2019-2020 Lesson 8 of 16

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Lesson Assignments:

Canon and Technique are your two priorities this week

Technique

  1. Close Loud

    1. Learn with Dustin next week.

  2. *Technical Requirements Level 1 - this was not prepared. Please FOCUS ON THIS so we don’t get behind.

    1. Prepare ALL of pages 7, 8 and 9

      1. All fingering should be learned

      2. No pauses

      3. Steady beat.

Theory

  1. Celebrate Theory App Level 1

    1. Carnival of the Animals

  2. Celebrate Theory: Level 1

    1. Pages 42-43 with Dustin

    2. Be able to tell me a bit about Camille Saint-Saens and Serge Prokofiev

Musicianship

  1. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests 1

    1. *PREPARE: Set 1 and get started with Set 2

      1. Do one “day” for each practice session.

        1. Work on the loudness of your claps. Keep your palms together.

      2. Sightreading Portion:

        1. Please choose a slow, steady beat, THEN start. DO NOT stop once you’ve started.

        2. After you go through it once, ask yourself: “did I do all of NFRPE?” If not, go back, fix it in your head first, then do it again and ask yourself the same question.

  2. Sightreading Level 2A

    1. m.m. 40 - 60 no faster than this

    2. BE PICKY with NFRPE. It might take you up to 10 times to get everything! That’s OK. Because if you’re picky, you’ll get better faster!

Repertoire

  1. Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)

    1. Learn hands alone to the end with NFRPE

  2. Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)

    1. Practice HANDS ALONE and follow all of the pen markings already in your music.

  3. **German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)

    1. Set metronome to m.m. 60

      1. DO NOT GO FASTER THAN THIS. It’s this slow so you can get all the expressive markings.

  4. Angelfish (Level 1. B)

    1. Don’t change pedal unless it tells you to, in measures 17-20

    2. Practice this piece with metronome marking 72 per quarter note

Review

  1. Skating Waltz

  2. Detectives

  3. Distant Chimes.


HOLD

  1. Technical Requirements Level 1

    1. Start with Dustin next lesson.

  1. Czerny Op. 823

    1. we left off on no. 8

  1. Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 1 (NO ASSIGNMENT)

  1. Rhythm Book.

    1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23