September 14 & 16, 2024

Assignment 1 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  • Black Key Technique

    1. See the video for instructions

    2. Go to the Black Note Technique PDF to complete your assignment.

    3. Remember to play the black keys with the same beat ‘ length, no matter if they’re short or long. Set metronome to 120 and play every two ticks.

Assignment 2 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. What’s That Noise?

  2. Add all of your wrist markings into the second page.

  3. NUMBER ONE THING TO FIX - DON’T PULL / SWIPE ON THE KEYS

  4. Remember that black note technique is directly related to this!

Assignment 3 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. Go to Newzik and access the “Rhythm” PDF

  2. Complete the entire unit! This is 15 pages so don’t save it fo the last minute!

  3. I’ll ask you to teach me about anything found in the unit next week. Be prepared. :)

Assignment 4 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. Go to Newzik and access the “Sightreading” PDF.

  2. Prepare Driving in the G Clef days 1-6

  3. Add wrist arrows to every note!