💚THEORY: Level 1
Complete Unit 1
💚Ear Training: Level B
Go to your “Ear Training” PDF in Newzik and follow the instructions.
💚Four Star: Level B.
Start Set 6
💚Czerny Op. 599 No. 12 - resume with Dustin
Keep shoulder down
Keep wrist down longer before you come up.
💚Hanon No. 1
CLOSE LOUD HANDS ALONE (2 min each day, in each hand)
Never leave the keyboard with your fingertips.
Pop the wrist up on the attack and strike the key from the key to create a big sound.
Immediately relax but keep your fingers on the keys.
HIGH LOUD HANDS ALONE (3 min each day, in each hand)
5th fingers are looking better! Make sure to NOT play flat on the side.
Stay down and relaxed before you come up.
Wrist is too high. Keep it level with your hand and arm.
UP
CURVED and come down VERY HARD onto the keys.
❤️RELAXED: Stay down and relaxed after the attack for just a moment before you go “straight up” again.
💚Technique: Prep B
Prepare ALL of the Preparatory B Technique Pentascales (highlighted in yellow)
Do Staccato like we practcied
🖤CZERNY Op. 823 No. 4
💚Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (Prep B)
Fix the transition between measures 12-13.
Start to memorize - 4 measures at a time.
Start paying closer attention to your expression. Exaggerate it.
💚Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1)
Start with Dustin on Thursday.
Once a week, review the following pieces with the music:
💚The Calico Cat by Helen Marlais (b. 1966) (Prep B)
Review, making sure your focus on DYNAMICS.
💚💚Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (b. 1968) (Prep B)
💚💚Allegro in C Major op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) (L. A)
💚💚💜A Skating Waltz by Boris Berlin (1907-2001) (L. A)
💚💚💚What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (b. 1936) L. A)
❤️ = Needs lots of work or wasn’t prepared properly for more than one lesson
💜 = Didn’t get to it at the last lesson - we’ll start with this before 💛 or 💚
💛 = Doing the assignment but needs special attention
💚 - On track and do the assignment.
2023 Fall Milestones
RCM Level B Exam in the Fall? Or Level 1 in the Spring.