October 29, 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.

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.