2019-2020 - Lesson 7 of 16

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Lesson Assignments:

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program:

  1. Prep A or B: Spring

TECHNIQUE:

  1. Anatomy of the Piano

    1. Damper Pedal

    2. Damper

    3. Keys

    4. Hammers

    5. Strings / Vibration

  2. Hanon No. 2

    1. ASCENDING: HANDS ALONE: CLOSE LOUD.

      1. Steady and slowly. No faster than m.m. 40 per tick

READING:

  1. Piano Adventures: Sightreading Book: Level 1

    1. Staccato = pop your wrists forward on these notes and keep fingers close to the keys.

    2. Long notes = roll wrists forward.

  2. Solos 1

    1. No assignment

  3. *Lesson & Musicianship 1B

    1. PLEASE ORDER THIS BOOK

    2. https://www.amazon.com/Celebrate-Piano-Lesson-Musicianship-1B/dp/0887978193

THEORY

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 1

    1. PREPARE: pages 38 to 41

MUSICIANSHIP

  1. Ear Training

    1. 2nds and 3rds (steps and skips)

      1. Play C on the keyboard and match the pitch with your voice.

      2. Sing and play up and down 2nds and 3rds, matching the pitch with your voice.

      3. Just sing up and down 2nds and 3rds. Use the keyboard for help if you need it.

  2. Rhythm (no assignment)

    1. WITH DUSTIN: No. 38

      1. Learn 5/4 conducting

  3. Solfege (rotate with Rhythm)

    1. Prepare No. 7 on page 17 and No. 12 on page 19

      1. Set metronome to m.m. 40 and say and play the syllables with the metronome.

      2. If you make a mistake, move ON! Don’t correct it.

      3. Use finger 2. It needs to be rounded / curved.

  4. Modus Vetus

    1. Start with Dustin after learning scales

REPERTOIRE: (weekly)

  1. New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep. B)

    1. Use NFRPE

  2. Oranges and Lemons by Boris Berlin (Prep. B)

    1. New

  3. Marching Op. 39 No. 3 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (Prep. A)

    1. See pen at the top of the page.

REVIEW

  1. Cuckoo

    1. Once a week with your music.