2019-2020 Lesson 6 of 10

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Lesson Assignments

Technique - START YOUR PRACTICE WITH THIS

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  1. Technical Requirements Level 2

    1. PREPARE:

      1. C MAJOR FORMULA PATTERN: m.m. 80 per quarter note

        1. Keep your wrists LEVEL

        2. Tidy attacks

      2. G MAJOR FORMULA PATTERN: hands together

        1. Don’t scoot on your bench. Keep in one place.

        2. Wrists stay level please.

      3. G CHROMATIC: hands alone at m.m. 80 per quarter note

    2. NEXT WEEK: start Chords with Dustin

Theory

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 2

    1. Email me Unit 4

    2. Start Unit 5. Answer the questions up to page 49

    3. Link to the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TrR2uH3T4

Musicianship

  1. Online Ear Training and Rhythm

    1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

      1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

        1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

        2. dust2789

  2. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests 2

    1. FINISH: Set 6

      1. Sightreading needs work: remember to apply the expression.

      2. WE ALREADY DID THE TEST FOR THIS LEVEL.

  3. 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!

    3. DO NOT FIX YOUR MISTAKES. KEEP A STEADY BEAT.

      1. LOOK AT THE RHYTHM FIRST. DO IT IN YOUR HEAD.

      2. THEN LOOK AT THE KEY SIGNATURE - WHAT SCALE IS IT? WHAT ARE THE INTERVALS OF THE NOTES?

Repertoire

  1. Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)

    1. Start to learn hands alone using NFRPE

  2. Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Apply expression to this piece. Where are you going to put crescendos and decrescendos? .

  3. The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

    1. Fix all expression and exaggerate your dynamics.

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

  1. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

    1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)

  2. (recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)

  3. Skating Waltz

  4. Distant Chimes.

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

  6. (3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)

  7. (3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)

  8. Angelfish (Level 1. B)


HOLD

  1. Czerny Op. 823

    1. we left off on no. 8

  1. Rhythm Book.

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