2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester
Lesson Assignments:
TECHNIQUE:
Hanon No. 1
Hands Alone Ascending and descending: VERY SLOWLY
CLOSE LOUD - watch the video below
Attack the key with a forward wrist and round finger
Immediately release your energy and relax your wrist and arm.
All notes are legato.
READING: (hold)
Piano Adventures: Sightreading Book: Level 1
Read the intro together on pages 4 and 5
Solos 1
No assignment
*Lesson & Musicianship 1B
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*THEORY
*Level 1 RCM
Finish Pages 30 and 31
MUSICIANSHIP: (Hold)
*Melodic Dictation
2nds and 3rds with Dustin
*Ear Training
Up 2nds, 3rds & 5ths: melodic
See your staff paper for the “Ear Training Intervals” assignment.
Rhythm
WITH DUSTIN: No. 38
Learn 5/4 conducting
**Solfege
**Prepare Nos. 4 & 5 on pages 16 & 17
Set metronome to m.m. 40 and say and play the syllables with the metronome.
If you make a mistake, move ON! Don’t correct it.
Use finger 2 and don’t play through more than three times for each practice session. This will get easier after each day of practice. Don’t worry if it’s not correct on the first 2-3 days of practice.
REPERTOIRE:
Cuckoo
Good work hands alone on ms. 1-4
Why are there not check marks in the boxes for mm. 1-4 LH?
Please complete the sections indicated in the NFRPE chart
YOU MUST GO VERRRRRRRY SLOWLY when playing hands together! :)