March 2, 2021

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Lesson Assignments

Technique - START YOUR PRACTICE WITH THIS

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  1. Hanon

    1. Introduce next week.

  2. **Technical Requirements Level 3

    1. SCALES: Learn **B abd D Minor harmonic and melodic.

      1. Look where finger 4 plays in each hand BEFORE YOU START.

      2. Also listening for tidy attacks.

    2. Order of Sharps and Flat: memorize forward and backward. Speak the letter-names of the acronym.

      1. Father

      2. Charles

      3. Goes

      4. Down

      5. And

      6. Ends

      7. Battle

*Theory

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 3

    1. COMPLETE UNIT 4 IN NEWZIK.

  2. *Celebrate Theory: Level 3

    1. Finish Unit 3

      1. Study page 32: Be able to tell me about strong and weak beats and how we combine them.

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 Level 3

    1. *Prepare Set 2

  3. Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 2A

    1. Move on from page 70

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

      2. In your mind, clap and ta the rhythm before you start.

Repertoire

  1. Burgmuller Arabesque (use your NEWZIK APP for this!)

    1. All “up arrows” lift your wrists, NOT your fingers.

    2. Don’t play your back to back the first and second endings.

    3. On any accents, pop your wrists forward immediately upon the attack.

    4. HANDS ALONE - M.M. 76 PER QUARTER NOTE.

      1. PASS OFF NEXT WEEK.

  2. Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)

    1. Review

  3. Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)

    1. Reivew.

  4. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)

    1. Review

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

    1. REVIEW

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

    1. REVIEW

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

    1. REVIEW

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