January 30, 2025 (Lesson 3 of 10)

Lesson Assignments

❤️ = Priority!

💜 = We didn’t get to it at the last lesson.

💛 = On the right track but needs more focus.

💚 = On the right track - good work!

🖤 = Don’t practice this - on hold.

Practice Journal

Every time you practice, write down what you did and how long it took you to do it!

Remember to practice at least FIVE days each week.

Lesson Assignments

#1💚RAINDROP-ARMS:

  1. GOAL: Use this new technique in ALL of your “playing” assignments.

  2. 🎥See the video I texted to the piano thread. Practice every day.

#2💚The Musical Alphabet

  1. GOAL: Be able to speak the musical alphabet, forward and backward, from any letter, and with a steady pulse.

  2. 🎥Watch the video I texted to the thread for instructions / example.

  3. Set the metronome to m.m. 60

  4. Please order this metronome for practice:

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LFCXL8?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_FNV2QXJ3RBBJK77JR0ZQ

#3💚Celebrate Piano: Lesson & Musicianship 1A

  1. GOAL: Prepare pages 10, 11 and 12

  2. Follow all the directions on the page

#4💚Solos 1

  1. GOAL: Prepare page 2.

  2. Follow all the instructions on the page and use “raindrop arms”

  3. Try to round the fingertips so the first knuckle doesn’t collapse when you play the keys.

🖤Celebrate Theory: Prep

  1. Left off on page 9

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training

  1. GOAL: Pages 4-6 with Dustin

January 25, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 10)

Lesson Assignments

❤️ = Priority!

💜 = We didn’t get to it at the last lesson.

💛 = On the right track but needs more focus.

💚 = On the right track - good work!

🖤 = Don’t practice this - on hold.

💚Practice Journal / Diary

  1. GOAL: Every time you practice, write down what you did and how long it took you to do it!

  2. Remember to practice at least FIVE days each week.

  3. Schedule your practice time each day / week: when is your practice time?

#1💚The Musical Alphabet

  1. GOAL: Be able to speak the musical alphabet out loud forward and backward to a steady beat, and with no pauses. Starting from any letter!

  2. For example: D, E, F, G, A, B, C D - D, C, B, A, G, F, E, D

    1. Practice each starting point, three times each.

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training

  1. GOAL: Pages 4-6 with Dustin

#2💚Teach Me About Low, Middle & High Sounds. (page 8 of L&M 1A)

#3💚Celebrate Piano: Lesson & Musicianship 1A

  1. GOAL: Prepare pages 8 and 9. Watch the video for help.

  2. Follow all the directions on the page

🖤Solos

#4❤️Celebrate Theory: Prep

  1. ❤️GOAL: Study and Memorize any bold words on page 4-5

  2. 💚GOAL: Prepare pages 6-8

January 14, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 10)

Lesson Assignments

❤️ = Priority!

💜 = We didn’t get to it at the last lesson.

💛 = On the right track but needs more focus.

💚 = On the right track - good work!

🖤 = Don’t practice this - on hold.

💚Practice Journal / Diary

  1. GOAL: Every time you practice, write down what you did and how long it took you to do it!

  2. Remember to practice at least FIVE days each week.

  3. Schedule your practice time each day / week.

💚The Musical Alphabet

  1. GOAL: Be able to speak the musical alphabet out loud forward and backward to a steady beat, and with no pauses.

  2. Start with A B - B A

  3. Move to A B C - C B A

  4. Then A B C D - D C B A

  5. Then A B C D E - E D C B A

  6. Then A B C D E F - F E D C B A

  7. Then A B C D E F G - G F E D C B A

  8. Then A B C D E F G A - A G F E D C B A

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training

  1. GOAL: Pages 4-6 with Dustin

💚Celebrate Piano: Lesson & Musicianship 1A

  1. GOAL: Prepare pages 6 and 7. Watch the video for help.

🖤Solos

💚Celebrate Theory: Prep

  1. GOAL: Study and Memorize any bold words on page 4-5