September 27, 2021

🟢 - On the right track, great work!

🟡 - On the right track but it needs detailed attention.

🔴 - This was not prepared or it needs a lot of attention and focus this week.

⚫️ - No assignment this week. Do not practice this item.

🔵 - We didn’t get to this item but we may look at it next week.

Lesson Assignments

TECHNIQUE

  1. 🟡HANON NO. 10

    1. C Major - m.m 72 per half note

      1. 🟡Accent every 4th note of the pattern by throwing your wrists in the direction of the note.

      2. 🟢Fix the ending so it’s correct (notes)

      3. 🔴This needs to be passed off with TIDY ATTACKS.

THEORY: Level 2

  1. 🟡 Finish the last two pages of Unit 3

MUSICIANSHIP

  1. ⚫️Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests: Level 2 Set 10 (on hold)

    1. Do 1 set a day.

      1. Anusha - Don’t go faster than m.m. 60 per quarter note.

      2. Squeaky - Take more time before you start.

    2. DON’T TOUCH THE KEYS BEFORE YOU BEGIN

    3. YOU MUST TAKE AT LEAST 30 SECONDS TO PREPARE FOR THIS IN YOUR MIND.

READING

  1. 🟢Piano Adventures: Sightreading, Level 2B

    1. Move on from page 14. You’re doing well here!

    2. 🟢Please prepare silently in your mind for at LEAST 30 seconds before you begin any sightreading exercise.

REPERTOIRE

  1. 🟢Allegretto in C Major by Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798) (L. 2, A)

    1. This is your new piece. But don’t worry about starting to learn it yet.

    2. Do the “till” exercise in the video below.

    3. There is a video of the full performance as well.

  2. 🟡Funny Puppy by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 3, C)

    1. See the Funny Puppy 9/27/2021 video.

  3. 🔵Burgmuller, The Limpid Stream, Op. 100 No. 7 (non-RCM)

    1. Speed build:

      1. Start at m.m. 63 and gradually work up, one speed at a time until m.m. 76.

      2. Remember that expression likes to fly out the window as we speed-build.

      3. Also remember that Position likes to go away as we speed-build.

  4. 🔵Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1, Movement 3 (L. 3, A)

    1. The Tension:

      1. It creeps in during your 16th notes. Summon the Marshmallow Queen to make your hands and fingers light and fluffy.

    2. See your new video.

  5. Cornelius Gurlitt 1820-1901) Etude in D Minor, Op. 82 No. 65 (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  6. Colored Windows by Edna Mae Burnam (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  7. Feelin’ Good by Christopher Norton (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  8. Etude in C Major Op 36 No. 22 by Alexander Gedike (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  9. Burgmuller, Innocence. Op. 100 No. 5

    1. Review

  10. Ann Crosby-Gaudet, Periwinkle Twinkle (L. 2 B)

    1. Review

  11. German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2, Franz Joseph Haydn (L. 1, B)

    1. Review

  12. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)(recital)

    1. Review

  13. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Review

  14. Angelfish (L. 1B)

    1. Review

REPERTOIRE REVIEW LIST:

Review all pieces at least once a week with your music at a medium tempo

  1. Bartok, For Children, No. 1, Allegro

  2. Bartok, For Children, No. 3 Andante

  3. Burgmüller Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque

  4. Leopold Mozart, Minuet in F Major

  5. A Song op. 36 No. 3 by Alexander Gedike (Prep B)

  6. Calico Cat