January 4, 12, & 19 2024

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

  1. đź–¤Hanon

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

  2. đź–¤Czerny

    1. No assignment

  3. ❤️RCMCP Technique

    1. Prepare Major and Minor Scales

      1. C/a, G/e, D/b, F/d

    2. Focus on No twisting in your wrists.

    3. Focus on the up and over movement with wrists and minimize elbow lift.

    4. Think everything should look and feel smooth.

Musicianship

  1. 💚Solfège Blue Book:

    1. Increase speed until it makes you feel slightly uncomfortable. Then work from there.

  2. đź’šFour Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests

    1. Level 1: finish set 6 and 7

Theory

  1. đź’šOvertone Series - Dustin find a video

  2. đź’šCelebrate Theory

    1. Order of Sharps and flats.

      1. Father

      2. Charles

      3. Goes

      4. Down

      5. And

      6. Ends

      7. Battles

    2. Finish Unit 4 and 5

Repertoire

  1. đź’śRomantic piece? Liszt Con.

    1. Dustin find.

  2. đź’śNFRPE 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.

  3. đź’šBach, Invention No. 5 in E-flat Major, HWV 776

    1. Do zoom-in section work practice through m. 26.

      1. Hands alone

      2. Hands together

      3. Make sections smaller if needed.

      4. 3 times in-a-row correctly

      5. Daily repetitions.

  4. đź’šMozart Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330: I. Allegro moderato

    1. See the green pen.

    2. Decide if you’re going to do the 2 measure chunk practice using NFRPE method.

Review Repertoire

  1. Chopin, Waltz in A Minor op. Posth., B 150 (L. 6, C)