2018-2019 Lesson 19: Emilia Vinbor Costa Santos

Lesson Assignments:

  1. Theory

    1. Celebrate Theory: Level 1

      1. REDO: blue circles on page 16

      2. PREPARE: pages 17 and 18

      3. MEMORIZE: the information on page 15

        1. Half Step: one note to the very next note on the keyboard.

        2. Whole Step: two half steps.

  2. Musicianship (rotate assignments)

    1. Sight-Reading Level 1

      1. Continue on from page 40

        1. You’re not taking enough time before you begin. Study the composition before you begin!

    2. Solfege

      1. REDO: Page 12-13, Nos. 7-8

        1. SET THE METRONOME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 - 40

        2. Keep with this beat so you don’t go too fast. Remember that Solfege needs to be practiced with a steady beat. Don’t stop no matter what.

      2. REDO: Ppage 16 No. 2, and page 18 Nos. 9

        1. SET THE METRONOME TO 40

    3. Rhythm Book.

      1. PREPARE:: No. 31

        1. Remember that the first beat, the down beat, goes down with the movement in your arm.

  3. Reading & Technique

    1. DO NOT LEARN NOTES BY LOOKING AT THE FINGER NUMBERS. THIS IS A BIG NO NO.

    2. Czerny Op. 823

      1. No. 6

        1. SIGHT-SING: the RH and the LH. Find the pitch with your voice and sing the solfege syllables.

        2. RH & LH alone:

          1. NOTES

          2. FINGERING

          3. POSITION

  4. Repertoire

    1. Emilia Composition

      1. ARTICULATION: staccato, slurs, accents, fermatas, etc…

      2. COMPOSE: create your own melody, using any notes you wish in the RH.

        1. TWO RULES: use the same rhythm and the same articulation (expression)

    2. Detectives

      1. See the blue pen

    3. Distant Chimes.

      1. Review

Review

  1. A Skating Waltz