đź’š = do the assignment. We are on track
đź’› = 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
đź’śHanon
Review No. 1 until the pattern is memorized and the transition from ascending to descending is learned.
Hands alone first, ensuring that fingers are round and wrist is not below the white keys.
Observe correct fingering.
Do not play this at a fast tempo.
đź–¤Czerny
No assignment
đź–¤RCMCP Technique
No assignment
Musicianship
đź’śFour Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests
We’ll start this together at your next lesson.
Theory
đź’šCelebrate Theory
Dustin, check for level 2 theory book.
Vocab:
Interval = distance between two notes (two letter names)
From A to B = interval of a 2nd. (Step)
From A to C = interval of a 3rd. (Skip)
4th or larger = “leap”
Note values - see new chapter.
Scale Degrees
In A minor =
A = 1
B = 2
C = 3, etc
Complete Unit 2 of Level 1 Theory.
Be able to teach me about any vocabulary words, etc.
Repertoire
đź’šNFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics (re-read)
Access the PDF in Newzik called “Charts & Guides”
In the menu dropdown (upper center of the page), select “NFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics.”
Study the information to be applied to learning your repertoire pieces.
đź’šBach, Invention No. 5 in E-flat Major, HWV 776
Find all complete subjects and highlight them
Learn using NOTES and FINGERING - write in your fingerings.
đź’šChopin, Waltz in A Minor op. Posth., B 150
Using the NFRPE method, choose a “chunk” (no more than 2-4 measures.
Learn the notes and fingering according to each highlighted voice (green = melody, purple = harmony, yellow = bass).
Once you have learned them independendly, start to combine the voices in all combinations. Yellow + green, yellow + purple, green + purple, etc.
đź’śWe will discuss another option for Classical