as above.

🖤Solos 1

1. Please watch the vide
   
   

🖤Flash Cards

1. We will play the step up/down and skip up/down game next week.

Newzik Music PDF App

1. Login info: “reema1131@gmail.com” and password “nfpering”