February 9, 2024

💚 = 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. 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.

1. 💚Solfège Blue Book:

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

2. 💚Four Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests

   1. Level 1: finish set 6 and 7

1. 💚Overtone Series - Dustin find a video

2. 💚Celebrate 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

1. 💜Romantic piece? Liszt Con.

2. 💜NFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics (re-read)

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

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

Review Repertoire

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