2017-2018 Lesson 24: 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 Minor - remember to play the 7th degree descending.
    2. ***E Harmonic Minor
      1. LH needs fingering and position work
      2. RH needs position work. 
    3. A Natural Minor
    4. **E Natural Minor
      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. No twisty-wrist.
      2. EVEN TEMPO!  

  3. Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 1

    1. Prepare Set 10
      1. Practice with the Playback recording above.

  4. *Lesson & Musicianship 1B

    1. Start on Wednesday with Dustin. 

  5. Solos 1

    1. NO ASSIGNment

  6. *Bartok

    1. PREPARE: No. 12, 12 and 14

  7. Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart

    1. Fix pink pen

    2. Practice moving between sections to get rid of the pauses. 5 times correctly each day. 

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) 

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

      1. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1 Etude)

        1. German Dance in D Major Hob.IX:22  No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (L.1 List A)
        2. Dream Journey by Christine Donkin (L.1 List B)
        3. Tarntella by Lynes (Faber L.1)
        4. 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.