💚THEORY: Level 1
Complete Unit 2, PAGES 1-10
💛Ear Training: Level B
Dustin will find Mm video.
💜Four Star: Level B.
Start Set 6
💚Czerny Op. 599 No. 12 - resume with Dustin
Mm. 1-4 hands together
See the blue pen
💚Hanon No. 1
CLOSE LOUD HANDS ALONE (2 min each day, in each hand) m.m. 42 per note!
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) m.m. 100-120
For each tick: “UP, DOWN, RELAX” Say it out loud for at least half the time.
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.
💜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)
Pass off next week by memory and good expression.
Start to memorize - 4 measures at a time.
Start paying closer attention to your expression. Exaggerate it.
💚Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1)
Block all the highlighted colors.
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.