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
How to Practice
Binder on the music stand, iPad to the right. That is the setup.
Use the Practice Guide below. It writes your practice down for you, no comments needed.
Press Start from # whatever number it shows.
Press Start, read the assignment, practice.
When you are finished, press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.
30 minutes a day.
Need the metronome, a recorder or the Section-Work colors? They are in Practice Tools. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.
Log every practice session from today. Official tracking starts Monday, October 19, the Monday after our first group class. Logging now is how we get the kinks out.
🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ on hold, don't practice this one · 🟧 mine, not yours
[PRACTICE TOOLS]
Technique
1. 🟩 GAC Method, Technique, Preparatory Unit 1, Finger Numbers, page 2
THIS WEEK: Draw a line from each number to the finger.
Practice type: Learning.
Say the number out loud as you draw it.
Press Done for the Week when page 2 is finished.
2. 🟩 GAC Method, Technique, Preparatory Unit 1, Finger Number Practice, page 3
THIS WEEK: Finish the boxes that are not checked.
Practice type: Learning.
Tap the fingers in the order the box shows.
Say the numbers out loud as you tap.
Press Done for the Week when page 3 is finished.
3. 🟩 GAC Method, Technique, Preparatory Unit 1, Drop Wrist, page 4
THIS WEEK: Drop, claw, float up, hands back in your lap.
Practice type: Learning.
Heavy arm. Let it go, don't hold it up.
Round fingers, like a claw.
Every day.
🎥 Drop Wrist https://youtube.com/shorts/XzlPBcOPcsA
4. 🟩 GAC Method, Technique, Preparatory Unit 1, Black Key Groups, pages 5-7
THIS WEEK: Read page 5. Then do pages 6 and 7.
Practice type: Learning.
Circle every group of two black keys.
Circle every group of three black keys.
Press Done for the Week when page 7 is finished.
Theory
5. 🟩 GAC Method, Theory, Preparatory Unit 1, Higher or Lower, page 2
THIS WEEK: Circle the higher dot on each pair of keys.
Practice type: Learning.
Two keys have dots. Circle the higher one.
Press Done for the Week when page 2 is finished.
6. 🟩 GAC Method, Theory, Preparatory Unit 1, Where the Staff Came From, page 3
THIS WEEK: Read the story on page 3.
Practice type: Learning.
Tell me about it next time.
Press Done for the Week when you have read it.
7. 🟩 GAC Method, Theory, Preparatory Unit 1, The Staff, pages 4-7
THIS WEEK: Do pages 4, 5, 6 and 7 together.
Practice type: Learning.
Five lines and four spaces. Count from the bottom up.
Trace the notes. Circle the higher note on each staff.
Teach me about the staff, the clefs and the grand staff next time.
Press Done for the Week when page 7 is finished.
Musicianship
8. 🟩 GAC Method, Rhythm, Preparatory Unit 1, The Quarter Note, page 1
THIS WEEK: Clap the X's and say "ta" on every quarter note.
A quarter note gets one beat.
Clap and say ta at the same time.
Keep a steady beat, like your heartbeat.
9. 🟧 GAC Method, Ear Training, Preparatory Unit 1, High, Low, Same and Different, page 1
This one is mine. I play the notes and you circle the answer, so we do it together at your lesson. Numbers 5 to 8 next time.
10. 🟩 GAC Method, History, Preparatory Unit 1, Meet Daniel Gottlob Türk, page 1
THIS WEEK: Read everything on page 1.
Talk to me about it next time.
Press Done for the Week when you have read it.
Setup
11. 🟧 Your three ring binder
I am bringing your binder to your house tomorrow. All your new Halloween pages go in it.
Your Books
Technique
Theory
Note Reading
Rhythm
Ear Training
Sight Playing
History
Seven new Halloween books. They all go in the binder.
Two Piano Rules
Always sit in the middle. Piano seatbelt.
Low wrist first, then play. Never flat fingers.