December 6, 2023

Assignment Key

💚 = Assignment on track. Keep up the good work.

💛 = Assignment needs special attention - a bit more work.

❤️ = Assignment was not done, or needs a lot of extra attention.

💜 = We didnt’ get to this at the lesson and we’ll start with it next week.

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2023 Winter Semester Milestones

1. NFPRE

1. 💚NFRPE:

   1. In Newzik, under Charts and Guides, study the NFRPE Older Beginner page. Read this every day.

   2. This needs to be read more carefully.

2. 💛Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist No. 1

   1. CLOSE LOUD: 1 minute hands together every day.

      1. Remember fingers should be close to the keys.

   2. HIGH LOUD: 1 minute hands together, every day.

      1. Remember to always lift fingers for every key.

   3. ❤️LEGATO: 3-5 minutes, hands together, every day.

      1. SEE THE NEW VIDEO ABOVE

         1. ❤️REMEMBER: fingers never leave the keys. Wrists follow the contour of the notes (wrist goes up if the notes go up, etc.). Fingers round and curved.

         2. Practice with m.m. 52 - two notes per tic

1. 💜Four Star: Sight-reading & Ear Tests

   1. Do with Dustin next week.

1. 💛Celebrate Theory Level 1, Unit 5

   1. GO TO NEWZIK AND FIND THE “STAFF PAPER BLANK” pdf. Print it out or use it inside Newzik.

   2. On a staff paper, draw the following:

      1. F Major Scale in the treble clef, ascending and descending, three times.

      2. F Major Scale in the bass clef, ascending and descending, three times.

      3. G Major Scale in the treble clef, ascending and descending, three times.

      4. G Major Scale in the bass clef, ascending and descending, three times.

      5. Write T for tonic and D for dominant under each appropriate note.

1. 💜Mist by Clifford Pool (L. 1, C)

   1. Start with Dustin next week

2. 💛Ukrainian Folk Song by Beethoven (L. 1, A)

   1. Measures 9-10: Fix the rhythm by counting in your head as you play it. Then play measures 13 and 14 directly after with the correct rhythm too.

   2. Measures 11-12: Fix RH and LH fingering: Go very slowly, three times in-a-row correctly every day. Do hands apart first then together and take it apart again as needed.

3. 💚Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. Etude)

   1. TWO THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO PASS THIS OFF:

      1. WRISTS ABOVE THE WHITE AT ALL TIMES.

      2. LH STACCATO FROM THE FIRST NOTES OF THE PIECE.

   2. “SPEED-BUILDING”

      1. PRACTICE WITH THE METRONOME AT THE FOLLOWING TEMPI (Mom’s help would be good here).

         1. Think about the “downbeat” (the first beat in every measure), trying to line it up with the strong beat of the metronome (this is if you set the “beat” to 4 in Newzik.

         2. IMAGINE HOW 8TH NOTES SOUND BEFORE YOU START! Mm. 120 = quarter note - Friday

         3. IMAGINE HOW 8TH NOTES SOUND BEFORE YOU START! M.m. 126 = quarter note - Saturday

         4. IMAGINE HOW 8TH NOTES SOUND BEFORE YOU START! M.m. 132 = quarter note - Sunday

         5. IMAGINE HOW 8TH NOTES SOUND BEFORE YOU START! M.m. 138 = quarter note - Monday

         6. IMAGINE HOW 8TH NOTES SOUND BEFORE YOU START! M.m. 144 = quarter note - Tuesday

   3. RH STACCATO NOTES:

      1. DO NOT SLIDE

      2. WRISTS HIGHER

      3. POKE THE KEYS, DON’T CHOP FROM THE SIDE.

      4. SHOULDER DOWN

💜Czerny Op. 823, No. 3

1. Start with Dustin next week