March 15, 22, 28 & April 19, May 2 & 10, 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

  • Fridays: 5:15 pm with Norah?

  • Mondays: ? Norah?

  • December 10, 2023 - Performance Class

  • March 10, 2024 - Guest Artist Workshop

  • May 19, 2024 - Final Recitals

    • Bach - Invention

    • Mozart - Sonata, mvt. 1

    • Bach - Sheep may safely graze arr. Egan Petri

Technique

  1. Talk about beginner curriculum with

  2. 💚”RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

    1. (no faster than m.m. 88 per two notes). At least three-five times per week.

      1. Prepare Major and Minor Scales (levels 1-3)

        1. C/a, G/e, F/d, B-flat/g, D/b

      2. STOP before you play to ask yourself:

        1. The key (number of sharps or flats)

        2. Where is finger 4 in each hand

        3. Set a slow tempo

        4. Repeat the good, three times in-a-row correctly (if you’re ready - you can start just three times correctly first).

  1. 💚Solfège Blue Book: (travel assignment - do at your leisure when you are in transit)

    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 8-9 - focus on “star 4” and the clap-blacks

    2. Playback is very strong for this level

    3. Continue to do Clapback with Dustin as tests.

  1. 💚Celebrate Theory

    1. 💜Finish Level 4: Unit 5 and 6 and finish level if you can.

    2. 💚Flash Cards

      1. M.m. 60, two ticks per card. Set your cards on the music stand all in a row (randomly) and say the key for major every two ticks.

      2. Minor keys next week - start.

    3. 💛Order of Sharps and flats. Memorize in both directions.

      1. Father

      2. Charles

      3. Goes

      4. Down

      5. And

      6. Ends

      7. Battles

  1. 🖤Grieg Lyric Piece

    1. Focus more after recital.

  2. 💚(recital)Bach, Sheep May Safely Graze arr. Egon Petri

    1. Finish memorizing

    2. Recital practice next week

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

    1. For Each Section:

      1. Medium Tempi:

        1. Medium Tempi:

        2. Hands alone, then together at a medium tempo.

        3. M.m. 84, 88, 96

        4. Focus is expression

        5. With and without music.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempi:

        1. m.m. 116, 120, 126

        2. Recital practice, with and without music. Pretend you’re playing in front of people. Don’t stop if you have issues.

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

    1. For Each Section:

      1. Medium Tempi:

        1. Hands alone, then together at a medium tempo.

        2. M.m. 84, 88, 96

        3. Focus is expression

        4. With and without music.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempi:

        1. m.m. 104, 108, 112

        2. Recital practice, with and without music. Pretend you’re playing in front of people. Don’t stop if you have issues.

    3. Practice starting from random meausres

  5. 🖤Hanon

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

  6. 🖤Czerny

    1. No assignment

Review Repertoire

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