December 29, 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. 💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technical Tests: Level 1

    1. SCALES: no faster than m.m. 100 per note.

      1. Prepare C, G and F Major

        1. RH F major fingering: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3,

      2. Don’t twist your wrist when you cross over or under your thumb.

      3. Keep wrists above the white.

  2. ❤️Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist No. 3

    1. LEARN THE PATTERN:

      1. ❤️Practice the transition (all of system three), three times in-a-row correctly. I’ll ask you to show me this at the next lesson:

        1. FINGERING AND NOTES CORRECT

        2. “System” means an entire line / grand staff of music.

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

    1. Complete review set 2

    2. For the “Star 2” items, clap one measure of the beat before you continue clapping and ta the rhythm at the same time. Ta with your voice, the full value of each note. Clap on the final bar line.

    3. For the “Star 3” items, see your sticky note! Remember to play slowly. once you play through, stop and fix any mistakes in your head and try again until it’s correct.

  1. 💛Celebrate Theory Level 1, Unit 5

    1. See the new assignment in your staff paper. Follow the example of the F Major scale (spacing of the notes and placement of the flat).

  1. 💚The Snake (L. 1, C)

    1. Learn entire piece hands alone with the NFPER method. Two measures at a time.

  2. ❤️Mist by Clifford Pool (L. 1, B)

    1. This was not learned correctly. You did not use the NFPER method. Please re-read the PDF with those instructions and learn this again.

    2. Re-print your music with the new markings in Newzik.

  3. ❤️❤️Ukrainian Folk Song by Beethoven (L. 1, A)

    1. The last measure is still not correct in terms of counting. Please count in your head when you get to that measure!

  4. 💜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.