2018-2019 Lesson 2: Emilia Vinbor Costa-Santos

Lesson Assignmnents:

  1. A Skating Waltz

    1. Staccato: “short and detached”

    2. Legato: “smooth and connected”

    3. m.m. 96 - turn it on, then turn it off, then play.

    4. In order to pass off you need to play this with a steady beat and correct dynamics.

  2. John Thompson’s

    1. Prepare page 29

    2. Final Bar Line: tells us it’s the end of the piece

    3. “Tricky Hands” helps us get rid of pauses. Move to the new position very fast but don’t play the new notes. Do this at least three times quickly.

  3. Sight Reading

    1. DYNAMICS: please pay close attention to these markings! :)

    2. REPEAT SIGN: means go back to the beginning of the piece without stopping and do it again!

    3. “INTERVAL” = means the distance between two notes. Your sightreading deals with the interval of a 5th this week!

    4. Page 11 and on

  4. Czerny

    1. No. 1 - Learn hands alone with NFRPE

  5. Staff Assignment

    1. Do the assignment in orange pen

    2. 2nds and 3rds.