May 10, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

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💛= 2 POINTS

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🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

Rotate through everythig. Five min a day.

Focus on hand position, round fingerins.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measures 13-20: focus on round fingers - bubble hand. Fix fingering.

  2. Dynamics - ideally softer when it says p

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

💛Musicianship / Four Star

Prepare Set 6 & 7

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 25, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

Christopher Norton is known for blending classical technique with popular and jazz styles, creating music that's both sophisticated and approachable. 

A Summer Day captures the gentle warmth and easy rhythm of a quiet afternoon — relaxed, melodic, and just a little nostalgic.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

This story begins as a peaceful day on the lake — still water and soft light. You dive in, but something moves beneath you!!! A shimmering angelfish appears — it’s graceful, but maybe not so friendly… Just as it circles closer, a mermaid appears and plays a haunting melody that sends the angelfish fleeing!!! She leads you to an ancient underwater kingdom… until everything blurs, and then suddenly, you wake up - unsure if it was all just a dream.

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. measures 1-8, 8-16, 16-21, 21-End

    1. With and without music, two times each.

  2. ❤️Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice 9-13 and 25-28 back to back. With and without the music.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

Tchaikovsky wrote his Album for the Young to give children music that was both beautiful and educational. The “Italian Song” is light and lyrical, capturing the sound of folk music from a distant land.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💜Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure three: see the two practice videos.

  2. See the new audio in Newzik for measure 13 practice.

💛Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 18, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. measures 1-8, 8-16, 16-21, 21-End

    1. With and without music, two times each.

  2. ❤️Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice 9-13 and 25-28 back to back. With and without the music.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💜Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure three: see the two practice videos.

💛Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 12, 2025 (Lesson 7 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. Please don’t rush the half notes in measures 4, 8, 12, 16, and 24

  2. Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (three times per practice session)

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

Kevin Olson writes music for students that sounds like a movie soundtrack — dramatic, intense, and fun to play. “Raptors” is all about big birds of prey, and the music captures their power and sharp movement with bold rhythms and soaring melodies.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. See the new video inside Newzik for the last measure of the piece.

  2. 💛Hold all half notes for their full value. (5, 10 and 14)

  3. 💛Measure 7 - don’t speed up past the original tempo

  4. 💛Gradually come off the keys with hands and foot at the end of the piece

  5. Lest measure of the piece: RH rolled chord - keep wrist down until the last note of the rolled chord and keep fingers round.

  6. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (three times per practice session)

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

“Far Away” feels like a memory. Teresa Richert’s music often explores moods and places, and this one captures distance — not just physically, but emotionally. It’s soft, slow, and full of feeling.

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

Barbara Arens is a German composer who loves nature and imagination. This piece captures the elegance of dolphins jumping through ocean waves. It’s playful, but calm— you can almost see the splashes.

💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure three: see the two practice videos.

💛Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 9, 2025 (Lesson 6 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. Please don’t rush the half notes in measures 4, 8, 12, 16, and 24

  2. Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (three times per practice session)

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

Kevin Olson writes music for students that sounds like a movie soundtrack — dramatic, intense, and fun to play. “Raptors” is all about big birds of prey, and the music captures their power and sharp movement with bold rhythms and soaring melodies.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. See the new video inside Newzik for the last measure of the piece.

  2. 💛Hold all half notes for their full value. (5, 10 and 14)

  3. 💛Measure 7 - don’t speed up past the original tempo

  4. 💛Gradually come off the keys with hands and foot at the end of the piece

  5. Practice starting from any measure of the piece (three times per practice session)

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

“Far Away” feels like a memory. Teresa Richert’s music often explores moods and places, and this one captures distance — not just physically, but emotionally. It’s soft, slow, and full of feeling.

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

Recital BLURB - Revise or memorize:

Barbara Arens is a German composer who loves nature and imagination. This piece captures the elegance of dolphins jumping through ocean waves. It’s playful, but calm— you can almost see the splashes.

💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

March 22, 2025 (Lesson 5 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

🎹#1💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. See orange markings.

  2. ❤️Come up with a short story about this piece so we can read it in the recital.

  3. Measure 6 - hold the fermata longer

  4. Hold all half notes for their full value. (5, 6, 10 and 14)

  5. Measure 7 - don’t speed up past the original tempo

  6. Gradually come off the keys with hands and foot at the end of the piece

🎹#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. “Right Left I don’t want to do this exercises”

    1. Slowly playing RH with strength, then LH with soft dynamic. Gradually move them closer together until they are playing together.

#2💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

#3💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

#4💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

🎹#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

Measures 28-29 - drop into the keys (LH) from above the keyboard.

When you have two-note slurs, drop the wrist into the first note and pop the wrist on the second (6, 10, 22 and 26)

Fix RH fingering in m. 11

🎹#7💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

Review for the recital

Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

The third beat of each measure is often cut short. When you get to beat three, count “three and”

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

March 22, 2025 (Lesson 4 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

🎹#1😎💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. See orange markings.

  2. Come up with a short story about this piece so we can read it in the recital.

🎹#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. “Right Left I don’t want to do this exercises”

    1. Slowly playing RH with strength, then LH with soft dynamic. Gradually move them closer together until they are playing together.

#2💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

#3💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

#4💜SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Steady beat from measures 13 to the end.

🎹#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

Both feet flat on the floor

When you have two-note slurs, drop the wrist into the first note and pop the wrist on the second (6, 10, 22 and 26)

Fix RH fingering in m. 11

🎹#7💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

Review for the recital

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

March 15, 2025 (Lesson 3 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

💜Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. “Right Left I don’t want to do this exercises”

    1. Slowly playing RH with strength, then LH with soft dynamic. Gradually move them closer together until they are playing together.

#2💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

Remember in First inversion RH use finger 2 for broken chors.

#3💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 5

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

#4💚SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 55, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

I added dynamics markings in orange

LH crescendo / decrescendo only

mm. 9-12, no faster than m.m. 50 - focus on RH quiet.

#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

Practice with m.m. 144

Any other time you come off the keys after playing staccato, keep the arms in-motion “noodle arms”

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

March 1, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. See the new markings in the music.

  2. Use the metronome now and don’t play faster than 72 per quarter note.

  3. System three: RH 8th notes - try not to let any note stick out above the other. Keep firm fingertips and use your wrist to move from one note to the other.

#2💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

Remember in First inversion RH use finger 2 for broken chors.

#3💜Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 5

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

#4💜SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 33., Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💜New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Measures 3 and 7: RH poke the keys from above the keyboard. When you play beat 4 (5th finger in RH) create a stick finger so you don’t being the balance of the hand to the right.

#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

Measure 19: “moon walk” “rainbow wrists”

Any other time you come off the keys after playing staccato, keep the arms in-motion “noodle arms”

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

February 21, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

💜we will choose our favorite pieces from the lists we created at the lesson for Level 1 repertoire and etudes. The short list is found in the comment section of your last lesson

#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. See the new markings in the music.

  2. Use the metronome now and don’t play faster than 60 per quarter note.

#2💜Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

#3💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 5

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

#4💜SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 33., Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Measures 3 and 7: RH poke the keys from above the keyboard. When you play beat 4 (5th finger in RH) create a stick finger so you don’t being the balance of the hand to the right.

#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

This has been added to Newzik

See the video in Newzik under the media button for instructions.

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

February 15, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

#1💚Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Measures 3, 7, 15: keep wrist up when you play your thumb (red highlights)

  2. Continue to work on removing the pause between measures 1-2, 4-5, and 13-14 (yellow)

#2💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

#3💚Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 4

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

#4💜SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 33., Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

#5💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Review with your music once per practice session

#6💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

Measures 6, 10, 22, and 26: Drop the wrist so that its position is below the white keys, and pop up at the end of the slur.

Lear the rest of the piece!

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. The Haunted Mouse

  4. Curious Cat

  5. Marching by Kabalevsky