2020-2021 Lesson 18 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR “NFRPE” PDF IN NEWZIK

      1. Study the PDF to learn about NFRPE!

    2. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 26-37 DEF

      1. This week we are practicing N F R P E!

        1. NOTES

        2. FINGERING

        3. RHYTHM

        4. POSITION

        5. EXPRESSION

      2. Do ONE of NFRPE at a time for each “Day” in your sightreading PDF.

2. *Theory in Newzik: this wasn’t quite done! Please do the assignment.

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 00 01 GETTING STARTED”

    1. FINISH ALL OF THE PAGES UP TO PAGE 8 OF THE PDF.

2020-2021 Lesson 17 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR “NFRPE” PDF IN NEWZIK

      1. Study the PDF to learn about NFRPE!

    2. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 26-37 DEF

      1. This week we are practicing N F R P E!

        1. NOTES

        2. FINGERING

        3. RHYTHM

        4. POSITION

        5. EXPRESSION

      2. Do ONE of NFRPE at a time for each “Day” in your sightreading PDF.

2. *Theory in Newzik: this wasn’t quite done! Please do the assignment.

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 00 01 GETTING STARTED”

    1. FINISH ALL OF THE PAGES UP TO PAGE 8 OF THE PDF.

2020-2021 Lesson 16 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

      1. Metronome 60 per quarter note.

      2. FINISH PAGE 20

    2. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 26-37 DEF

      1. COMPLETE 4 PAGES!

2. Theory in Newzik:

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 00 01 GETTING STARTED”

    1. Fix the RED circles

    2. FINISH ALL OF THE PAGES UP TO PAGE 8 OF THE PDF.

2020-2021 Lesson 15 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

      1. Metronome 60 per quarter note.

      2. FINISH PAGES 19 AND 20

    2. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 26-37 DEF

2. Theory in Newzik:

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 00 01 GETTING STARTED”

    1. Complete all of the pages in your PDF. This is a writing assignment.

2020-2021 Lesson 14 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

      1. Metronome 60 per quarter note.

      2. Sightread Prepare Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20

      3. After each “Day” assignment, AUDIO RECORD IT inside the Newzik App! See the video below for instructions if you forget how to do that!

      4. WRISTS NEED TO BE UP!

2. Theory in Newzik:

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 00 01 GETTING STARTED”

    1. Complete all of the pages in your PDF. This is a writing assignment.

2020-2021 Lesson 13 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

      1. Sightread Prepare Pages 13, 14, 15, 16

      2. After each “Day” assignment, AUDIO RECORD IT inside the Newzik App! See the video below for instructions if you forget how to do that!

START THEORY NEXT WEEK













2020-2021 Lesson 12 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

      1. Sightread Prepare Pages 8, 9 10 and 11

      2. After each “Day” assignment, AUDIO RECORD IT inside the Newzik App! See the video below for instructions if you forget how to do that!













2020-2021 Lesson 11 of 32

  1. Sight Reading in Newzik:

    1. GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHTREADING 00 06-25 C G F

    2. Before you pay anything, Look at your notes

    3. Now look at the rhythm.

    4. Set the metronome to a slow and steady beat

    5. Then play through the exercise without stopping! Play through your mistakes and DO NOT STOP>

    6. REMEMBER, BEAT IS THE BOSS!

  2. Newzik App:

    1. Find your 2020_12_24 piece and following the instructions!

  3. Solfége forward and backward.

    • Practice Mi to Mi

    • Practice Fa to Fa

    • Practice Re to Re

    • Practice Do to Do









2020-2021 Lesson 10 of 32

  1. Newzik App:

    1. Find your 2020_12_24 piece and following the video instructions!

  2. Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

    1. Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Practice Mi to Mi

    • Practice Fa to Fa

    • Practice Re to Re

    • Practice Do to Do









2020-2021 Lesson 9 of 32

  1. Newzik App:

    1. Find your 2020_12_24 piece and following the video instructions!

  2. Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

    1. Practice starting from B and G this week. Forward and Backward.

      • Passed off: A, C, G

    2. Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

      • Passed off: La, Do, Sol,









2020-2021 Lesson 8 of 32

Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

  • Practice starting from B and G this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: A, C, G

  • Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: La, Do, Sol,

  • Watch your videos below









2020-2021 Lesson 7 of 32

Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

  • Practice starting from B and G this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: A, C

  • Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: La, Do,

  • Watch your videos below









2020-2021 Lesson 6 of 32

Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

  • Practice starting from B and G this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: A, C

  • Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

    • Passed off: La, Do,

  • Watch your videos below about Clefs and Landmark notes. Practice finding them every day.

  • “Elbow Tummy” Technique:

    • When you sit at the keyboard on your bench, make sure your elbows don’t go behind your tummy.

  • “Don’t Get Spiked” Technique:

    • This technique means we keep our wrists ABOVE THE WHITE KEYS at all times.









2020-2021 Lesson 5 of 32

  • Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

    • Practice starting from B and G this week. Forward and Backward.

      • Passed off: A, C

    • Practice starting from Ti and Sol this week. Forward and Backward.

      • Passed off: La, Do,

  • Watch your practice video below and practice your black key composition assignment with your raised wrists at a SLOW tempo.

  • Now watch your note-names video below!

  • Now that you’ve watched your video, click the GACO 03 assignment below and finish the assignment!

  • Don’t forget to CLICK THE COMPOSITION LINK IN THE ASSIGNMENT AND COMPLETE YOUR NEW COMPOSITION!

GACO 03: Keyboard





2020-2021 Lesson 4 of 32

  1. Warmup with letter-name and solfége forward and backward.

    • 2 letter-names forward and backward

    • 2 syllables forward and backward

  2. Go to the GACO 03-1: Keyboard (Black Keys) button below

  3. Go to the GACO 03: Keyboard button below and complete the LANDMARK NOTES assignment.

gaco 03-1: Keyboard (black keys)
GACO 03: Keyboard