Assignment Legend
❤️= Priority above all else (repeated issues or reglect).
💛= Priority after red (on the right track but needs more work).
💜= Item we did not do at the last lesson. Lesson priority before green.
💚= on the right track! Practice these items as usual but prioritize other colors first.
🖤= don’t practice this item (on hold).
🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)
At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:
N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)
E – Expression – dynamics, articulation (staccato, accents, slurs), etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)
✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.
Step-by-Step Practice Flow
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.
“Spot” until it’s solid and you can erase the markings! — meaning:
✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.
Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing the spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.
🔧 Troubleshooting Tips
🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:
Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
💚Fight Song by Rachel Patterson
Practice playing with the audio in Newzik.
💚Allegro in C Major, op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (Prep A)
GOAL: no pauses in the tempo.
Please keep bubble.
💚Theory_00_05_Rhythm
Prepare pages 5-6 of the PDF
💚Melody in G Major, op, 101 no. 39 by Ferdinand Beyer (1803-1863) (Prep. A)
Please play this HANDS ALONE then hands together enough times to bring it back into your memory
💚Ear Training
Major and Minor Triads. You’re doing really well with these!
💚Technique Prep A and B
Major Pentascale: Tonic, whole, whole, half, whole steps.
Minor Pentascale: Tonic, whole, half, whole, whole steps.
Triads: Both major and minor triads come from the major or minor pentascales.
Go to page 2 and practice the major and minor pentascales.
C, G, D Majors, and A Minor.
Keep a bubble hand.
Practice each of these every day in the RH and LH seperately.
💚Baby Kangaroo by Anne Crosby Gaudet (Prep A)
Review once a week