Lesson Assignments:
Theory
Celebrate Theory: Level 1
REDO: blue circles on page 16
PREPARE: pages 17 and 18
MEMORIZE: the information on page 15
Half Step: one note to the very next note on the keyboard.
Whole Step: two half steps.
Musicianship (rotate assignments)
Sight-Reading Level 1
Continue on from page 40
You’re not taking enough time before you begin. Study the composition before you begin!
Solfege
REDO: Page 12-13, Nos. 7-8
SET THE METRONOME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 - 40
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.
REDO: Ppage 16 No. 2, and page 18 Nos. 9
SET THE METRONOME TO 40
Rhythm Book.
PREPARE:: No. 31
Remember that the first beat, the down beat, goes down with the movement in your arm.
Reading & Technique
DO NOT LEARN NOTES BY LOOKING AT THE FINGER NUMBERS. THIS IS A BIG NO NO.
Czerny Op. 823
No. 6
SIGHT-SING: the RH and the LH. Find the pitch with your voice and sing the solfege syllables.
RH & LH alone:
NOTES
FINGERING
POSITION
Repertoire
Emilia Composition
ARTICULATION: staccato, slurs, accents, fermatas, etc…
COMPOSE: create your own melody, using any notes you wish in the RH.
TWO RULES: use the same rhythm and the same articulation (expression)
Detectives
See the blue pen
Distant Chimes.
Review
Review
A Skating Waltz
