March 16, 2025 (45 min virtual)

Practice Guide

❤️= 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).

Lesson Assignments

💚Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, List B)

  1. Goal: Complete Layer “March 10, 2025”

    1. Listen to the audio in Newzik, once every day.

    2. Fix all the blue and red pen in the new layer

    3. Learn the new section hands alone, and hands together.

    4. When you pedal, heel stays on the floor.

💚The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, List C)

  1. Pause until we finish Angelfish. Start with Dustin on Saturday.

💚Gavotte by Handel

  1. Please “spot” each of the green boxed areas:

    1. RH, LH, HT three times each.

  2. Play through the entire piece three times correctly.

💜”LET’S GO BACK”

  1. See the new PDF in Newzik called “Let’s Go Back V1”

  2. Practice what’s written and propose any changes to the melody or lyrics.

  3. Start thinking about a melody and lyrics for the verses.

💜Sightreading_2A (MAX 5-8)

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

  2. Complete at least page 4

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

#4🖤Johnny Bill by Oliver Manice

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

#5🖤THEORY Level 1

  1. Finish reviewing unit 2 with Dustin at the lesson

Review List!

Once a week, review the following piece with your music.

  1. 💚What’s That Noise? By Martha Mier (b. 1936)

  2. 💚Barefoot on the Beach by Anne Crosby Gaudet (b. 1968)