2018-2019 Lesson 22: Jasper Wang

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

  1. REPERTOIRE

    1. Hopscotch

      1. Use your chart

    2. A Swingin Leprechaun by Mike Schoenmmehl

      1. Keep your fingers really close to the keys

      2. Slow your tempo down so you can give your fingers a break and help them be relaxed.

    3. German Dance in G Major Hob. IX:22, No. 3 by Haydn

      1. Practice this hands apart then together with m.m. 60! Careful of your rhythm.

  2. TECHNIQUE

    1. Scales: Chromatic in C

      1. Review

    2. Scales: Contrary Motion Scale in .C

      1. Elbows parallel to wrist technique

      2. FINGERS CLOSE TO THE KEYS

    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

        1. Remember to conduct one bar of silence before you begin to ta

        2. Relax your your wrist, fingers and arm when you conduct. Why do we do this?

  4. READING

    1. Czerny Op. 823 No. 6

  5. REVIEW - one time each week with your music:

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

    2. Czerny No. 5 Op. 823