February 23, 2026

January 12th Grade 0 of 2

January 19th Grade 1 of 2

Janaury 26th Grade 2.5 of 3

February 2nd Grade 2 of 3

February 9th Grade 0.5 of 3

Lesson Point System: Starting in January

1. One point for each blog assignment submission.

2. Grade = number / percentage of video submissions before the next lesson.

🟨Beethoven Fur Elise

1. Measures 22-29 = learn hands alone with your music and the correct.

2. Practice mm. 1-8 - focus on playing slowly then fast and soft and with pedal.

🟪Curella de Vil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvLX4f0iDcI

1. See the assignments below: (approx. 2-7 min per session)

   1. Practice the dynamics that you wrote in the music.

   2. Fix the pause between 11 and 12 (see pen).

   3. Video-record yourself with a good visual frame and have your mom or Aline send it to me before your next lesson.

🟨Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 1. Morning Prayer Pytor Tchaikovsky

1. For Group Class - recording or in-person.

2. mm. 10-11 - practice this with the audio recording in Newzik. The rhythm is not quite correct.

3. mm. 13-14 - practice hands alone and together three times to fix the notes.

ASSIGNMENTS ON HOLD

TECHNIQUE Level 3 - see page 7

1. Minimum 5 practice days a week.

2. We spent 10 min on two scales.

   1. Do these hands alone first.

      1. Notes & Fingering 3 times in-a-row correctly, forgetting about keeping a steady beat. Don’t go on to the next note until you KNOW that it’s going to be correct.

      2. Then do the same thing hands together.

      3. Only then should you move on to playing these with a steady beat.

Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, no. 1. II. Romanze (L. 3, B)

1. Notes

   1. Measures 34 to the end, hands alone then together, very slowly, with music, every day. Three times.

   2. Please double check the notes in red and blue

2. Fingering

3. Position

4. Expression

5. Rhythm

   1. Play with the metronome and the music, no faster than m.m. 60

Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 125 by J. S. Bach (L. 3, A)

1. Whole piece, hands alone and hands together. Careful to read your notes.

Four Star Level 3

1. Prepare Set 1

2. Sight-reading preparation method:

   1. Study the rhythm in your mind - actually play the rhythm in your mind as an abstract exercise (think about clap-back exercises). What is the time signature? What is the shortest note-value?

   2. Notes and fingering. Look at the key signature. Observe intervals - the distance between the notes.

   3. Choose a slow tempo and start to play with a steady beat - don’t stop once you start. Move forward if you make mistakes.

#🖤Arabesque, op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmuller (L. 3, Etude)

#🖤In the Spirit by Christopher Norton (L. 3, Etude)

#🖤Etude in D Minor op. 261 no. 53 (L. 3, Etude)

🖤Theory Level 1 (5 MINUTES A DAY)

1. Complete all of Unit 5 over the next two weeks.

🖤GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHT-READING 00 62-95

1. Prepare pages 26-29

Review the following pieces as you wish!

1. Allegro in C Major op. 38, no. 8 by Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822)(L. 2, Etude)

2. I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

3. Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)

4. 💚Etude in C Major, op. 125 no. 3 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 1, Etude)

5. 💚Teapot Invention by Andrew Markow (1942-2013) (L. 1, C)

6. 💚I Want it That Way

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

8. Clear Mountain Sky by Mike Springer (L. 1, B)

9. Foggy Beach (Prep. B)

10. Oranges and Lemons by Boris Berlin (Prep. B)

    1. IN MEASURE 9, DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A POSITION CHANGE!

11. Distant Chimes (expired Prep. B)

12. 💚Calico Cat Helen Marlais

13. Duet - Jingle Bells (Non-RCM)

14. 💚Turkish March (Non-RCM)

JANUARY 11, 2025 - REMOTE

Exam Repertoire

• Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)

• I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

• Breezy by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2, C)

• Allegro in C Major op. 38, no. 8 by Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822) (L. 2, Etude