December 8, 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. Watch the practice video for Close Loud and follow the instructions. Video is found in the Newzik PDF.

2. 🖤Czerny

   1. No assignment

3. 🖤RCMCP Technique

   1. No assignment

Musicianship

1. 💚Solfège Blue Book:

   1. Finish No 18 in Chapter 3

   2. Move to Chapter 4. Complete No. 18 with Dustin at the lesson.

      1. Remember mindfulness:

         1. If a mistake happens, accept it and move on as quickly as possible. Just observe that you made the mistake and move on.

2. 💚Four Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests

   1. Level 1: finish set 4 (and 5 if you can)

Theory

1. 💜Note Speed

   1. Level 1 and 2 Cards

      1. Same rules as below for Table Play and Say and Play

   2. Primer Level by Yourself: TABLE PLAY

      1. Shuffle Cards

      2. Deal yourself 5-10 cards

      3. Place the rest of the cards face down

      4. Turn one over

      5. Get rid of your cards as quickly as possible by saying the name out loud as you discard:

         1. you can discard the same letter name, one above or one below.

      6. If you can’t play, draw from the face down pile.

   3. Primer Level by Yourself: SAY AND PLAY

      1. Place 8-10 cards on the music stand.

      2. Set the metronome to 60

      3. Say and play the cards out loud every 2 ticks.

      4. Repeat until the cards are gone.

      5. If you miss a card, move to the next to keep with the beat.

2. 💜Celebrate Theory

   1. Level 2, Finish Unit 8

   2. Level 3, Prepare Units 1-3

   3. Level 5, unit 3: Study

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. Memorize all of the subjects in the order they are presented. Perform them for me at the next lesson.

   2. Don’t hang on to notes with leaps (greater than a 7th)

   3. A-flat, LH m. 15

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

   1. RH melody: close loud, then wrist contouring with the melody with the thought of close-loud.

   2. Remember “piano” doesn’t always need to be soft soft. Chopin is catabile which means to “sing”

   3. LH - play more on the pads of your fingers. Careful not to hyper-curve.

   4. Continue to work on rubato.

4. 💚Mozart Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330: I. Allegro moderato

   1. Discuss hierarchy of the beat and how it applies to expression in the melody.

   2. P. 2, system 4, m. 1 - LH rhythm. And m. 2, RH rhythm.

   3. Close loud on 32nd notes with repetition.