2017-2018 Lesson 21: Jacqueline Isaacson

Notes & Makeups

1. Try to have at least one practice session on the piano upstairs.

2. PERFORMANCE CLASS: February 11, 2018
   1. Hopscotch
   2. Far Away
   3. German Dance 

RCM Repertoire

RCM Musicianship

RCM Technique

1. MINOR SCALE: two octaves hands alone, memorized

   1. **A Harmonic
   2. A Natural
      1. Lower your 5th finger.
      2. Make sure your fingers are round and curved.

2. MAJOR SCALE: two octaves hands alone, memorized.

   1. C 
   2. G
      1. LH fingering descending - incorrect. Ask yourself: on which note does my 4th finger play?
      2. No twisty-wrist.
      3. EVEN TEMPO!  

3. Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 1

   1. Prepare Set 9
      1. Remember to do "star 4" of each "day."
      2. Do the tests with Dustin at your lesson

4. Lesson & Musicianship 1B

   1. Waiting for this to arrive by post. 

5. *Solos 1

   1. NO ASSIGNment

6. *Bartok

   1. REDO: No. 10
   2. PREPARE: No. 11

7. Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart

   1. Learn hands together until measure 9

   2. Hands alone to the end.   

On Hold:

1. Rhythm (no assignment) 

   1. NO ASSIGNMENT
   2. Left off at 57

2. Solfege (no assignment)

   1. NO ASSIGNMENT
   2. Left off: Chapter 4 Nos. 15 & 17

3. Czerny (no assignment)

   1. REDO: No. 1 

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**REVIEW - once a week with music

1. German Dance by Beethoven in D Major (L.2)

2. Hopscotch by Boris Berlin (L. 1 Etude) 

3. Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

4. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1 Etude)
5. German Dance in D Major Hob.IX:22  No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (L.1 List A)
6. Dream Journey by Christine Donkin (L.1 List B)
7. Tarntella by Lynes (Faber L.1)
8. wAngelfish by Anne Crosby (L.1, List B)

 

 

THEORY (no assignment)

1. Level 1: Unit 3
   1. PREPARE: pages 37-38
2. Prep: Unit 7
   1. Prepare for next week.
   2. Teach me about Major and Minor triads.