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
Wrist Movement:
Keeps our body relaxed.
Helps us play difficult passages / notes easily.
💛Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, List B)
Pedal is up-down on the pedal marking. Don’t lift your foot until you play the note.
❤️Listen to the audio in Newzik, once every day.
💛Please follow all of the markings in the music so you can play the dynamics well.
💚When you pedal, heel stays on the floor.
It begins as a peaceful day on the lake — still water, quiet light. You dive in, but something moves beneath you. A shimmering angelfish appears — graceful, but not friendly. Just as it circles closer, a mermaid rises and plays a haunting melody that sends it fleeing. She leads you to an ancient underwater kingdom… until everything blurs, and you wake, unsure if it was all just a dream.
💚Gavotte by Handel
Recital practice!
Be able to start from any measure of the piece!
Choose a random number between 1 and 20 (use any method you wish that is fast and effective)
Practice LH, RH, and HT,, measures 1-8 and 9 to the end.
Three times per practice session.
This piece is a gavotte — a dance from the Baroque period. Handel didn’t write it for ballerinas, though. It was for fancy people in wigs dancing at royal parties. So if you imagine tiptoeing across a golden ballroom, you’re on the right track.
💚The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, List C)
Start to learn hands alone, then together.
Careful of correct fingering.
💜New Popular Piece for the Summer
🖤”LET’S GO BACK”
See the new PDF in Newzik called “Let’s Go Back V1”
Practice what’s written and propose any changes to the melody or lyrics.
Start thinking about a melody and lyrics for the verses
🖤Sightreading_2A (MAX 5-8)
Go to Newzik and access the “Sightreading” PDF.
Complete at least page 4
Main reason for this assignment is to practice the technique you learned on the black keys
#4🖤Johnny Bill by Oliver Manice
Try to play the melody of the chorus on the piano for your next lesson.
#5🖤THEORY Level 1
Finish reviewing unit 2 with Dustin at the lesson
Review List!
Once a week, review the following piece with your music.
💚What’s That Noise? By Martha Mier (b. 1936)
💚Barefoot on the Beach by Anne Crosby Gaudet (b. 1968)