November 2, 2023

💚 = do the assignment. We are on track

💛 = do the assignment - it needs extra focus.

❤️ = do the assignment - needs lots of work or was not prepared properly

💜 = do the assignment - we didn’t get to it at the lesson and will start with this before any 💛💚

🖤 = Don’t do

Important Dates

  • December 10, 2023 - Performance Class

  • March 10, 2024 - Guest Artist Workshop

  • May 19, 2024 - Final Recitals

Technique

  1. 💜Hanon

    1. Review No. 1 until the pattern is memorized and the transition from ascending to descending is learned.

    2. Hands alone first, ensuring that fingers are round and wrist is not below the white keys.

    3. Observe correct fingering.

    4. Do not play this at a fast tempo.

  2. 🖤Czerny

    1. No assignment

  3. 🖤RCMCP Technique

    1. No assignment

Musicianship

  1. 💜Four Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests

    1. We’ll start this together at your next lesson.

Theory

  1. 💚Celebrate Theory

    1. Dustin, check for level 2 theory book.

    2. Vocab:

      1. Interval = distance between two notes (two letter names)

        1. From A to B = interval of a 2nd. (Step)

        2. From A to C = interval of a 3rd. (Skip)

        3. 4th or larger = “leap”

      2. Note values - see new chapter.

      3. Scale Degrees

        1. In A minor =

          1. A = 1

          2. B = 2

          3. C = 3, etc

    3. Complete Unit 2 of Level 1 Theory.

      1. Be able to teach me about any vocabulary words, etc.

Repertoire

  1. 💚NFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics (re-read)

    1. Access the PDF in Newzik called “Charts & Guides”

    2. In the menu dropdown (upper center of the page), select “NFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics.”

    3. Study the information to be applied to learning your repertoire pieces.

  2. 💚Bach, Invention No. 5 in E-flat Major, HWV 776

    1. Find all complete subjects and highlight them

    2. Learn using NOTES and FINGERING - write in your fingerings.

  3. 💚Chopin, Waltz in A Minor op. Posth., B 150

    1. Using the NFRPE method, choose a “chunk” (no more than 2-4 measures.

    2. Learn the notes and fingering according to each highlighted voice (green = melody, purple = harmony, yellow = bass).

    3. Once you have learned them independendly, start to combine the voices in all combinations. Yellow + green, yellow + purple, green + purple, etc.

  4. 💜We will discuss another option for Classical