2018-2019 Lesson 19: Jasper Wang

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

  1. REPERTOIRE

    1. NEW PIECE NEXT WEEK!

    2. Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1954) - (Etude, L. 1)

      1. MEMORIZE

      2. PASS NEXT WEEK WITH CLOSE FINGERS TO THE KEYS

  2. TECHNIQUE

    1. Scales: Chromatic in C

      1. Review

    2. Scales: Contrary Motion Scale in .C

      1. No twisty wrists

      2. Fingers close to the keys

      3. Wrists up

    3. Scales: C, G, F Major RH & LH alone, two octaves.

      1. Smooth wrists please! Fingers close to the keys.

    4. Tonic Triads: A minor & G Major

      1. FORWARD WRISTS

        1. when you play harmonically, put your wrist forward.

  3. MUSICIANSHIP

    1. RHYTHM

      1. PREPARE: Nos. 11-18

      2. TA & CONDUCT

      3. What is a tie?

      4. Hold the sound of the note for it’s full value

      5. How do we cut off the sound at the end of the exercise?

  4. READING

    1. Czerny Op. 823 No. 6

      1. HANDS ALONE ONLY

        1. Notes

        2. Fingering

        3. Rhythm

        4. Position

        5. Expression

    2. Czerny Op. 823 No. 5

      1. YOU CAN PASS THIS NEXT WEEK WITH GOOD SCALE TECHNIQUE!

      2. FINGERS CLOSE TO THE KEYS, WRISTS UP AND BODY RELAXED.