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
💚Haydn German Dance in D Major
Everyday assignment.
Please play the A’s in the LH in measures 17 and 19
Practice with metronome 88 (no faster)
❤️Four Star
Complete Review Set 2
Follow the practice video in Newzik. Do one “day” per practice session
💜💚Technique
Study and memorize the information (pattern of the major and minor scales) on page 2 of the PDF
Practice C Major and A Minor, hands alone on page 5 of the PDF.
💜💚Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, List B)
Review. Don’t spend much time on this.
💛The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, List C)
Practice measures 10-12, RH, LH and HT three times correctly every day. PLEASE DON’T PLAY THIS FAST.
Focus on expression.
💜💚Gavotte by Handel
Review once a week. But don’t spend much time on this.
Practice starting from three random measures once a week.
💜The Piano Man
🖤”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)