2017-2018 Lesson 4: Christopher Schaaf

Notes & Makeups

  1. *Joy cancelled Monday's lessons due to Christopher being sick.

TECHNIQUE

  1. No Assignment

**READING (no assignment)

  1. Sight Reading Book

    1. No Assignment

  2. **Piano Adventures Primer Level

    1. Choose three pieces to play for Dustin. 
    2. Have one goal in mind for each piece

  3. Czerny Op. 823 (no assignment)

THEORY

  1. Unit 2 "Pitch and Notation" 

    1. Prepare pages 12 - 21 (minimum)
    2. Prepare pages 22 - 29 (bonus)

  2. Treble Cat

    1. Play 5 min a day
    2. Switch between letter names and solfege

  3. Blue Note

    1. Play 5 min a day
    2. Switch between letter names and solfege

  4. Staff Paper Assignment

    1. See your assignment in your staff book.

  5. Major Pentascale

    1. Starting Note, Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step, Whole Step

  6. Minor Pentascale

    1. Starting Note, Whole Step, Half Step, Whole Step, Whole Step 

REPERTOIRE

  1. German Dance in D Major by Haydn

    1. Relearn fingering and notes in the RH first two systems . 

  2. Gremlins

    1. Improvisational Playing: Changing the octave (register)

  3. YouTube Piece

REVIEW (review once a week with your music!)

  1. Rainbow Fish 
  2. Gremlins