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’šHanon
Watch the practice video for Close Loud and follow the instructions. Video is found in the Newzik PDF.
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’šNote Speed
Level 1 and 2 Cards
Same rules as below for Table Play and Say and Play
Primer Level by Yourself: TABLE PLAY
Shuffle Cards
Deal yourself 5-10 cards
Place the rest of the cards face down
Turn one over
Get rid of your cards as quickly as possible by saying the name out loud as you discard:
you can discard the same letter name, one above or one below.
If you can’t play, draw from the face down pile.
Primer Level by Yourself: SAY AND PLAY
Place 8-10 cards on the music stand.
Set the metronome to 60
Say and play the cards out loud every 2 ticks.
Repeat until the cards are gone.
If you miss a card, move to the next to keep with the beat.
đź’šCelebrate Theory
Finish Unit 1
Complete Unit 2
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
See your notes in pencil on the paper
Learn one subject at a time.
đź’śChopin, 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’śBeethoven Sonata
Dustin - find three options.