October 29, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

October 29, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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.

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.
About four fingers of height is what we are looking for.
Put a box or a footstool under your feet if you have one.

Lesson 3

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

THIS WEEK: Redo pop-wrist. Tap the key, then pop the wrist up. Watch this video and the one I sent your parents on WhatsApp.

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

Pop-Wrist and Pop-Wrist Practice.
Tap down, then the wrist pops up with the fingers relaxed. Don't pull back off the key.
Keep the knuckle round, not bent inward.

3. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 18

THIS WEEK: Forward and backward from C, from G and from F.

Forward and Backward from C, G and F.
F G A B C D E F, then back down.

4. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, pages 19 to 20

THIS WEEK: Pages 19 and 20. Pass them off at the next lesson.

Landmark Notes, then Treble Landmarks.

5. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 21

THIS WEEK: Page 21.

Name the Notes.

6. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 22

THIS WEEK: Page 22.

Draw the Notes.

7. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, pages 23 to 24

THIS WEEK: Pages 23 and 24.

Bass Landmarks, then Name the Notes.

8. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 25

THIS WEEK: Page 25.

Draw the Notes.

9. 🟩 GPM Rhythm, Lesson 3, page 26

THIS WEEK: Read this one with your mom and dad.

Measures and 4/4. This is the time signature.
We have not done this in a lesson yet, so learn it with a grown-up.
Tell me about measures, bar lines and the time signature next week.

10. 🟩 GPM Rhythm, Lesson 3, page 27

THIS WEEK: Page 27.

How to Read Rhythms.

11. 🟩 GPM Rhythm, Lesson 3, page 28

THIS WEEK: Page 28.

Bar Lines and Counts.

12. 🟩 GPM Ear Training, Lesson 3, page 29

THIS WEEK: Page 29, with the video.

🎥 Steady or Not Steady? https://youtu.be/tG6hXOrEJoY

Steady or Not Steady?

13. 🟩 GPM Ear Training, Lesson 3, page 30

THIS WEEK: Page 30, with the video.

🎥 Where Is the Rest? https://youtu.be/Fi3eA--mj04

Where Is the Rest?

14. 🟩 GPM Ear Training, Lesson 3, page 31

THIS WEEK: Page 31, with the video.

🎥 Bass F or Treble G? https://youtu.be/5bBTdjFd2g4

Bass F or Treble G?

15. 🟩 GPM Ear Training, Lesson 3, page 32

THIS WEEK: Page 32, with the video.

🎥 Which Landmark? https://youtu.be/Io4LJUT48_s

Which Landmark?

16. 🟩 GPM Ear Training, Lesson 3, page 33

THIS WEEK: Page 33, with the video.

🎥 Find the Landmark https://youtu.be/WZwKfn-hICU

Find the Landmark.

17. 🟩 GPM Sight Playing, Lesson 3, page 34

THIS WEEK: Page 34.

Before You Play.

18. 🟩 GPM Sight Playing, Lesson 3, page 35

THIS WEEK: Page 35.

Landmark Lines: Finger 3.

19. 🟩 GPM Sight Playing, Lesson 3, page 36

THIS WEEK: Page 36.

Landmark Lines: Finger 2.

20. 🟩 GPM Listening, Lesson 3, page 37

THIS WEEK: Page 37. Listen to both pieces.

🎥 The Lively Boy https://youtu.be/x0Ku6G-faok

🎥 Children's Ballad https://youtu.be/VaJYeigfI3E

Türk's Pieces, 1 and 3.

Next Time

Bony's Bouncing Bones, Bony Bounces Back, Bony's Bone Chimes and Bony's Skeleton Stairs. Not this week.

October 23, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

October 24, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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.

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.

Log every practice session from today. Official tracking starts Monday, October 19, the Monday after our first group class. Logging now is how we get the kinks out.

🟩 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. 🟩 Set your bench before you practice

THIS WEEK: Make sure your piano bench is high enough, every time you sit down.

We set it together at your lesson. Remember how high it was.
Do this first, before anything else on the list.

Lesson 2

2. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 24 to 25

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 24 to 25, with the video.

That is Dracky's Heartbeat. Right hand, finger 3, on the black key of the two-set just above the middle.
Clap and say tah with the video first, then play it.
Every day.

Dracky's Heartbeat https://youtu.be/B11pbq894M8

3. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 26 to 27

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 26 to 27, with the video.

That is Ghosty's Castle Float. Left hand, finger 3, on the three-set.
Middle, high, middle, low. Find the position before you play.
Clap and say the beats first, then play it.
Every day.

Ghosty's Castle Float https://youtu.be/8dV8ZP4rmWc

4. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 28 to 29

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 28 to 29, with the video.

That is Ghosty's Midnight Float. Right hand this time, and also low, middle and high.
Every day.

Ghosty's Midnight Float https://youtu.be/Dg9yd2Ue7w0

Lesson 3

5. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, page 2

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 2.

That is Forward wrist with three fingers. Fingers 4, 3 and 2, both hands.
Follow each row of cards in order, left to right.
Drop first, then forward. Don't come up too high.
Every day.

6. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, page 3

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 3.

That is The whole group at once. Right hand on the group of two, left hand on the group of three.
Forward wrist, round fingers, stay in the same spot.
Every day.

7. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, pages 4 to 5

THIS WEEK: Watch the video first, then follow the instructions on pages 4 to 5.

That is Pop-wrist. Drop onto the key, then pop straight back off it, light as popcorn.
Pretend the keys are too hot to stay on.
Every day.

Pop-wrist https://youtu.be/jSOinUL_u00

8. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 6 to 8

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 6 to 8.

That is The clef, Draw a treble clef, and the treble clef exercises.
Be ready to teach me about the treble clef next time.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

9. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 9 to 10

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 9 to 10.

That is Draw a bass clef, and the bass clef exercises.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

10. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 11 to 12

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 11 to 12.

That is Ledger lines and Ledger line practice.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

11. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 13 to 14

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 13 to 14.

That is Middle C and Middle C practice.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

October 9, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

October 9, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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.

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.

Log every practice session from today. Official tracking starts Monday, October 19, the Monday after our first group class. Logging now is how we get the kinks out.

🟩 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.

Musicianship

1. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), pages 31-44

THIS WEEK: Read pages 31 to 44.

Read it with your mom.
Tell me about it next time.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

Lesson 1

2. 🟨 GAC Technique, Lesson 1, page 3

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 3.

Say the number out loud as you draw the line.
That is Finger Numbers. Technique Book page 2.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

3. 🟩 GAC Technique, Lesson 1, pages 5 to 6

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 5 to 6.

Every day. Heavy arm, round fingers, hands back in your lap.
That is Drop Wrist, Drop Wrist Practice. Technique Book pages 4-5.

🎥 Drop Wrist https://youtu.be/nw8G02u7paM

4. 🟩 GAC Theory, Lesson 1, pages 9 to 13

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 9 to 13.

That is How Do We Read Music?, Five Lines, Meet the Staff, Music Is a Language, What Is Sound? Theory Book pages 3-5, Note Reading Book pages 1-2.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

5. 🟩 GAC Note Reading, Lesson 1, pages 14 to 15

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 14 to 15.

That is The Musical Alphabet, Forward and Backward. Note Reading Book pages 3-4.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

6. 🟩 GAC Rhythm, Lesson 1, pages 16 to 18

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 16 to 18.

That is The Quarter Note, Drawing a Quarter Note, The Quarter Rest. Rhythm Book pages 1-3.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

7. 🟩 GAC Ear Training, Lesson 1, page 19

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 19.

That is High or Low. Ear Training Book page 1.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 High or Low https://youtu.be/jkQL8qaAa78

8. 🟩 GAC Ear Training, Lesson 1, page 20

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 20.

That is Same or Different. Ear Training Book page 2.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 Same or Different https://youtu.be/Wz46zwxMBcw

9. 🟩 GAC History, Lesson 1, pages 21 to 22

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 21 to 22.

That is Meet Daniel Gottlob Türk, Türk's Life. History Book pages 1-2.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

10. 🟩 GAC Listening, Lesson 1, page 23

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 23.

That is Listening to Türk. Listening Book page 1.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 Listening to Türk https://youtu.be/x0Ku6G-faok

Lesson 2

11. 🟩 GAC Technique, Lesson 2, page 5

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 5.

Every day. Drop first, then hold the key down while your wrist floats forward.
That is Forward Wrist. Technique Book page 9.

🎥 Forward Wrist https://youtu.be/HOyDnw9AME8

12. 🟩 GAC Technique, Lesson 2, page 6

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 6.

Every day. Right hand finger 3, then finger 2.
That is Forward Wrist Practice. Technique Book page 10.

13. 🟩 GAC Theory, Lesson 2, pages 7 to 9

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 7 to 9.

That is The Staff, High and Low on the Staff, Line and Space Practice. Theory Book pages 6-8.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

14. 🟩 GAC Note Reading, Lesson 2, pages 15 to 16

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 15 to 16.

That is Find C, D and E, Find F, G, A and B. Note Reading Book pages 10-11.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

15. 🟩 GAC Rhythm, Lesson 2, page 19

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 19.

That is Hear the Silence. Rhythm Book page 4.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

16. 🟩 GAC Rhythm, Lesson 2, pages 20 to 21

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 20 to 21.

That is Notes and Rests on the Staff, How Many Beats? Rhythm Book pages 5-6.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

17. 🟩 GAC Ear Training, Lesson 2, page 22

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 22.

That is Clap It Back. Ear Training Book page 3.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 Clap It Back https://youtu.be/xs-IGU6CHQY

18. 🟩 GAC Ear Training, Lesson 2, page 23

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 23.

That is Higher or Lower. Ear Training Book page 4.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 Higher or Lower https://youtu.be/UmjFzIaq3zk

19. 🟩 GAC Ear Training, Lesson 2, page 24

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 24.

That is High, Middle or Low. Ear Training Book page 5.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.

🎥 High, Middle or Low https://youtu.be/U29zJLjROVE

20. 🟩 GAC Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 25 to 27

THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 25 to 27.

Clap and say tah with no music first, then with the video, then play it.
Every day.
That is Time to Play, Dracky's Flight Home. Repertoire Book pages 1-3.

🎥 Dracky's Flight Home https://youtu.be/pT6aSRmPfgw

October 2, 2026 (45 min · in-person)

October 3, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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 Tools panel below. It logs your practice for you, no comments needed.

Press Start here. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Read the assignment, press Start, practice.
When you are finished, press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.

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

Log only what you really did, on the day you did it.

Log every practice session from today. Official tracking starts Monday, October 19, the Monday after our first group class. Logging now is how we get the kinks out.

🟩 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]

Piano Rules

Don't speak when someone else is speaking. That means me too.
Don't play the keyboard when someone is speaking. That means me too.

Start Here

1. 🟩 Practice setup

THIS WEEK: Look at the photo and set your practice up the same way.

Practice type: Learning.

[INSERT PRACTICE SETUP PHOTO IMAGE]

This is the photo I took on your iPad at the lesson.
Press Done for the Week once you have looked at it.

Theory

2. 🟨 Celebrate Theory, Preparatory Level, Unit 1 (RCM), page 9

THIS WEEK: Be able to teach me about the staff with no hints.

Practice type: Learning.

Five lines and four spaces, counted from the bottom.
Notes go up and down, on lines and in spaces.
Yellow means you are doing fine and this just needs a little extra work.
Every day until you can say it without looking.

3. 🟩 Spooky Lane, page 5

THIS WEEK: Complete page 5.

Practice type: Learning.

Play every C, starting at the top and going down.
Color in a pumpkin each time you finish one.
Press Done for the Week when page 5 is done.

4. 🟩 Spooky Lane, page 6

THIS WEEK: Complete page 6.

Practice type: Learning.

Count the bat caves and the three-tower castles.
Color in a pumpkin each time you finish one.
Press Done for the Week when page 6 is done.

5. 🟩 Spooky Lane, page 7

THIS WEEK: Complete page 7.

Practice type: Learning.

Find a bat cave on your piano and play Candy C, Dangle D and Eek E.
You said you would draw them under their keys later. Do that here.
Color in a pumpkin each time you finish one.
Press Done for the Week when page 7 is done.

Musicianship

6. 🟩 Basic Rhythmic Training (Starer), No. 5, memorize

THIS WEEK: Memorize No. 5 on page 9. Follow the video for how.

Practice type: Memorizing.

Watch the overview first, then the one about memorizing each brick.
Zoom in on a small piece. Clap and ta it with the book, then close the book and do it from memory.
Then pick another small piece and do the same.
Once both pieces are comfortable, put them together. That is brick building, and we will use it on your pieces too.
Clap on the final bar line as well.
This may take the whole week. Every day.

🎥 Brick memorization, overview https://youtu.be/KRyj97ADLSQ

🎥 Brick memorization, memorizing each brick https://youtu.be/Zp9MP81FpjY

7. 🟩 Notespeller, Book 1, page 3

THIS WEEK: Complete page 3.

Practice type: Learning.

You can do this one on your own.
Press Done for the Week when page 3 is done.

8. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), read to page 31

THIS WEEK: Read up to page 31.

Practice type: Learning.

Take turns reading it out loud.
Press Done for the Week when you reach page 31.

Repertoire

9. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, page 6, finger numbers

THIS WEEK: Finish page 6.

High, middle and low two-sets of black keys, with round fingers.
Press Done for the Week when page 6 is done.

10. 🟨 Piano Lessons, Book 1, pages 8-9, student part

THIS WEEK: Watch the whole video, then learn the notes well enough to play it with me.

Piano seat belt first, and scoot back on the bench.
Up-stem notes are the right hand. Down-stem notes are the left hand.
We start with the left hand and we end on the left hand.
Know which group of black keys each part belongs to.
We need this really well, because next time I play the other part while you play this one.

🎥 Pages 8-9, student part https://youtu.be/YTX2YLW6Cno

11. 🟨 Piano Lessons, Book 1, pages 8-9, teacher part

THIS WEEK: Play along with the video, three times each practice session.

Learn it first with the student video, then play with this one.

🎥 Pages 8-9, teacher part https://youtu.be/7yH5BND-zdw

Next Time

12. 🟧 Your Halloween packet about the staff

I'm bringing it.

13. 🟧 Your Halloween packet about steps and skips

I'm bringing it.

September 25, 2026 (45 min · in-person)

September 25, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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 Tools panel below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.

Press Start here. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Read the assignment, press Start, practice.
Tap the kind of practice, then press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.

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

Log only what you really did, on the day you did it.

Log every practice session from today. The competition starts October 1 — practicing and logging now is how we get the kinks out.

🟩 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]

Piano Rules

Don't speak when someone else is speaking. That means me too.
Don't play the keyboard when someone is speaking. That means me too.

Theory

1. 🟩 Celebrate Theory, Preparatory Level, Unit 1 (RCM), pages 4-11

THIS WEEK: Read the instructions and do pages 4 through 11.

⏱ Max 5 minutes per practice session.

Press Done for the Week when pages 4 to 11 are finished.

Musicianship

2. 🟩 Basic Rhythmic Training (Starer), No. 5

THIS WEEK: Pass off No. 5. Three correct in a row, or five correct in total.

NFPER focus: rhythm.

Set the beat to m.m. 72 and press play.
Go to NFPER Method and press Rhythm.
Clap four beats with the beat first. Then start.
Don't stop for a mistake. Go all the way to the end.
Three correct in a row, or five correct in total, and you are done for the day.
Same spot wrong three times? Zoom in on just that spot, fix it, then zoom back out.

3. 🟩 Basic Rhythmic Training (Starer), No. 6

THIS WEEK: Pass off No. 6. Three correct in a row, or five correct in total.

NFPER focus: rhythm.

Set the beat to m.m. 72 and press play.
Go to NFPER Method and press Rhythm.
Clap four beats with the beat first. Then start.
Don't stop for a mistake. Go all the way to the end.
Three correct in a row, or five correct in total, and you are done for the day.
Same spot wrong three times? Zoom in on just that spot, fix it, then zoom back out.

4. 🟩 Basic Rhythmic Training (Starer), No. 7

THIS WEEK: Pass off No. 7. Three correct in a row, or five correct in total.

NFPER focus: rhythm.

Set the beat to m.m. 72 and press play.
Go to NFPER Method and press Rhythm.
Clap four beats with the beat first. Then start.
Don't stop for a mistake. Go all the way to the end.
Three correct in a row, or five correct in total, and you are done for the day.
Same spot wrong three times? Zoom in on just that spot, fix it, then zoom back out.

5. 🟩 Notespeller, Book 1, page 2

THIS WEEK: Read the instructions and finish page 2.

Write RH inside the right-hand gloves and LH inside the left-hand gloves.
Write the finger number on the clothespin above each finger. The thumb is 1.
Press Done for the Week when page 2 is done.

6. 🟪 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough)

THIS WEEK: Keep reading from where you stopped.

Take turns reading it out loud.
Keep it in your binder.

Repertoire

7. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, page 4, Feel the Beat

THIS WEEK: Clap the beat with the video, once each practice session.

Read the instructions with your practice partner.
Three speeds: slow, medium, fast. Follow the video.

🎥 Feel the Beat, page 4 https://youtu.be/TY86qhJXd94

8. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, page 5

THIS WEEK: Watch the video and sing the melody, verse 1 and verse 2.

Get to know the melody and sing along with the video.
You can just play it instead if you would rather.

🎥 Page 5, sing with the melody https://youtu.be/_WWBbXI3p8I

9. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, page 6, finger numbers

THIS WEEK: Complete page 6.

Press Done for the Week when page 6 is done.

10. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, pages 8-9, student part

THIS WEEK: Learn the notes of Climbing Up and Climbing Down with the video.

Up-stem notes are the right hand. Down-stem notes are the left hand.
Right, left, right, left. Keep the wrist moving.
Climb up to the next set of black keys, then climb back down.

🎥 Pages 8-9, student part https://youtu.be/YTX2YLW6Cno

11. 🟩 Piano Lessons, Book 1, pages 8-9, teacher part

THIS WEEK: Play along with the video, three times each practice session.

Learn it first with the student video, then play with this one.

🎥 Pages 8-9, teacher part https://youtu.be/7yH5BND-zdw

September 18, 2026 (30 min · in-person)

September 19, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

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 Tools panel below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.

Press Start here. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Read the assignment, press Start, practice.
Tap the kind of practice, then press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.

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

Log only what you really did, on the day you did it. Logging starts October 1.

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

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Piano Rules

Don't speak when someone else is speaking. That means me too.
Don't play the keyboard when someone is speaking. That means me too.

Technique

1. 🟩 One Note Bubble

THIS WEEK: One note at a time. Right hand, then left hand.

You named this one. At the piano, one note at a time.

Sit up straight. Straight back.
Elbows a little in front of your tummy. Move the bench if they are too far or too close.
Make a bubble with your hand, like there is a bird underneath and you don't want it to fly away.
Wrist and elbow relaxed.

Right hand, then left hand.

🎥 One Note Bubble https://youtube.com/shorts/PKMOFohQxxs

Musicianship

2. 🟩 Basic Rhythmic Training (Starer)

THIS WEEK: Get through page 6.

The red book. Not at the piano.

Review pages 4 and 5.
Get through page 6.
Bonus: page 7, numbers 1, 2 and 3.

Tap and say it. Later we will clap and say it at the same time.

Alaya keeps this book in her folder. Share it.

3. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough)

THIS WEEK: Read pages 1 to 3.

Take turns reading it out loud.

Keep it in your binder.

Next Time

We start reading the keyboard — the black keys in groups of three and two.

4. 🟧 Your books

THIS WEEK: I am bringing your books.

Nothing for you to do on this one.