September 16, 2026 (Lesson 10 of 10)
September 16, 2026 · in person
2026-2027 Events
October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes
December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes
January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop
February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes
April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes
May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital
Practice Every Day
30 minutes a day. Start at the top of this list and work down. If you stop partway, start there the next day.
For each item:
Start the stopwatch.
Practice.
Post a comment: the item, then how many minutes.
Go to the next item.
🎥 Video: how to log your practice
🟩 keep going · 🟨 extra attention · 🟪 we'll start it next time · ⬛️ don't practice yet
Theory
1. ⬛️ Theory Unit 7: Triads
Don't practice this yet.
Musicianship
2. 🟩 Sight Reading (Newzik)
Pages 2, 3 and 4. (do one page in one practice session until finished)
Study first: notes, fingering, position, expression, rhythm. Then play.
No mistakes before you move on. Then check it off.
3. 🟩 Busy Bee Toccata — Celebrate Piano! L&M, Unit 4, page 45
Say the note names out loud. Right hand finger 2, left hand fingers 2 and 3.
Forte. Play the slurs legato — smooth and connected.
🎥 Video — Make it sound like this.
4. 🟪 Flash Card Video — Treble Clef
5 to 10 minutes. Say the note and play it.
Don't go to the next drill until you get every card right before the video shows you.
5. 🟪 Flash Card Video — Bass Clef
Same. 5 to 10 minutes.
6. 🟪 Flash Card Video — Treble & Bass
Only after the first two are easy.
7. ⬛️ RCM Ear Training Online
Don't practice this yet.
8. ⬛️ Rhythm: Basic Rhythmic Training (Newzik)
Don't practice this yet.
Repertoire
9. 🟩 New Shoes by Linda Niamath (L. B)
Watch the study “(A) Video 1” below with your dad, Kavi. Bring me your questions.
Remember: key of F major, so every B is flat.
10. 🟪 Alphabet Soup — Celebrate Piano! Solos 1, page 9
We'll start this next lesson.
Goals This Year
Finish your piece before you get off the bench or look at the audience.
Loud and soft — make a difference.
Speak loudly. Hold still while you speak. Eyes on one or two spots.
Review List
💚 The Haunted Mouse (RCM, Prep. A)
💚 The Juggler by Nancy and Randall Faber (RCM, Prep. A)