Next week’s lesson will be graded based on your three REPERTOIRE assignments:
A = all three assignments done
B = two assignments done
C = one assignment done
January 21st Lesson Grade: A
January 29th Lesson Grade:
💚Duet - Jingle Bells
Practice starting from any measure.
💚The Calico Cat (Prep B)
Measures 10-11 - FIX THE FINGERING.
Measure 20: Pop / play with our fingers facing down toward the keyboard. Make sure your wrists are aligned with your arms. Don’t twist the wrists.
Bench should be pushed back and sit on the edge with feet flat on the floor.
Measures 1-3, 5-7: Keep your fingers round and curved. Don’t pull on the keys, but plant and push up with your wrist.
💚Foggy Beach
Sit correctly on your bench.
Change your hand position / fingering in the LH for measure 2-5, 7-11.
Keep the RH position the same in measures 2-5, 7-11 as well!
Practice starting from any measure of the piece.
Fix your RH register in m. 2
NO ASSIGNMENTS BELOW THIS LINE
Theory
THEORY 01 01 “Review”
Finish pages 5-8!
GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHT-READING 00 62-95
Prepare pages 16-22
SET A METRONOME TO 60 PER QUARTER NOTE
STUDY THE TIME SIGNATURE
DO THE RHYTHM IN YOUR HEAD
THEN STUDY THE NOTE NAMES IN YOUR HEAD AND THE DIRECTION OF THE NOTES
THEN PLAY WITH A STEADY SLOW BEAT.
KEEP YOUR WRISTS UP
WHEN YOU FINISH, ASK YOURSELF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. FIX IT IN YOUR HEAD AND DO IT AGAIN!
LANDMARK NOTES BELOW
Prep B Technique Royal Conservatory of Music
REVIEW THE FOLLOWING REPERTOIRE ONCE A WEEK WITH YOUR MUSIC!
Turkish March 💚
Legend of Madrid Day 1💚
A SONG by ALEXANDER GEDIKE 💚
Oranges and Lemons by Boris Berlin 💚
IN MEASURE 9, DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A POSITION CHANGE!
Distant Chimes💜