January 27 & February 3, 2024

2023 Fall Milestones

  1. Theory Level 1 Complete: Units 2-8

  2. Practicing:

    1. Wednesdays / Fridays: start practicing by 3:45 and finish no later than 4:30

    2. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays: start practicing by 3:30 and finish no later than 4:00

    3. Post a comment in the blog when you’ve done your practice according to the schedule above.

      1. Soccer = Mon, Tues, Thurs (6:15-9:00 pm)

      2. Tennis = Wed?

      3. Ballroom = Friday (October 13th start)

💚I Want it That Way

  1. Spot the circles before your concert! Have fun! Congrats on your hard work!

💜Guns and Roses

  1. This Child of Mine?

💜💜💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

  1. Practice 5-6 - ninja hands practice between the two measures.

  2. Practice the LH alone “pop-wrists.” Popping the wrist up while the fingers dangle / relax.

  3. Look at how many measures are the same or similar in this piece! Have the whole thing learned by next week.

  4. Also, remember how funny it was that you could play the notes so easily when you looked at your music vs. not looking at the music? Remember this! :)

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

  1. Practice by starting from any measure of the piece. Test next week.

💜💜💛Teapot Invention by Andrew Markow (1942-2013) (L. 1, C)

  1. PRACTICE STARTING FROM THE GREEN PEN

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

  1. Practice starting from random measures.

🖤Minuet in G Major, K 1e by W.A. Mozart (L. 2, A)

  1. Learn after the Beethoven!

❤️Theory Level 1 (5 MINUTES A DAY)

  1. Finish Unit 3

  2. Fix page 3

❤️Four Star Prep B (UP TO 5 MIN A DAY)

  1. Go to your new PDF in Newzik called “FOUR STAR Prep B” and complete “Review Set 2”

  2. Watch the video in the PDF

  3. Complete Sets 1 and 2

    1. For the RHYTHM portion (Star 2): Clap one measure of just beats, then continue clapping while you “tah” the rhythm.

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

  1. Prepare pages 26-29

  2. SET A METRONOME TO 60 PER QUARTER NOTE

    1. STUDY THE TIME SIGNATURE

    2. DO THE RHYTHM IN YOUR HEAD

    3. THEN STUDY THE NOTE NAMES IN YOUR HEAD AND THE DIRECTION OF THE NOTES

    4. THEN PLAY WITH A STEADY SLOW BEAT.

    5. KEEP YOUR WRISTS UP

    6. WHEN YOU FINISH, ASK YOURSELF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. FIX IT IN YOUR HEAD AND DO IT AGAIN!

❤️TECHNIQUE Prep A (UP TO 5 MIN A DAY)

  1. Go to your new PDF called “Technique Prep A and B”

  2. Do the circled items on page 5

❤️❤️REVIEW THE FOLLOWING REPERTOIRE ONCE A WEEK WITH YOUR MUSIC!

(Set a timer for 5 min and review by saying the names of the notes in your head first.(

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

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

  3. Foggy Beach (Prep. B)

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

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

  5. Distant Chimes (expired Prep. B)

  6. 💚Calico Cat Helen Marlais

  7. Duet - Jingle Bells (Non-RCM)

  8. 💚Turkish March (Non-RCM)