November 6, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

2026-2027 Events

October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes

December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes

January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop

February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes

April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes

May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital

How to Practice

Use the Practice Guide below. It writes your practice down for you, no comments needed.

Tap the first assignment on your list.

The timer starts by itself. Read it and practice.

When you are finished, press Done. It saves your time and opens the next one.

Need to stop for a minute? Press Pause.

Lost? Press My Assignment List at the top to go back.

Try for five days a week. Fifteen minutes is plenty.

Everything on your list is fair game for a test at your next lesson. Be ready to tell me about a page without looking at it.

Some assignments finish. Those carry a Done for the Week button. Press it when the job is done and the assignment comes off your list.

Need the metronome, a recorder or the Section-Work colors? They are in Practice Tools. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.

Official tracking started Monday, October 19.

🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ on hold, don't practice this one · 🟧 mine, not yours

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Two Piano Rules

Always sit in the middle. Piano seatbelt.

Low wrist first, then play. Never flat fingers.

Start Here

1. 🟩 Sitting Position

THIS WEEK: Fix your bench height before you play. Every time.

🎥 How to adjust your bench https://youtube.com/shorts/BqJO9jAbdZ8

  • Twist the bench up until your elbow is not below your hand.

  • Hands on the keys, then check your elbows. Not below your hands.

  • Put a box or a footstool under your feet if you have one.

Musicianship

2. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), chapter 5

THIS WEEK: Read chapter 5.

  • Chapter 5 is Family Man.

  • One chapter left after this one.

Lesson 3

3. 🟨 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, pages 4 to 5

THIS WEEK: Pop-wrist. Tap the key, then pop the wrist while your finger is still on it.

🎥 Pop-Wrist https://youtu.be/jSOinUL_u00

  • Tap down, then the wrist pops up. Fingers stay loose.

  • Do not slide or scrape down the key. That is the one thing to watch.

  • Think about jumping onto a springboard. You cannot scrape your feet on the way.

  • Keep the knuckle round, not bent inward.

  • This one takes longer than a week. Your mom is learning it too.

4. 🟨 GPM Sight Playing, Lesson 3, page 35

THIS WEEK: Page 35.

  • Landmark Lines: Finger 3.

  • Look more closely before you play. You played the left hand line by accident.

5. 🟨 GPM Sight Playing, Lesson 3, page 36

THIS WEEK: Page 36.

  • Landmark Lines: Finger 2.

  • Middle C, finger 2, forward wrist.

  • Check which clef you are in before you decide which note it is.

6. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 38 to 39

THIS WEEK: Pages 38 and 39, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Bouncing Bones https://youtu.be/Xh6vGm80TP0

  • Clap and say it first. Listen for the pattern.

  • Left hand, finger 3, on the left note of each two note group.

  • Pop-wrist on this one, not forward wrist. Pop-wrist means drop into the key.

7. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 40 to 41

THIS WEEK: Pages 40 and 41, with the video.

🎥 Bony Bounces Back https://youtu.be/ZWcMdMLoi7g

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.

8. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 42 to 43

THIS WEEK: Pages 42 and 43, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Bone Chimes https://youtu.be/zz_Pg438Utc

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.

9. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 44 to 45

THIS WEEK: Pages 44 and 45, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Skeleton Stairs https://youtu.be/ooF8jCrjawk

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.