November 4, 2024

❤️= 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).

Hive Riot - name of Dustin’s old band. :)

💚Johnny Bill by Oliver Manice

  1. Try to play the melody of the chorus on the piano for your next lesson.

#1💚Curious Cat

  1. Learn the piece in 1 - 2 weeks with NFPER!

#2💚THEORY Level 1

  1. Go to Newzik and access the “THEORY01

  2. Finish reviewing unit 2 with Dustin at the lesson

(5/5) 💜Rhythm Assignment: 019-028

  1. Prepare numbers 19-27

  2. Conduct one measure of silence before start.

  3. Continue to conduct then tah the rhythm.

  4. Three times correctly for each exercise.

(5/5) 💜❤️What’s That Noise? (Every day)

  1. This week your assignment is EXPRESSION & RHYTHM

    1. Excellent position and expression!

    2. Final assignment: work a bit more on p expression

    3. Final tempo: m.m. 108 = quarter note

    4. Play in group class

(5/5) 💛Sightreading_00_46-61 (Every day)

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

  2. PREPARE the entire PDF over the course of the week.

  3. Main reason for this assignment is to practice the technique you learned on the black keys

(5/5) 💚Barefoot on the Beach by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L, A) (Every day)

  1. fix all markings in the music

  2. Work on expression and position